Sitting on the verandah – with coffee in the morning – shucking the speckled corn so it can dry just a little further before we grind it into flour. This is one of the Indian corns an old heirloom corn, so I will be saving plenty of seeds too. It grew deep in my vegetable garden far from the maize that fills the fields.
Once dried and ground I will make it into tortillas and bread.
That will be interesting.
One hundred more bales of hay in the barn.
The New Zealanders are having a wonderful time.
Love celi
Weather: Beautiful for visitors from New Zealand.
Saturday 08/12 10% / 0 inSunny to partly cloudy. High 77F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night 08/12 20% / 0 inSome clouds. Low 54F. Winds light and variable.
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32 responses to “On the verandah”
Those cobs are like jewels. Do they take something like a coffee grinder to reduce them to grits or flour once they’re dry?
Lucky NZ types to be there with you
A fascinating lesson for a totally ignorant bod re any kind of corn 🙂 ! Beautiful photo to go alongside. Differ from you as I have always used food items for decoration . . . nature thrills . . .
Okay, for all of those who’re suddenly thinking about using their “decorative” corn… Funny, I just always assumed they were peeled open like that so it could hang to dry (y’know, like one would do with garlic or onions; )
Here’s a really nice little piece about lime slaking and everything else you ever wanted to know about:
http://www.myhumblekitchen.com/2009/12/nixtamal-preparing-corn-for-tortillas/ (hominy, etc)
Can’t believe it’s that time already… It’s been such a strange one, summer never really seemed to arrive this year):): Beautiful photos. Have you ever seen “Glass Corn” C?
http://www.nativeseeds.org/community/199-the-story-of-glass-gem-corn-beauty-history-and-hope
On Nixtamalization, see in particular “effects on health”… : )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixtamalization
Beautiful and I can see no reason why you should not eat it or the flour!
So pleased that your Kiwi visitors are having a great time. Love that heirloom corn 😃