Is Storing Dried Corn a Good Idea?
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We discuss whether or not dried corn is a valuable food storage item, and if so, where do we go from there?
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In your next video about corn, please address the issue of GMO's in corn as well as other grain crops. This is a very big issue that many people think nothing of and we all should! Many lymphoma cancers are caused by GMO products and of course, Roundup. You have been educating your audience for years. Please talk about this too.
I just buy regular feed corn and make great hominy.
One of my favorite Mexican dishes is menudo – made with hominy.
can i ask a question in regards to rice please?…would it be ok to store (in food grade buckets), two different brands of basmati rice, i want to top up the containers…
I cant wait for those corn videos!
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I'm super curious about the alkaline ingredient…baking soda? Would hydrated lime be another? I've heard hydrated lime is used to make tortillas…looking forward to more corn vids, THANK YOU!!!!!
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I just go to the farm store to get my dent corn. Shouldn't be over $20 for 50 lb bag.
There is a company called azure foods and they have dried corn for people, not the field or dent corn.
I have only stored popcorn that I use both to grind for cornmeal and to pop. It appears to be sweeter than cornmeal purchased in the store. In your research did you find anything about the sweetness of any of these types of corn? Obviously sweet corn we know is sweet but the other types of corn. Should I be soaking my popcorn before grinding to obtain more nutrition? Thank you for guiding me through pressure canning meats! I have a wonderful stock of that now!!
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I heard you can grow it also, could you please incorporate this information into your corn video's? Thank you for all you share with us!💖
Do you niximalize and then grind for cornmeal? Newbies wonder…look forward to more videos on this….
Can you show us what you will do with the heirloom corn that you plan to buy? All of this is new to me but it is all so interesting. Thanks.
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I am really excited for your upcoming videos on corn. I purchased a 25# bag of dent corn and put it in 5 gal mylar bags with an oxygen absorber. I have since heard conflicting info about not using an oxygen absorber. Do you have any info on the proper storage?
Interesting video!!
I am looking forward to those videos! I bought some dent corn and later learned it had to be nixtamalized.
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I learned to store huge bags of dried corn in 🇵🇪 Peru. 🙂 Very common practice.
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Iv nixamalized corn a few times and omg it is delicious 😋. I make corn tortillas with it and wow so good. Also when the Spanish came to america and took corn back with them, the 'aztecs?' Didn't tell them they needed to nixamalize it. Lol. So when they went back to spain/Europe, they started eating corn in mass and alot of people got very sick and died. So if u plan on eating corn as ur main source of food, u must learn to nixamalize it. It is fine to eat without if u don't eat it as ur main source of food but if u r storing it for ur main food source, u must nixamalize it or u will become nutrient deficient and become very ill and possibly die. (I think the Aztec? Didn't tell them on purpose as their way of getting some revenge. Hehe)
Hello! I have some of this corn stored along with lime so I can Nixtamalize it. I have used it to make tortillas.
Could you use old sweet corn? Or freeze dried sweet corn? Or field corn? We have were organic until the price dropped out and many milk plants went out of business. We still use most practices….so I can get my hands on just about anything😉
Is your nesco canner pressure does it say canner pressure and cooker? Is the pot inside stainless steel? Did you order it through Amazon or the company nesco? Thanks so much
You are so detailed! I love your videos!
I'm really excited to learn all of this about corn. You're a great teacher ~ thanks.
PS) have you ever heard of or had marrow beans? I got a few to sprout so I'm going to try to grow some this summer.
Question: What do you grind down your corn with?
Thank you so much. You are a wonderful teacher. My husband's family made hominy in a big black iron kettle outside over a fire. Took all day. They raised hickory king corn to make it with.
This may be one of the most valuable videos you have done. Thank you. My husband's Grandfather developed a variety of dent corn many years ago. Unfortunately, none of the family has the slightest idea what happened to it. I am looking forward to trying my hand at making hominy. I do love it. Yet another example of the food wisdom we have ignored in our desire for convenience and modernity. I can remember talking to my Grandmother about pellagra back in the day when I first learned about it. She told me that it was caused by stupid people being too lazy to turn their corn into hominy. She was definitely not one to suffer fools gladly. Or to be very tactful about her opinions. I wish I could hear her thoughts about our present situations.
Good day Pam and our American friends! Here in South Africa "corn" is one of our staple foods —- not only for the indigenous African nations but also for us, the white population. Here we call it "Maize" or in the general everyday language: MEALIES!!!! Most people eat a meal of porridge made from ground maize meal basically every day; then it is served with perhaps a tomato & onion sauce or a meaty stew. Very delicious! Another way of dishing up this porridge is to serve it with a bit of butter, sugar and milk. We can also make the consistence thick, or a bit softer, almost runny. We grew up on maize porridge in this country! Mostly the white kernels are produced here although some farmers also grow the yellow variety. Then it is ground into a flour called "Polenta". The Italian people especially love polenta. I would like to send you some photos later of how our "maize" or "mealies" are transformed into "porridge " and even many other tasty dishes. In general, it is commonly known here as "pap" amongst the indigenous people as well —, an Afrikaans word which they have adopted. In our country, "corn" is considered as WHEAT! ("Koring" in the Afrikaans language).
Well, there you have it! I thought to share this with you from almost the other part of the world!
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If a 50-pound bag is too much for you, create a co-op with like-minded people from your community or church, workplace, etc. You buy the huge bag cooperatively and everyone takes their share. Back in the big Recession of the 1970s, large families in my parish church got together and did that. Someone would take the orders for vegetables, fruits, grains and beans in bulk. Someone would go to the farmer's market early in the morning and do the shopping, and deliver it to someone else's garage. That person would organize it and by 10AM the housewives would go and do their shopping at wholesale prices in bulk. No overhead, no employee costs, etc. We paid what the grocery stores and restaurants paid. Huge savings and nobody had to buy in such large quantities that they risked it going bad or being too much. People with 4-12 kids needed this during the Recession when women stayed home, cooked from scratch and families could live on one salary and own a home and two cars.
I can't tell you how excited I am for this upcoming corny journey! 🌽 Btw, I know I told you before, but I just love your hair in its natural curly state! So pretty 😍.
My favorite video “How To Make Hominy” by Tim Farmer’s County Kitchen. I look forward to your video. Thank you.
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Look up Cal it's what you need to make masa
I picked up 50lb bags of mushroom popcorn for $6 each at the Costco business center, it's the kind of popcorn they use for carmel corn.
Looking forward to the series! Thank you!!
My grandma made homey from corn, it was great! The canned stuff is pretty bad.
IFA dent corn livestock feed, the exact same corn.
Does all dried corn that you buy need to be nixtalimized?