I haven't picked all of the corn yet, but it looks like I got a good yield from the corn. The soup beans are doing really well this year, I think I'm going to get more than usual from them.
This corn isn't sweet corn, it's flour corn, so you have to let it get dry so that you can grind it. Normally we make hominy with it, which usually also requires that the corn be dry.
It's hard corn that has been soaked in lime to loosen the outer shell of the kernel, the shells are removed, usually by rubbing the corn and then washing the corn. It also makes the niacin in the corn more digestable. Masa flour is made by grinding the hominy after it's been dried. It's also boiled and eaten in soups and other dishes.
That space looks great. Clean and orderly. Did you get a good yield?
I haven't picked all of the corn yet, but it looks like I got a good yield from the corn. The soup beans are doing really well this year, I think I'm going to get more than usual from them.
I love beans! All types! Is the corn sweet?
No, this is a hard corn, it's usually used to make flour or cornmeal. I'm going to try making hominy with it.
Awesome!
Dang that’s a lot of grass!
Yeah that corn is funky for sure, why are you drying the corn?
Whatcha gunna do with it?
This corn isn't sweet corn, it's flour corn, so you have to let it get dry so that you can grind it. Normally we make hominy with it, which usually also requires that the corn be dry.
Hominy? What’s that?
It's hard corn that has been soaked in lime to loosen the outer shell of the kernel, the shells are removed, usually by rubbing the corn and then washing the corn. It also makes the niacin in the corn more digestable. Masa flour is made by grinding the hominy after it's been dried. It's also boiled and eaten in soups and other dishes.
Wow! Good to know 😊