cuzco corn is used to make corn nuts.
cuzco corn is used to make corn nuts.
what kind of corn is used to make corn nuts?
cuzco corn
six ranches, about 2,000 acres from san ardo to soledad, cultivated this new variety in the mild climate that mimicked the remote valley in the andes. the greenfield factory processed as much as 12,000 tons each year of the hefty ears of corn. by the 1990s, the facility was still processing about 60 percent of the company’s corn nut needs. in 1998, the halloway family sold the company to nabisco. today, corn nuts are no longer made of the large cuzco corn size and cuzco corn isn’t grown in the salinas valley anymore. 









































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greenfield, california
bullet::::- hominy is dried maize (corn) kernels reconstituted by soaking in lye-water. these expand considerably in size and may be further processed by frying to make corn nuts or by drying and grinding to make grits. hominy is used to create masa, a popular flour used in mexican cuisine to make corn tortillas and tamales. nixtamal is similar, but uses calcium hydroxide instead of sodium hydroxide.









































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sodium hydroxide