I wonder what steel cut corn would taste like?

Far as I know there is no equivalent to steel cut oats for corn, wheat
or other grains, but I don't see why they wouldn't work something like
oats work. I know the nutrition of corn is not quite that of oats or
even wheat, but it is whole grain afterall, so must be pretty good for
a person. Surely you could take a kernal of corn, cut it into about 10
pieces or so, soak it, then cook it into a cereal something like
oatmeal is handled. Anybody ever try this? I know they feed cracked
corn to chickens and other animals, so that might work too. Grits are
more processed and so is farina, so they lose a lot of the nutrition
of the corn and wheat. Both taste pretty good though, so I'm thinking
cereal made from the whole kernals should be palatable.

I read the history of Kelloggs Corn Flakes online a while back.
Apparently Kellogg did not want to add any sugar to his corn flakes,
but caved in due to his brother convincing him they would make a lot
of money if they did add sugar. The article said the flakes without
sugar tasted good. Wish I had some of those, right now to taste. dkw

dkw12002@yahoo.com wrote:
> Far as I know there is no equivalent to steel cut oats for corn, wheat
> or other grains, but I don't see why they wouldn't work something like
> oats work. I know the nutrition of corn is not quite that of oats or
> even wheat, but it is whole grain afterall, so must be pretty good for
> a person. Surely you could take a kernal of corn, cut it into about 10
> pieces or so, soak it, then cook it into a cereal something like
> oatmeal is handled. Anybody ever try this? I know they feed cracked
> corn to chickens and other animals, so that might work too. Grits are
> more processed and so is farina, so they lose a lot of the nutrition
> of the corn and wheat. Both taste pretty good though, so I'm thinking
> cereal made from the whole kernals should be palatable.
>
> I read the history of Kelloggs Corn Flakes online a while back.
> Apparently Kellogg did not want to add any sugar to his corn flakes,
> but caved in due to his brother convincing him they would make a lot
> of money if they did add sugar. The article said the flakes without
> sugar tasted good. Wish I had some of those, right now to taste. dkw

It would taste like Polenta

On Mar 11, 6:37*pm, Del Cecchi <delcecchinospamoftheno...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> dkw12...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Far as I know there is no equivalent to steel cut oats for corn, wheat
> > or other grains, but I don't see why they wouldn't work something like
> > oats work. *I know the nutrition of corn is not quite that of oats or
> > even wheat, but it is whole grain afterall, so must be pretty good for
> > a person. Surely you could take a kernal of corn, cut it into about 10
> > pieces or so, soak it, then cook it into a cereal something like
> > oatmeal is handled. Anybody ever try this? I know they feed cracked
> > corn to chickens and other animals, so that might work too. Grits are
> > more processed and so is farina, so they lose a lot of the nutrition
> > of the corn and wheat. Both taste pretty good though, so I'm thinking
> > cereal made from the whole kernals should be palatable.
>
> > I read the history of Kelloggs Corn Flakes online a while back.
> > Apparently Kellogg did not want to add any sugar to his corn flakes,
> > but caved in due to his brother convincing him they would make a lot
> > of money if they did add sugar. The article said the flakes without
> > sugar tasted good. Wish I had some of those, right now to taste. dkw
>
> It would taste like Polenta- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks. I read up on it. Actually, I had some fried mush when I was a
kid and remember that being pretty good. I guess the ground corn is
whole grain, but I don't know that for sure. The texture might be very
important, cause I think if you were to cook whole wheat flour, you
would get paste rather than a cereal texture. Less coursely ground
corn or wheat might taste a lot different due to the texture. Think
I'll make some polenta tomorrow. Thanks again. dkw

"dkw12...@yahoo.com" <dkw12...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Far as I know there is no equivalent to steel cut oats for corn, wheat
> or other grains, but I don't see why they wouldn't work something like
> oats work.

Kasha is cut buckwheat. That's not a grain any more than
pineapple is a connifer, but it looks like a grain and it has a
grain sounding word in its name.

I've had cracked wheat years ago, and I've used cracked
barley in stews.

Couscous is more processed than cracked wheat, but it is
popular.

I suspect that types of grain that look more like wheat than
like corn will work better than corn. Any sort of porrridge
made before the industrial revolution would be have like that.

> I know the nutrition of corn is not quite that of oats or
> even wheat, but it is whole grain afterall, so must be pretty good for
> a person.

Compared to refined grain, sure. Compared to cauliflower,
I am far from convinced.

"Doug Freyburger" <dfreybur@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "dkw12...@yahoo.com" <dkw12...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Far as I know there is no equivalent to steel cut oats for corn, wheat
>> or other grains, but I don't see why they wouldn't work something like
>> oats work.
>
> Kasha is cut buckwheat. That's not a grain any more than
> pineapple is a connifer, but it looks like a grain and it has a
> grain sounding word in its name.
>
> I've had cracked wheat years ago, and I've used cracked
> barley in stews.
>
> Couscous is more processed than cracked wheat, but it is
> popular.
>
> I suspect that types of grain that look more like wheat than
> like corn will work better than corn. Any sort of porrridge
> made before the industrial revolution would be have like that.
>
>> I know the nutrition of corn is not quite that of oats or
>> even wheat, but it is whole grain afterall, so must be pretty good for
>> a person.
>
> Compared to refined grain, sure. Compared to cauliflower,
> I am far from convinced.

One could always go to the feed store and pick up "cracked corn" which is
just corn that has been broken into small pieces suitable for chickens
etc. Rinse any dust off it and you could give it a try. Pieces are
bigger than coarse ground polenta or corn meal.

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"dkw12002@yahoo.com" <dkw12002@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Far as I know there is no equivalent to steel cut oats for corn, wheat
> or other grains, but I don't see why they wouldn't work something like
> oats work. I know the nutrition of corn is not quite that of oats or
> even wheat, but it is whole grain afterall, so must be pretty good for
> a person. Surely you could take a kernal of corn, cut it into about 10
> pieces or so, soak it, then cook it into a cereal something like
> oatmeal is handled. Anybody ever try this? I know they feed cracked
> corn to chickens and other animals, so that might work too. Grits are
> more processed and so is farina, so they lose a lot of the nutrition
> of the corn and wheat. Both taste pretty good though, so I'm thinking
> cereal made from the whole kernals should be palatable.
>
> I read the history of Kelloggs Corn Flakes online a while back.
> Apparently Kellogg did not want to add any sugar to his corn flakes,
> but caved in due to his brother convincing him they would make a lot
> of money if they did add sugar. The article said the flakes without
> sugar tasted good. Wish I had some of those, right now to taste. dkw

Silage.
Grits.
Etc.

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On Mar 11, 6:15 pm, "dkw12...@yahoo.com" <dkw12...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Far as I know there is no equivalent to steel cut oats for corn, wheat
> or other grains, but I don't see why they wouldn't work something like
> oats work. I know the nutrition of corn is not quite that of oats or
> even wheat, but it is whole grain afterall, so must be pretty good for
> a person. Surely you could take a kernal of corn, cut it into about 10
> pieces or so, soak it, then cook it into a cereal something like
> oatmeal is handled. Anybody ever try this?


Could that be what "Jimmy crack corn" means"

http://www.timmyabell.com/music/lyrics/fm/jimmy.htm

On Mar 14, 6:59*am, honeybunch <doro_i...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Mar 11, 6:15 pm, "dkw12...@yahoo.com" <dkw12...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Far as I know there is no equivalent to steel cut oats for corn, wheat
> > or other grains, but I don't see why they wouldn't work something like
> > oats work. *I know the nutrition of corn is not quite that of oats or
> > even wheat, but it is whole grain afterall, so must be pretty good for
> > a person. Surely you could take a kernal of corn, cut it into about 10
> > pieces or so, soak it, then cook it into a cereal something like
> > oatmeal is handled. Anybody ever try this?
>
> Could that be what "Jimmy crack corn" means"
>
> http://www.timmyabell.com/music/lyrics/fm/jimmy.htm

Wikipedia says Jimmy Cracked corn might mean corn whiskey, a white
slave owner, or a southern white man, but I like your definition. I
think we should call it "Honey cracked corn" in your honor. We could
package the stuff, add a little corn sweetner, salt and some
preservatives and sell loads of it. Oh ya, I guess a drop of honey
too. dkw

"honeybunch" <doro_iams@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Mar 11, 6:15 pm, "dkw12...@yahoo.com" <dkw12...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Far as I know there is no equivalent to steel cut oats for corn, wheat
>> or other grains, but I don't see why they wouldn't work something like
>> oats work. I know the nutrition of corn is not quite that of oats or
>> even wheat, but it is whole grain afterall, so must be pretty good for
>> a person. Surely you could take a kernal of corn, cut it into about 10
>> pieces or so, soak it, then cook it into a cereal something like
>> oatmeal is handled. Anybody ever try this?
>
>
> Could that be what "Jimmy crack corn" means"
>
> http://www.timmyabell.com/music/lyrics/fm/jimmy.htm

This isn't quite "cracked corn" but on the order thereof.

http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/ind...ROD&ProdID=149

and it is people food, not chicken food.

http://www.ebirdseed.com/page/EB/CTGY/cracked_corn

On Mar 14, 3:05*pm, "Del Cecchi" <delcecchioftheno...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> "honeybunch" <doro_i...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:81c50526-2ea6-4cdd-9768-131faeb68075@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>
> > On Mar 11, 6:15 pm, "dkw12...@yahoo.com" <dkw12...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Far as I know there is no equivalent to steel cut oats for corn, wheat
> >> or other grains, but I don't see why they wouldn't work something like
> >> oats work. *I know the nutrition of corn is not quite that of oats or
> >> even wheat, but it is whole grain afterall, so must be pretty good for
> >> a person. Surely you could take a kernal of corn, cut it into about 10
> >> pieces or so, soak it, then cook it into a cereal something like
> >> oatmeal is handled. Anybody ever try this?
>
> > Could that be what "Jimmy crack corn" means"
>
> >http://www.timmyabell.com/music/lyrics/fm/jimmy.htm
>
> This isn't quite "cracked corn" but on the order thereof.
>
> http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/ind...IEWPROD&ProdID...
>
> and it is people food, not chicken food.
>
> http://www.ebirdseed.com/page/EB/CTGY/cracked_corn

Thanks. I did buy a 50 lb. bag of the steel cut oats from Honeyville
but I know I love oats, so it's working out fine, but think I'll opt
for a smaller bag of corn grits. Industrial sized portions often seem
to backfire on me. I get into some product or some food thinking hey
this is really great, so I'll save gobs of money and buy 100 lbs. of
the stuff, only to find out after about 1 pound that there is better
stuff around or I really don't like it as much as I thought. Corn
grits sounds a little like it might fall into that category. My poor
dog already gets enough of my disaster dishes from my bulk purchases.
At least I live in a warm climate where I could dig a hole and bury
some dish that really didn't turn out. Up north I just had to keep it
in the garage until the ground thawed. dkw