Blue corn extract

Boy, it was hard to find anything blue corn that wasn't chips.  Even the Mexican store near-by didn't have anything blue corn.

I finally discovered this blue corn meal at Natural Grocers.  I tasted it (Have you ever tried to taste flour before?), and it was not even remotely what I remember.  I may have to keep looking for some whole or cracked blue corn.

Anywho, I put 60 grams of corn meal into a clean, wide-mouth, pint-size mason jar.  Seagram's Extra Smooth Vodka was poured over the meal until it was completely submerged.

The jar was then placed in my vacuum sealer and sealed air-tight.  I shook the jar and found it would not shake.  Seems mixing the vodka with the corn meal made a paste rather than a liquid.  I opened the jar, poured in more vodka to cover the paste, and re-sealed the jar. : I shook this vigorously to make sure it was a liquid and placed it in a kitchen cabinet, where it will sit for 24 hours before being strained and infused with more corn flour.  (Straining flour mash is going to be another learning experience.)  I will continue doing this until the corn flavor is as strong as I want it, and I will post a time log of every time it is shaken or refreshed.

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