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Flint corn (Zea mays var. indurata; also known as Indian corn or sometimes calico corn) is a variant of maize, the same species as common corn. [1] Because each kernel has a hard outer layer to protect the soft endosperm , it is likened to being hard as flint , hence the name. [ 2 ]
Glass gem corn. Glass Gem Corn is an American heirloom flint corn, or maize. It is a variety of what people call "Indian corn" and is considered unique due to its rainbow coloring. [1] [2] Glass Gem Corn has been called the "poster child" for the return to heirloom seeds.
Hopi blue corn New Mexican blue corn for posole (L) and roasted and ground (R) Ears of corn, including the dark blue corn variety. Blue corn (also known as Hopi maize, Yoeme Blue, Tarahumara Maiz Azul, and Rio Grande Blue) is a group of several closely related varieties of flint corn grown in Mexico, the Southwestern United States, and the Southeastern United States.
Almost all Indian corn varieties need 100 to 115 days from planting until harvest. Our best sweet corn varieties here take considerably less than that. That should protect against cross-pollination.
mtreasure/Getty Images. 2. Dent. Common Varieties: Blue Ridge White Capped, Jimmy Red, Cocke’s Prolific Best For: flour, coarse grits, livestock Dent corn is a widely grown type of field corn ...
A map of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex and some of its associated sites. Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (formerly Southern Cult, Southern Death Cult or Buzzard Cult [1] [2]), abbreviated S.E.C.C., is the name given by modern scholars to the regional stylistic similarity of artifacts, iconography, ceremonies, and mythology of the Mississippian culture.
The usage of corn for maize started as a shortening of "Indian corn" in 18th-century North America. [ 22 ] The historian of food Betty Fussell writes in an article on the history of the word corn in North America that "[t]o say the word corn is to plunge into the tragi-farcical mistranslations of language and history". [ 8 ]
What is candy corn made of? Candy is mostly made of sugar and corn syrup, but it also contains salt, sesame oil, honey, artificial flavor, food colorings, gelatin and confectioner’s glaze ...