Posted: 4/16/2008 3:47:23 PM EDT
| Going to try making some parched corn this week. Anyone have any experience that would like to offer some suggestions. |
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I buy Hopi Blue Corn and parch it. It's expensive corn, but it's good and the guy is a fast shipper. To parch it I take a cast iron skillet and heat it up on a medium stove. Spray a little no stick spray on it and drop some dry corn in. Shake it and keep it moving around so it doesn't burn. The corn will start to turn brown, and finally some kernels will start to pop. It's done. Let it cool off and eat it. Don't let it pop and don't burn it - you'll smell it burning - no mistaking it. It's a solid, filling snack and better to munch on than sugar doodles. Making Indian corn is a favorite of my 4 year old. |
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Very true. Including my great great grandfather - until he was captured at Fort Morgan and sent to Federal prison in Elmira, New York. He served in Hilliards Legion until Henry Hilliard disbanded it after Gettysburg, and then volunteered for a coastal artillery unit down south. He was one of the fortunate ones who survived Hellmira prison, and eventually worked his way home in 1866. His widow collected her Confederate Veterans pension ($20 per month) from the State of Alabama until her death in 1920. Many Confederate soldiers married extremely young girls on their death bed. It was a way to provide the girl and her family with a small income until she decided to remarry at some later date. Interesting times, tough people. I often study my ancestors and how they lived. I think I can learn a lot that way. |
Bama, is parched corn at all similar to commercial corn nuts? |
Man I am going to order 12lbs of that stuff and check it out, sounds like a winner all-around. Sounds like it is a lot healthier than potato chips. Add a little popcorn salt(this is really fine salt) and you will be in heaven. Doesn't hurt to eat healthy now a days with the high cost of health care and food. BTW: Have you folks checked out the cost of those "corn based" ready-to-eat cereals, they have absolutely gone up through the roof. |
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Mine turns out a lot less hard than corn nuts. When done right, it has an outer shell a little harder than a peanut hull, and the inner is softer. Not as soft as popcorn, but the only way you'd crack a tooth is if you got a bad kernel or if you undercooked it or something. If you have a Mexican grocery store neaby, go look for dried Garbanzo beans as snacks. They sell then in a small pack and are heavily seasoned. Parched corn is easier on the teeth than the dried Garbanzo bean snacks. |