indian Corn

[wyoDreamer]

Garden will be fenced by spring. I had sweet corn in the garden, so the blue corn went out in the field with the buckwheat, oats and field peas. I had a really good harvest last year, so it isn't that big of a deal to not get a great harvest this year.

 

[wyoDreamer]

I hope you get a great harvest on the purple and pink corn.

 

[CrealCritter]

I hope you get a great harvest on the purple and pink corn.

Me too all I can do is plant the seeds and hope.

 

[baymule]

If you don’t have a grain mill you can soak the corn kernels overnight in the liquid that you put in the cornbread (typically a cup of milk) to soften it up. Then you can run them through a blender. I think it is 3/4 cup of unmilled kernels to one cup milled cornmeal.

I once separated all the colors, milled the corn and made cornbread. No matter what color of the kernels, the cornbread was still a bluish color. LOL

 

[Britesea]

Nixtamalization ensures you get more nutrition out of the corn.

 

[wyoDreamer]

The nixtamalization process uses an alkali solution and the soaking liquid is drained off and disposed of. It also removes 75-95% of toxins produced by a common corn mold. Milk is acidic, so it wouldn't have the same effect as Nixtamalization, but it probably does soften the kernal so it is easier to grind.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

The nixtamalization process uses an alkali solution and the soaking liquid is drained off and disposed of.

Is this anything like making hominy?

 

[wyoDreamer]

Thanks for the directions. I will be trying that out.

 

[baymule]

You have to wonder how the native people of Mexico figured that out and thrived, while early Texas settlers had malnutrition issues eating a corn based diet with out soaking the corn in lime water.

 

[baymule]

Mmmmm…….time for some hot water cornbread!