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Making corn nuts from sweet corn?

A while back I thought I'd read somewhere on the internet that you could make your own Corn Nuts (tm) by drying sweet corn and then deep-frying it.

Has anyone tried this? Any tips or tricks?

How does one properly remove kernels from the cob after they've dried? Do they just come off? Or is there some violence involved?

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When I was a kid, my cousins and I used to remove the dried kernels by hand. We just rubbed them off the cobs with our thumbs. (You'll have calluses in no time. :lol: ) We didn't do a lot of ears at a time, just enough to put through the corn grinder, so we could feed the birds in the wintertime. We were using field corn, also called "horse corn". We ate the corn, too, when it was fresh picked, and it was very sweet and good. I don't know if it was as sweet as the varieties labeled as "sweet corn", though. :)

I don't know anything about making corn nuts.

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TheWaterbug
I've never tried it, but hope you will share the secrets with us and how they turn out.
If it is dried corn, it either is at a high heat or a long fry, just an opinion.

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I found this but it uses a large old fashioned field corn. A can of hominy corn would probably substitute well

https://smcarney.blogspot.com/2007/11/homemade-corn-nuts.html


There are a lot of internet articles on parched corn and parching corn, partly because of civil war reinactors trying to figure out what to do, survivlaists also like it as a trail food. Some of the guys use dried sweet corn, others use regular field corn.

You can parch corn a number of ways ranging from a dry hot skillet to a light oil coating. Deep frying seems to be different in that you need to used soaked corn.

https://www.garden.org/subchannels/health/cooking?q=show&id=71


https://www.ehow.com/how_2100129_make-parched-corn.html


this place has toasted sweet corn

https://www.farmstandfoods.com:8080/fsf/items.jsp?itm_category1=Copes%20Corn%20Products

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thanks for the link TZ I have the perfect dried corn for making corn nuts. always wanted to make my own.



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