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 GabbaDj
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 Its time I join the Corn meal world. 
#6666589 - 03/13/07 08:09 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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First we got rice. Its probably the biggest staple of any and all cultures.
Then pasta
Then the potato
Then Grits. Can be thick or thin, baked or fried, chunky or smooth, savory or sweet.
Sooo many uses Im surprised its not #1.
Anyway, Im looking for any recipe youve all got relating to white or yellow corn meal.
Go.
Edited by GabbaDj (03/13/07 08:10 PM)
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Re: Its time I join the Corn meal world. [Re: GabbaDj]
#6666796 - 03/13/07 09:00 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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cornbread
preheat oven to 450*
spray your skillet with a cooking spray, set aside
mix together in a bowl:
1 cup buttermilk cornmeal
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup olive oil (or corn/veggie oil, but why?)
as you are mixing ingredients, after oven is done preheating, set skillet on an eye and turn it on high. When the spray starts smoking, pour the mixture into the skillet. Let it sit for 5-15 seconds so the bottom cooks some. Then place into the oven to cook until the top turns golden (anywhere from 10-15 minutes). if you like, you can brown it a little more, but it will brown quickly.
Remove from oven, slice and let cool for at least 5 minutes so they cornbread isn't mushy when you eat it.
I don't use exact measurements anymore and vary my amounts by how much I feel like eating. Play around with it.
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Re: Its time I join the Corn meal world. [Re: GabbaDj]
#6666811 - 03/13/07 09:04 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well, I think the reason it isn't is because a majority of corn is used to feed livestock. Then the production of high fructose corn syrup uses a lot of corn, in which that syrup is used in processed foods and soft drinks. Then there other non-culinary uses such as making ethanol for fuel for cars.
I hardly ever use corn or corn meal. If I ever do, its to dust my pizza peel so the dough won't stick before I slide it in the oven. I've been meaning to make some polenta sometime, then letting it cool, then cutting it up, and sauteing it.
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Re: Its time I join the Corn meal world. [Re: daussaulit]
#6666839 - 03/13/07 09:14 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
I hardly ever use corn or corn meal. If I ever do, its to dust my pizza peel so the dough won't stick before I slide it in the oven. I've been meaning to make some polenta sometime, then letting it cool, then cutting it up, and sauteing it.
My thoughts exactly. Ive made the fried polenta before and done grits in about a dozen ways. But thats about it.. Ive made/had potatos and pasta thousands of times in hundreds of diferent ways.
Pineapple upside down cake made with cornmeal.. Saw it on good eats and I think Ill try that first.
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Re: Its time I join the Corn meal world. [Re: GabbaDj]
#6666862 - 03/13/07 09:20 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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Sometimes cornmeal can wreak havoc on my teeth. I gotta be careful not to break a filling eating it.
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Re: Its time I join the Corn meal world. [Re: Galvie_Flu]
#6666990 - 03/13/07 09:52 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ah it's got such a perfect gritty texture though
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Re: Its time I join the Corn meal world. [Re: demius]
#6668209 - 03/14/07 09:11 AM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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For extra-good cornbread, I reccomend a can of cream corn in the batter.
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Re: Its time I join the Corn meal world. [Re: Madtowntripper]
#6668286 - 03/14/07 09:32 AM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'd like to see some recipes using polenta. My vegetarian wife has got me all into this shit.
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Re: Its time I join the Corn meal world. [Re: Brewmaster]
#6671066 - 03/14/07 10:16 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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Make your polenta as usual, add some green onion, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Let sit and slice into wedges.
Top with carmalized onions and sauted mixed mushrooms.
Mix in some brown sugar and some white sugar, lemon and orange zest. Let rest till firm and top with jam.
These are just some ways Ive had polenta.
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Re: Its time I join the Corn meal world. [Re: GabbaDj]
#6671994 - 03/15/07 08:35 AM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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pictures please. 
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Re: Its time I join the Corn meal world. [Re: Brewmaster]
#6674749 - 03/15/07 08:42 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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Mix some shredded chewy mushrooms into the broth before you add the corn meal.
Gives it a good texture, sort of like vegetarian scrapple. Hen of the woods and chanterelles are good choices for this they can be torn into strips that are really thin.
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Re: Its time I join the Corn meal world. [Re: falcon]
#6678349 - 03/16/07 08:10 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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I put a quarter cup of cornmeal into my pancake batter, it makes the pancakes much tastier.
I substitute it for some of the regular flour.
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Re: Its time I join the Corn meal world. [Re: champ]
#6678759 - 03/16/07 10:30 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
champ said:
I put a quarter cup of cornmeal into my pancake batter, it makes the pancakes much tastier.
I substitute it for some of the regular flour.
Im trying this one tomorrow.
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Re: Its time I join the Corn meal world. [Re: GabbaDj]
#6680800 - 03/17/07 03:14 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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nice 
Just make sure that however much cornmeal you add, you use the same amount less regular flour. I'm not sure I explained it well enough in my last post, so +1/4 cup cornmeal means you -1/4 cup regular flour. 
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Re: Its time I join the Corn meal world. [Re: daussaulit]
#6685262 - 03/18/07 08:21 PM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
daussaulit said:
I hardly ever use corn or corn meal. If I ever do, its to dust my pizza peel so the dough won't stick before I slide it in the oven.
Thanks for the tip! I've been baking flat breads lately and it helps to dust them with cornmeal so they dont stick to the pan.
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