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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.
Blue corn, a staple grain of the Hopi, is first reduced to a fine powder on a metate.It is then mixed with water and burnt ashes of native bushes or juniper trees [1] [2] [3] for purposes of nixtamalization (nutritional modification of corn by means of lime or other alkali).
The Hopi say that during a great drought, they heard singing and dancing coming from the San Francisco Peaks. Upon investigation, they met the Kachinas who returned with the Hopi to their villages and taught them various forms of agriculture. The Hopi believe that for six months of the year, Kachina spirits live in the Hopi villages.
The Hopi plant blue corn seeds in bundles of several seeds to one hole, sometimes quite deep to reach ground water. [9] Atole porridge is called mush by the Diné, and includes the addition of juniper ash. It is called wataca by the Hopi. Atole flour is used to create Hopi piki bread. [8] [2]
Mashpee author Danielle Greendeer takes readers away from traditional Thanksgiving stories with account of reclamation of tribal food.
In the 1960s, Courlander began a series of field trips to the American Southwest to study the oral literature and culture of the Hopi Indians. His collection of folk tales, People of the Short Blue Corn: Tales and Legends of the Hopi Indians, was issued in 1970 and was quickly recognized as an indispensable work in the study of oral literature.
The entire Jolly Time line had consisted of a blue canister for white popcorn and red one for yellow popcorn until 1957, when Howard finally agreed to add plastic bags.
The corn was used in everything from moonshine to grits due to its nutty, sweet flavor. And with a high oil content, it was an ideal energy source for livestock feed.