Choose corn flakes without adding sugar or chocolate, and add fruit and honey yourself. Do you know which grain is best for roasting? You shouldn't fry in corn oil, but it's great for mayonnaise and cooked dishes. See what else you don't know about corn products.
Corn, like other grains, can be made into flour. It is also used to produce products such as:
Corn grits
Groats - depending on the type of corn, they can be ordinary (white or golden) and rice (white with a yellowish tinge). Centuries ago, the Indians made groats by soaking corn kernels in a weak solution of wood lye to soften the casing. Then they separated the bran and germ from the endosperm (nuclei), and boiled the endosperm into a thick gruel in water or milk. In our stores you can buy whole, medium, fine and maize semolina.
Cornflakes
Flakes are made from crushed and cooked broken grains of white corn. They are often included in muesli blends. It is better to choose products without added sugar, glaze or chocolate and to add honey, nuts or fruit at home. With milk or yoghurt, cornflakes are great for breakfast.
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Popcorn, i.e. popcorn
Roasted corn (popcorn) was known in ancient times, as evidenced by machines for popping corn found all over America. The story says that during the First Thanksgiving in America, the Indian chief's brother donated popcorn to British colonists. For roasting, the grain of the cracking variety is suitable, which can be purchased in grocery stores and he alth food stores. At home, it is best to roast the corn in a special electric pot, in a microwave oven or by placing it in a tall pot with a little heated oil, with a lid on it.
Corn oil
Oil - fresh has an orange color, refined is dark yellow, has a pleasant taste and smell, is transparent. Due to the fact that fresh oil oxidizes very quickly, mainly refined oil is sold. It is suitable for salads, sauces, mayonnaise and cooked dishes. You shouldn't be on itfry.
Properties of corn oil:
It is a good source of polyunsaturated fatty acids, mainly omega-6, as well as vitamin E and provitamin A (also provides some omega-3). Due to the presence of omega-6, corn oil lowers the level of total and bad cholesterol. Omega-6 fatty acids are involved in the production of hormones, improve brain functions, help control blood pressure, kidney function and heart.
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