Here is a trick we do in mexico, you can blend the nixtamal in the blender or food processor with a bit of extra water and it will grind much easier, then add regular corn flour... not exactly traditional, but it will taste pretty darn good, and the texture will not be that much different, still a thousand years better than anything you will buy in a store.
Try using a canning funnel to fill your ziploc bags. Place the funnel in the top and hold it down while you put in the first spoonful. It should then stand by itself. Then gently lift the funnel up as the bag is filled. I do this all the time when I fill freezer bags with chopped peppers. Very easy and less messy.
You can use hominy (size 10 can is 4 pounds of hominy = about $3.50 a can) and the nixtamalation (lime water) has already been done for you. Hominy and Nixtamal are the same thing. And if you fry it and season - WALA - corn nuts.
@@frigginpos No, hominy, or pozole is already overcooked to make tortillas. Actually if you wanted to make pozole, you could just keep cooking the corn she prepared in water without lime. nixtamal is still considered raw.
Sandra I want to try making nixtamal tortillas but having trouble finding dentcorn, field corn, etc. would it be ok to use deer corn? Seems to me it’s like a field corn. Corn is corn or am I wrong? Some even say using popcorn thanks for you feed back
The treated corn needs to be vigorously rubbed while rinsing with water or in a big bucket and then drained, rinsed, rubbed again, etc. etc. etc. If ones hands are sensitive the the alkaline water then wear gloves.
Covered, leaving it uncovered will lead to unnecessary evaporation, at this point you want the corn to be submerged in the alkaline water the whole time
Lime releases the nutrients in the corn. People whose diets that had been corn based, but corn not cooked with lime suffered from pellagra, an awful disease. Many European people suffered from this after Columbus brought corn back from the US!
NO! Either pickling lime or it's chemical name: calcium hydroxide. You can get it from Amazon or Walmart. Mexican markets also sell it in their spice sections called: CAL
The nixtamalization process is what releases the thiamine, niacin and other B-vitamins. That's why Native Americans and Mexicans and such didn't suffer pellagra! Do your research.
Wrong, the alkali is neutralised fully by the corn by then, (PH has normalised) and the corn IS actually slimy and slippery... there is no more reaction to your skin, not even a little. I have done this so many times without gloves.
@@SandraJSchultz I did something entirely different, dumb experiment---just put it in little coffee grinder turned into cornmeal, boiled it a little with some bacon fat, spices, then pan fried and broiled it to brown the top to use for fish 'tacos'....not really tacos obviously, thin corn bread, but it made a decent diner. Sorry to waste your time. :D
@@thinkmilly2810 Yep... Milly hit the nail on the head. it's not just "removing the skin", it's removing an acid that blocks the uptake of many nutrients in your gut (niacin, calcium & others). The nixtamalization process is genius and dates back to the Aztecs.
Hi Michael Garhartt. Thank you for the question. Where I grew up, "dent corn" was fed to our farm animals. We, along with everyone else there called it "field corn". It's just a regional colloquialism. Thanks for asking me to clarify.
Field corn is not a correct description of any corn. Its either Flint corn, Flour corn. or Dent corn . Most of the corn that is used for livestock is Dent but please do some research. Other wise it a pretty good video.
Thank you for documenting this. It's super helpful!
This video was very interesting, and informative! Keep making them!
Here is a trick we do in mexico, you can blend the nixtamal in the blender or food processor with a bit of extra water and it will grind much easier, then add regular corn flour... not exactly traditional, but it will taste pretty darn good, and the texture will not be that much different, still a thousand years better than anything you will buy in a store.
Thank you Sandra Schultz, awesome instructional video with lots of detail and explanations.
😍🥰😘 fantastic video! Thank you for the instruction.
Very nice tutorial. I learn somethimg new every day. Bless You
Hello! I'm glad you enjoyed! Thank you for watching!
How happy I am to finally see someone using a filtered water faucet at their sink! Hope that is an RO!
:) Yes!
I can't wait to make these! I'm going to make a batch with green hatch chiles.
Sounds great! How did they turn out?
Try using a canning funnel to fill your ziploc bags. Place the funnel in the top and hold it down while you put in the first spoonful. It should then stand by itself. Then gently lift the funnel up as the bag is filled. I do this all the time when I fill freezer bags with chopped peppers. Very easy and less messy.
Excellent suggestion!
Thanks for your help today
Thanks. Nice easy to follow recipe.
instead of washing in batches, it is easier and faster to just refill the whole pot with water, move the corn around, dump, repeat.
All they list on the grain web site is organic dent corn in a 50 lb bag. Is that the right kind of corn for this recipe? Thanks
Yes it is Judy. I’m glad you are trying the recipe!
You can use hominy (size 10 can is 4 pounds of hominy = about $3.50 a can) and the nixtamalation (lime water) has already been done for you. Hominy and Nixtamal are the same thing. And if you fry it and season - WALA - corn nuts.
@@frigginpos No, hominy, or pozole is already overcooked to make tortillas. Actually if you wanted to make pozole, you could just keep cooking the corn she prepared in water without lime. nixtamal is still considered raw.
Hello, the only corn in that website is DENT CORN, is that the same as Field corn?
Yes. I think so.
Pretty neato video. I like it
great job thanks !!! from the uk
Thank you vonmerowing! I'm glad you liked it.
You're awesome 👍🏼
Thanks for mentioning that the rinse water will clog up a sink! I like the idea of using a bucket or tub, then throwing the rinse water on the ground?
Sandra I want to try making nixtamal tortillas but having trouble finding dentcorn, field corn, etc. would it be ok to use deer corn? Seems to me it’s like a field corn. Corn is corn or am I wrong? Some even say using popcorn thanks for you feed back
Deer corn should work, just make sure it hasn't been treated with glyphosate (Round Up), or other herbicides.
Also look for corn sold as chicken feed.
Can you use popcorn? Or does it have to be a dry field corn?
The treated corn needs to be vigorously rubbed while rinsing with water or in a big bucket and then drained, rinsed, rubbed again, etc. etc. etc. If ones hands are sensitive the the alkaline water then wear gloves.
When you leave it sit for 24 hours, do you leave it covered or uncovered?
Covered, leaving it uncovered will lead to unnecessary evaporation, at this point you want the corn to be submerged in the alkaline water the whole time
@@chilepeulla Thank you.
Great video
Thank u really needed this video😊🥰
What's the pickling like for? May I ask?
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Lime releases the nutrients in the corn. People whose diets that had been corn based, but corn not cooked with lime suffered from pellagra, an awful disease. Many European people suffered from this after Columbus brought corn back from the US!
I meant the new world not the US - dumbass
WatchingTheLeftCannibalizeThemselves it is use to help peal the corn
I can use preserving powder? I cant get the pickle
NO! Either pickling lime or it's chemical name: calcium hydroxide. You can get it from Amazon or Walmart. Mexican markets also sell it in their spice sections called: CAL
I'm just afraid of getting pellagra. Maybe infusing the tortillas with niacin powder would help
Just eat balanced diet
youre releasing vitamins and minerals by nixtamalization
Foods like Chicken, ground beef, avocados all contain enough
The nixtamalization process is what releases the thiamine, niacin and other B-vitamins. That's why Native Americans and Mexicans and such didn't suffer pellagra! Do your research.
So what happens if you try to use sweet corn or any other types of corn?
It will just turn out like creamed corn.
Maize or feed corn has more starch than sweet corn starch is a natural emulsifier
That slimy feel is not the corn it is the alkali sucking the fat and oil from your skin.
That is why Clorox feels slippery too.
Wrong, the alkali is neutralised fully by the corn by then, (PH has normalised) and the corn IS actually slimy and slippery... there is no more reaction to your skin, not even a little. I have done this so many times without gloves.
You used pickling lime, I thought it had to lime mineral. Can you explain.
Waulah67
Lime= Calcium Hydroxide
Looks you made hominy? Why do do you specify organic? Wher do they get their water?
Fun fact: Heinrich Himmr started organic farming (in the modern world)
Hello how are you doing?
I have dried on the cob SWEET corn from last season...gonna have to make due. :D
Ho! Please let us know how it works with sweet corn. I read that it didn't have enough starch so I never tested it.
@@SandraJSchultz I did something entirely different, dumb experiment---just put it in little coffee grinder turned into cornmeal, boiled it a little with some bacon fat, spices, then pan fried and broiled it to brown the top to use for fish 'tacos'....not really tacos obviously, thin corn bread, but it made a decent diner. Sorry to waste your time. :D
You didn’t make tortillas though, you made maza. Can you make a part 2 with the tortillas being cooked
Sure! The next video posted is about making them! Thanks.
That looks like masa for tamales.
Same thing.
Duh. 🤦🏽♀️
Why do you need to remove the skin?
Look up nixtamalization and the health benefits europeans missed out on when that process was not brought back along with maize to the old world.
@@thinkmilly2810 Yep... Milly hit the nail on the head. it's not just "removing the skin", it's removing an acid that blocks the uptake of many nutrients in your gut (niacin, calcium & others). The nixtamalization process is genius and dates back to the Aztecs.
Wanted to see her try to make tortillas with that wet dough?
I'm a chef and I never heard of field corn can you please learn me
Hi Michael Garhartt. Thank you for the question. Where I grew up, "dent corn" was fed to our farm animals. We, along with everyone else there called it "field corn". It's just a regional colloquialism. Thanks for asking me to clarify.
You can buy it at feed stores
Feed corn.
Field corn is not a correct description of any corn. Its either Flint corn, Flour corn. or Dent corn . Most of the corn that is used for livestock is Dent but please do some research. Other wise it a pretty good video.
Field corn is...field corn will not be joining us tonight. Field corn is...indisposed....
:)
I thought it would be flour
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