Indian Corn...Is This Stuff Edible?
By Nykkee
@Nykkee (2522)
Canada
October 4, 2007 1:47pm CST
Has anyone ever eaten Indian Corn? Or has anyone even heard of someone else eating Indian Corn? I have always wondered why it was called Indian Corn, and if it was considered a food or just a decoration. I have only ever seen it used as a decoration.
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@kalav56 (11464)
• India
5 Oct 07
Indian corn as opposed to its counterpart ,the American sweet corn, has a different taste and is not totally sweet like the American corn. In fact the American corn is referred to as sweet corn in our country. We get a variety in the villages and this can either be boiled or just saked on fire directly[].Some people prefer this in comparison to the sweet variety.This is tougher on the teeth. However, the corn cobs must be chosen with care and should be wellformed as well as tender. Then it is divine. If it is only tender and you sake it you won't have the satisfied feeling of a full bite into the corn.If it is too mature then you will end up losing your teeth.
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@kalav56 (11464)
• India
7 Oct 07
Well, it has a very distinctive taste of its own and as far as I know, I cannot draw a remote comparison to it. The only far fetched comparison, [only far-fetched,you see] is that corn is like boiled tender peanuts.[ground nut]
We make even side-dishes with baby-corn[may be you are aware of this].There was some detailed information about maize in the discussion that followed mine. Hope you enjoyed it.
Personally, I love sweet corn too-and use this to make side dishes for rotis[chapathis]or we just microwave it and add some salt, spicey powder and lime to this. This is available in big multiplexes, and my God 1!!the air is just full of its terrific aroma. I tried the same at home and it was wonderful.
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@vikashsabharwal (552)
• India
7 Oct 07
This tastes very good when it is freshly plucked and roasted in light heat and to add to its taste put some lemon juice.I am giving you a reciepe, try this at home. Roast those corns, pluck those roasted corn seeds put them in a bowl add lemon, salt, little red chilly, and a little grounded spices. Mix it well and I am sure you will like it. Try this and reply how was the experience. We here in india use it in food and not for decoration...
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@vikashsabharwal (552)
• India
9 Oct 07
best of luck at finding good quality indian corn. When you have tried the reciepe do reply, how was it?
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@mamasan34 (6518)
• United States
5 Oct 07
I did some research on that and it appears that the indians used this indian corn for planting, they also used the dried corn for corn meal in which they could make other types of foods. The corn doesn't come dry and hard as you see it for decoration. It is dried in sheaves and then sold as decoration.
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@mamasan34 (6518)
• United States
8 Oct 07
I think it is harder than some corn that grows from what I understand. I think they possibly only used it to make corn meal and things of that sort after drying it. It was pretty interesting history lesson lol.
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@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
4 Oct 07
I think it is just a decoration. I have never heard of anyone eating it before. We just use it for fall decorating.
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