I want this corn!

[Nevilledog]

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Lakota Man
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Pre-colonization Glass Gem Corn, Indigenous to North America, regrown by a Cherokee farmer in Oklahoma. This particular corn is a mix of ancient Pawnee, Osage and Cherokee varieties.
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8:30 AM · Sep 18, 2021 from Los Angeles, CA

[Goonch]

1. Description/Taste

Glass Gem corn is smaller than commercial corn varieties, averaging 5 to 20 centimeters in length, and has a cylindrical, straight shape. The cobs are encased in several layers of a textured, semi-rough husk, and when young, the husk has a pliable feel with green hues, darkening and drying into a papery, brown, and brittle covering once ready for harvest. When the husk layers are peeled back, the narrow cob is revealed, covered in oval to oblong, plump kernels. Each cob will be unique in coloring, and the kernels can be found in translucent shades of emerald, bright green, ruby, dark blue, amethyst, pink, white, and yellow. The kernels also contain a hard outer layer to protect the soft interior, creating a firm and chewy consistency. Glass Gem corn has an opalescent quality with high starch content. The kernels are not commonly consumed fresh and are primarily dried. When processed, they contain a neutral, unsweetened, starchy taste.

[Nevilledog]

2. No, it's gotta taste like fairy dust and starlight.....just look at it!

[Goonch]

4. Ya gotta POP it

[electric_blue68]

5. Really! It's SO pretty 💖

[central scrutinizer]

3. I'm growing Hopi Blue this year

The plants are ten feet tall. I hope to nixtamalize them after they’re dried to make masa for tortillas and tamales. I’ve grown Abenaki flint corn before. Half the ears have red kernels, half are yellow. I just ground them for cornmeal muffins.

[choie]

6. that is a work of art!

Mother nature is something else.

[electric_blue68]

7. When a friend was driving us visiting the Hopi Nation we saw the corn growing...

straight up out of a desert sand patch between rocks as we began to go up Mesa. They know where the hidden springs are. About ? 30 stalks set around 2-3ft apart. I had read about this before hand. Very cool.

Then when I went back on a small Grayline tour up the Mesa we visiting a home where the flat crepe like
blue corn rolls we're being made on a stone slab stove
Tasted good!