Growing Rainbow Corn & What Does It Taste Like?
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- čas přidán 25. 04. 2020
- In this video, I share my experience in growing rainbow corn also known as gem, glass, and Aztec corn also give my thoughts on what it tastes like and if it's worth growing.
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Thank you so much for this vid! I am growing this corn for the first time this year and I'm really excited! I have heard that this variety makes a really good corn bread, and that you can make tortillas from it (but not sure about this one since the corn meal used for tortillas is processed with lye, masa harina) but I could imagine it would make a decent polenta, and you could add a little color on the tops and bottoms of home made bread. I love your channel and I will definitely sub to the other one. Thank you, Mark!
OK, I accidently just found a bread recipe that you can use your corn in. It's Peter Reinhardt's "Everyday 100% whole wheat sandwich bread" which can be found online on the website, homecookinginmontana.com Corn is mentioned in his book (Artisan Breads Every Day) as a variation and you can replace 156 grams of the whole wheat with, "cornmeal, cooked grits, or polenta."
I subbed to the new channel! I look forward to every one of your posts. Thank you!
Cornbread. We love Mexican cornbread. As a coating, breading on fried okra, squash, or fish. Hominy is another way.
You are a busy man. Rest well.
I'm trying my hand at growing blue corn and a red variety called bloody butcher. They're part of my "beer garden" with barley and hops:-) I've learned a lot from watching your channel. Thanks so much!
I’m Mexican... you can make “corn tortillas”. Those are used in many Mexican foods. Also, you could make something called “masa” with it for Tamales. It’s like a dough. You make it then slather it onto dry corn leaves that have been softened in a bit of warm water. Then you take a spoonful of prepared meat (cooked with spices and chile sauce) and put it in the middle of the raw dough. Then wrap it up into a little bundle and tie it with a strip of corn leaf. After you’ve done that until you run out, put your tamales in a pot to steam them. After a while take them out and let them cool so it kinda hardens a bit. This is essentially like Mexican polenta sandwiches lol. Anyway, everyone I know likes them, you can even put olives, potato and carrots slices in them. Or make a sweet version. Plenty of recipes online. If you can’t find the products in Australia (chiles and corn leaves would be the most difficult) I’m sure you can grow your own n dry them. #selfsufficient
neatofication going to need Lyme
!Masa! Muy bien. My first thought was tortillas and pupusas. Tamale is also delicioso, but, que trabajo. Cornbread is another favorite if you grew up in the Southern United States like me.
Thanks for the comment. I was hoping there would be some good uses for it. And now I have a good excuse to try it out!
I'm from the South West United States. I LOVE tamales. I want to learn how to make them.
LOL ok you are making my mouth water.
When I was a little girl I would sneak into the farmers field next to my home and look for the most beautiful rainbow corn I could find. I would string long beautiful necklaces and let them dry in the sun. I was so young I had no idea I wasn't supposed to be in the field! Summer days long ago in the great lakes region of New York State. I can still recall going barefootl down the rows and playing hide and seek with the neighborhood children. ...Simpler times...my heart pains and pines away for those days...my own children will never know.
If you grow your own corn they will.!...if it's the death of me I'm getting out of California- to somewhere east of here..- to sanity..a small.plot of land..my own food forest
@Open Mind Closed Fist I mean I don't particularly likr Hollywood either but with our growing population of course farming land won't be the same
@Open Mind Closed Fist hmm. I'm not so sure that Bill Gates gives a damn whether or not you grow your own food, not so sure what this comment is supposed to mean.
Open Mind Closed Fist
So... Bill Gates sells poisoned food? What are you on about?
@Open Mind Closed Fist you're the one who's brainwashed sardine man the calculation you're talking about doesn't include many important things that take up space such as commercial building sewage services government roads ect ect
I grew blue corn. Yesterday I found a recipe for a yeast bread that included cornmeal. I ground up some of the blue corn and used it. One of the best breads I’ve ever made. A 2 lb loaf called for 2/3 cup cornmeal.
Wow cool! Thanks for sharing :)
IN PERU WE CULTIVATE A PURPLE CORN, WE MAKE IT INTO A DRINK CALLED CHICHA MORADA. DELICIOUS.
Beer
@LagiNaLangAko23 nah, thats a traditional chicha which is from another native corn, btw they dont use spit as much now you can just use yeast.
Chicha morada is a diferent corn.
Beer has to be from another corn or else it would be purple beer
To make Chicha Morada all you have to do is put a whole purple corn comb,apple,cinamon,sugar, lemon,water in a pot and boil for 30 mins+.
nacha laica i adore chicha morada and even am hoarding one piece of candy in that flavor! I can’t wait to get back to our local Peruvian restaurant! I want Chaufa so badly.
Lucciano Dfs Tried it when I was in Peru, not my cup of tea. But that I guess is because my tastebuds aren’t designed for it. However the guinniepig was quite tasty, a bit fatty like duckthighs but nice.
Try cooking them as we Mexicans do, “elote sancochado” basically you boil the corn in hot water with salt, the corn has to have its “covers” not overly thick, you have to take off the excess; once the corn is soft you take it out of the water, take out the “covers” and then season them with different things depending off the person: 1. Lime juice and salt. 2. Sour cream and cheese (we use “queso sopero” it’s a “dusty” kind of cheese) and in both cases there’s people that put in “Chile molido” grounded chilis for a spicy corn. This is street food in Mexico it’s not supposed to be sweet, it’s sour, salty or spicy.
Hi Mimi, I’m interested in this dish. I just want to clarify if it is indeed salt that is used and not cal ( calcium oxide ) as they call it in Mexico when boiling the corn?
@@davedrewett2196 it is salt.
That would be great as "panko" crumbs on fish. You should connect the cob to a cordless dril. Will go much faster
That ground corn would make delicious corn bread, made with buttermilk is my favorite. A southern favorite in the US. Love your videos, thank you!
G'day mate, you got some nice colours there. I just harvested my Aztec corn not that long ago and got some great colours, it's like opening a present I get so excited to see what colours I've got.
Stay safe and God bless you guys.
It is a present, 100%, the origins stories of corn are holy
Here in uganda that type of corn is common we have a variety thank u for your videos
One of the things I loved about growing rainbow corn for the first time last year was the roulette of what it would look like when you harvested it - always unique and different! I also managed to get a friends child into plants as they took a seedling and looked after it until the ‘unicorn corn’ as they called it was ready :)
I love how you covered all the many different ways we can use this plant (cooking, chicken feed, compost, etc.)!! 😊 And I love that DIY corn kernelling tool, nice work 😀
A coffee grinder is also good for dried cayenne peppers. I did learn to mark it for pepper use as the wife doesn't care for spicy coffee. haha
That’s funny, but I bet your wife does the washing and folding. Ground dried cayenne pepper in the jocks, would be funny too. 🤭😂
New definition to hot cup of coffee 🤪
LOL...
You can make cornmeal, cornbread, corn pie, festivals, dumplings, tortillaz, taco shells and porridge.
Here, in Scotland, I am growing both sweetcorn and popcorn varieties this year. Some local farmers also grow sweetcorn very successfully, given our climate is pretty wet and a fair bit cooler.
Very interested to see your invention for removing the kernels (Thanks for the tip. I've saved the video so I can refer back to it later).
At harvest-time, I'm planning to use the discarded corn cobs as a 'substrate' on which to raise mushrooms (oysters). I hear they make a good base, plus it will help break down the cobs faster than if I was to rely on British insects, microbes, etc.
Polenta can be eaten a lot like grits (more savory) or can be cooled and cut into rounds and pan friend. Very good.
We love watching you mate! You’re what Gardening Australia used to be. Keep it up! No need to split the channel imo, if people like watching you they’ll want all of it in one spot 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏼👏🏼
As many others have stated, you can boil the dried kernels in with cal or lye (Alkaline), then remove the shells and the you have hominy, great for soups. Grind up the hominy and you have tortilla "dough" (masa), just cook on a hot iron and you have fresh corn tortillas
That kernel tube / remover is brilliant! Once I get myself some land again I might have to give them a try! Used to have an allotment in the UK. Recently moved to WA and currently not got any growing space unfortunately!
You can grow corn in containers if space is limited. I am also in WA, south of the river. Stay safe mate.
@@CountBasie56 i live in TX stay safe over there
Try vertical growing towers brilliant and clean look up hope this helps, obviously you can’t grow corn or Brussels sprouts, looks interesting!
Can I just say how very much I enjoy your videos?
Not just for the education, but I'm drawn to your enthusiasm for the whole process of growing food, and your obvious deep respect for the wonderful God-given gift of this beautiful earth.
That corn looks beautiful!
Great video! I'm super glad to know ancient varieties of corn are being grown so far away! Cheers from Mexico!
I live in Arizona and I actually grow glass gem corn as a winter crop. I plant in the fall and harvest in late winter/ early spring.
i grow a variety here in NC called Painted Mountain, good for popcorn too
Growing up in America we always called it"Indian Corn". I am 71years old and that is the only name we ever heard it called. Living the last couple of years in the Philippines now, but I have not seen much of it about. Never ate any but it was always used as a centerpiece at our family's Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.
Where can l get it? I am in UK and never seen it before. I must say, since watching this bloke and his garden...l have dug up all the lawn and have fantastic fredh food section. I am STILL in lockdown so am growing seriously to eat ! Juliette Crossley
Indian corn is a very old term from back in the colonial days for any color of maize, because the English word 'corn' refers to any seeds used as food. Maize was the corn grown by the natives, so they called it indian corn or even just indian. (as the American natives were referred to as indians at the time)
In the 20th century the term indian corn became more narrow to only the colorful heirloom varieties.
I'm 57, so not quite your age, but I too have never heard it called anything but Indian Corn.
@@bwuest Yup. Indian corn here too. Most folks turn their noses up at it for some reason. Usually just used for Thanksgiving centerpiece decorations and the like.
Loving your videos! I subscribed after the first video I watched. You've inspired my boyfriend and I to start growing our own veg in southern Arizona 😊 much love, hope you're all safe and happy!
You can use the corn for tortillas, to make them you boil them with lime (not the lemon lime) for an hour, then wash, grind in a food prossesor or grain mill, shape into tortilla on top of a plastic bag cook, and enjoy!
Great work mark
Thanks for the tips
Keep up the great work
We've just purchased seeds from the seed collection, I was surprised to see those same little seed packets on my favourite gardening channel.
You can make corn chips with the corn flour, then make some tasty nachos. We lightly spray out corn chips with lime juice and coat them in a bit of salt. 👍
Pap - with any kind of corn or grain when its ground up Fine, you make a kind of stiff porridge with it. Add sugar and butter for a hearty breakfast or gravy for a savoury dinner. It's a pretty standard way to eat it where I live.
Always a great show...
On the list to grow when in season for us.
Keep up the great work Mark 👍
When I was younger, they sold the flint corn to us to eat with spices and stuff, and we love it. We tried growing corn here, like the regular corn, but the squirrels will not leave them alone! 😣 But thanks for the video! I have been wanting to know how it tastes.
I feel your pain... I had around 50 corn plants growing this year and 99% of the cobs were taken by rats, very frustrating!
Nice! This will be my third year growing Indian corn, saving most of the seed so far to have enough to plant a larger plot. Started with 100 seeds, now I have 2 or 3 pounds!
Dang and I can't even get my hands on a few seeds I live in the Netherlands:'(
Many thanks for showing this corn grinder!
Your channel is so informative x
I grow those ones where I live. I've found that boiling them is not very nice, and they tend to bleed into the water. Try roasting them. they are Delicious.
What's your recipe for roasting them??
We want more vids
It really helps (educationally) and since we are quarandeed we have something funny and useful ( everybody can watch it ) to see
I love your channel! Thanks for sharing with us!
👍 great video Mark, very informative and well produced and edited, thank you!
Hey Mark, I'm not an expert on corn and you might already be aware of this, but if not, you should look into nixtamalization. You have relatively fresh corn and that might not apply in this case though. I can't seem to find anything about how long corn keeps before you need to do the process.
As for things to make, you HAVE to make cornbread and tortillas with this, it's a missed opportunity if you don't. Making your own taco shells, be they hard or soft, fun and having cornbread to go alongside something like chili is a whole new world.
Apocalyptic Pioneers nixtamalization is used on “contaminated crops” the process is used to remove aflatoxin which occurs in soils from decaying vegetation such as spoiled hay, and used to remove other mycotoxins which is produced by fungi most common due to incorrect storage of corn or sorghum. Over 90% of illnesses related to mycotoxins is people eating random wild mushrooms
Hominy and masa for tortillas are corn that has been processed through nixtamilization (spelling?). This process prevents pellegra, a vitamin deficiency that occurs when diets are over reliant on corn . It can be fatal . The native Americans were pretty smart. 🙂
@@michaelwalsh9881 No, it's soaking the kernals in a lime or lye solution to help break down the cell walls as well as convert the niacin compounds to ones better absorbed by the human digestive system en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixtamalization and www.cooksillustrated.com/science/789-articles/feature/transforming-corn
Yes nixtamalization can be done to improve taste and texture that's a good point! I might try it one day but as for the "health concerns" about eating unprocessed corn I don't think this is much of an issue unless you had a corn-based diet and obviously it doesn't apply to sweet corn and other varieties like popping corn. An interesting subject to research. I do want to make cornbread and tortillas ASAP! Cheers :)
Yeah I definitely enjoy the blue corn,
It has a very unique and subtle flavor,
Any fresh corn is awesome,
The only down side to corn is that you only get one ear per stalk ,
Bummer;
I strongly recommend everybodyto get a copy of the book,” Square foot gardening”
Talk about a totally different way to garden and save a tremendous amount of space
Those gardens can be setup in a balcony space as well as in planter boxes which are on top of a set of standard construction saw-horses so that someone who is in a wheelchair can also garden as well,
A tremendous help for either the elderly or a disabled family member,
Stay safe and enjoy the great outdoors 👍
Most varieties of corn grow 2-3 ears per stalk.
Thank you for the ideas of how to process and use this variety of corn.
Starting the vid but im loving it already! Love the video mark! My garden beds are also going well!
Look for Mexican and spanish foods when it comes to corn dishes
It amazes me how excited I am that I caught this 11 mins after posting 😂😂
Love your stuff! Will you be my dad ?
I'll be your dad.
Nah....just joking. (-:
Wish he was a neighbor 😊
Severance Official me too!!
😂😂🤙
@@bipolatelly9806 nawwws :'(
I absolutely adore your videos! I've learned so much! I share these videos with my dad and he loves them. Thank you!
I love the corn kerneler thingy!
It'll help the flavor and nutrition of your corn if you nixtamalize it first, which is what the Aztecs would do to their corn too:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixtamalization
Soak it in warm water that is mixed with wood ash, afterwards it will be a lot easier to grind into cornflour for tortillas or tamales.
Cheers from the USA!
You can use pickling salt/lime too
:) 👍👍👍 Question: will that style corn "pop"? The colors are so pretty, the red and dark red wow!!!
no , dosnt matter what colour the kernel it will be white or pale yellow , with just the husk having any colour .
they can sort of half pop and become softer, without exploding open all the way
@@blackg0076 thanks, i worded that wrong, i know they'll always pop white but i wasn't sure since its a tougher kernel if it would pop at all. and the colors, i just meant they're pretty :)
@@samuelmarquez4501 so pretty!😊
@@samuelmarquez4501 np , i was kind of hoping that you gould get coloured popping corn , but the TKOA the king of awesome did a test and sadly they dont pop in colour.
I love your channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!
Thanks for the tips! About to give these a go.
Try making "mamaliga", a Romanian dish that substitutes bread.
Mamaliga! Grew up eating it, never knew it's origin was Romanian, but that makes perfect sense as I trace the family history. Thank you!
Yum yum
😄 thats what i was going to say
Thank you for the recipe tip! Cheers :)
Please change your pic because it s very bad to do something like that to a holy icon please show some respect to those who believe as you want them to show respect to you
I waiting on a delivery of sweet corn “popcorn fiesta” seeds. They are the same mix of colours so maybe try popping them??
Was it nice? :)
@@trixycat not really, the seeds arrived a bit late so the season was cut short. I found out that I shouldn’t have grown both popping corn and regular sweet corn in the same garden as they cross pollinate and my yellow corn was a bit motley coloured and tougher than usual And as I love sweet corn I’m only growing sweet corn this season. But it was worth a try
Man I love your video you explain very well.... keep doing the great work mate.
Omg I was just wondering about this the other day!! You must be some sort of mind reader! 😅 thanks for the upload 😍
So interesting! I want to try this. Will boiling the corn make it soft for eating? Curious to know exactly how it tastes different from sweet corn
It does make it soft but it is considerably more chewy than sweet corn. There has been a few people suggesting nixtamalization to improve the edibility and apparent absorption but I'd prefer to make it into cornmeal and use it like that rather than eat whole. Cheers :)
the trick is to harvest it about 2 weeks before its fully mature. boil it for 15 to 20mins. it taste heavenly. especially with the black sticky corn.
Hey Mark, FYI CZcams is playing “Epoch Times” ads on your channel.
Also, you can make polenta and corn cakes and arepas with cheese with this corn meal
You are a genius! Love the kernel PVC separator!
Thanks for sharing. Good tips.
Does anyone know what is best to sow or plant in Sydney at this time, as what veggies or plants will do well?
Pot.
check gardening australia
might want to save those corn cobs for toilet paper the way things are going.
Great vid Mark, I like how you "Get into it" with not to much waffle straight to the point and full of information and tips. Good job
Thanks you for this video. It was very helpful.
You are making me totally excited to get my seeds in.
Great episode Mark: Just yesterday I was getting a order ready for those seeds. And I love that invitation: Thank you
So excited for your new Chanel! Always excited for a new video from you !
Thank you I've grown this corn this year for the first time great info x
Hi Mark thanks again for all the time you spend marking your videos can't wait to see what you post on your new channel.
What a great video. Thank you. Love how you showed the complete follow through to cooking it up. But your quick device for kenneling was the best part - ingenious! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
That corn de-kernaling tool is excellent!
Thank you for this! This is my first year to grow Aztec corn (SE Texas), grown in succession plantings. The plants are beautiful, doing very, very well and getting big. I can't wait for the harvest!
I just stumbled across your videos by accident and I’m glad I did. Your videos are fantastic! I’ve been learning a lot.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Me and my girl really enjoy watching you teach old ways try new things. We really wanna see you cook more often.
Great video! Keep it up! From Minnesota US
I have to say that I really enjoy your videos. Kind regards from Panama
We just got some of these seeds yesterday and look forward to planting them.
I absolutely love your channel, and already subscribed to Ssm 2 keep up the awesome videos.
That tool is frigging genius! Beautiful crop.
Really sir you are doing very good job. Real gems were grown in your farm. I just love your passion for gardening
Brilliant, thanks so much for the post, it was just what I was looking for. Now I know what to do with my Indian corn. Happy growing. 🌽
Love this video! Thank you
I don’t know how I ended up here but my good I love this stuff. Learned a lot today. Thank you!
I love this video and by the way that is an absolutely gorgeous logal on your T-shirt
Great video of your garden Mate (As always 😍) Wonderful, Colourful veggies ! You are really an inspiration for people like me. Keep your Great Work Going 👍 Best Regards from Melbourne !
Currently binge watching your channel while sitting on the lounge room floor folding laundry ☺️ loving your content!!
Thank you ! I was really wondering about this for long time !!!! ✌️👌✌️👌
Thanks to you and your inspirational videos we are trying to grow corn first time ever. Subscribing to second channel right away, cannot wait for more videos 😊 You are the BEST 👍
Man time and time again I search for tips on a variety of "essential living - Back to nature topics." Your channel /videos comes up time and time again. I've watched hundreds of your videos. I enjoyed them all - thank you!
I enjoy field corn you are the first person I have met that has said what it tastes like in the milk stage. Thank you
It's 10mins to 4am here.
See this in my feed.
Yes I would like to know what rainbow corn tastes like ☺
Love your videos and was happy to see an upload in my feed 😊
Wow! That kernel screw invention is wicked. Very clever
This was so interesting! I love your homemade gizmo’s too for decobbing & using the coffee grinder! 👍
Just found your channel today! Awesome!
Thank you for helping us
Wow you have many sweet in your garden, thanks for sharing to us such amazing creative and good presentation on growing skills
I was just searching heirloom corn last night. Thanks Mark, I was most interested in the taste.
Fantastic idea to have a channel for what you can do with what you can grow to be more self sufficient. I was just recently wishing there was something like that!
great tool & very simple to make 👍👍👍