Parched Corn
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Yup, both bought ( http://www.cofresh.co.uk/salted-corn-nuts ) and home made by dehydrating corn and roasting them in a frying pan. Not tried cooking with them, just eat them as is.
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Tom
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Tom
Me too 
but I like to flatten the fresh corn and peas with a rolling pin first before I dry them; not quite such hard work when you come to chew them and they still 'parch' fine.
I always prefer salt to sweet, and a spoonful of marigold stock powder shaken over the corn/pease is quite tasty and if you throw a handful into a broth and leave it to simmer slow for a bit, it's a tasty meal with bannock.
Better yet, if you do mix peas and corn then you have a complete protein
cheers,
M
but I like to flatten the fresh corn and peas with a rolling pin first before I dry them; not quite such hard work when you come to chew them and they still 'parch' fine.I always prefer salt to sweet, and a spoonful of marigold stock powder shaken over the corn/pease is quite tasty
and if you throw a handful into a broth and leave it to simmer slow for a bit, it's a tasty meal with bannock.Better yet, if you do mix peas and corn then you have a complete protein
cheers,
M
Great idea flattening them as her selfs dehydrator has rather large mesh on the shelves and unless I can find jumbo sized corn they tend to fall through as they dry out. I could line the trays but its too much like messing.
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I did a batch using Silver Queen sweet corn. I dried my corn on the ear by stringing it up for several weeks. I then parched it over a fire and mixed with salt, onion powder and garlic powder and ate it without grinding. Mary is right, it can be tough work chewing. I also did some of it with brown sugar and cinnamon and ground it in a coffee grinder. I prepared this as a breakfast porridge similar to grits. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits
When I do this again, I will use canned hominy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominy) and dry this in my dehydrator. I will then parch the dried hominy and see if I get a better result. Using hominy should take care of the 'difficult chew' issue since the kernel's hull is already removed.
When I do this again, I will use canned hominy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominy) and dry this in my dehydrator. I will then parch the dried hominy and see if I get a better result. Using hominy should take care of the 'difficult chew' issue since the kernel's hull is already removed.
You can buy crisp bag sized bags of stuff called Maizings. They're pretty good, but again, it needs teeth
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