Native American Corn Research Paper

Native Americans stored corn until it dried out. The dried corn was made into hominy by soaking corn into water until the kernels split open. These would be fried over a fire. Native Americans would also ground corn into cornmeal. Corn was put into the hollowed out mortar and then by pounding the corn with the pestle, this would grind it up into a powdery form. Corn meal could then be used for cornbread,corn syrup,or corn pudding. Often corn meal was mixed with beans to make succotash or to thicken other foods.

Flint corn or Indian corn is one of the oldest varieties of corn. A type that Native Americans taught the early colonists how to cultivate. The Indian corn comes in a range of colors including white,blue,and red. The kernels also