Blue corn, where art thou?

My search for blue corn continues.  None of the big box grocery stores in my neck of the woods has blue corn, neither does the local Mexican grocery.  God, I miss the food convenience I had in Chicago.  Anyhow, it is time to widen my search (like I have had to do with so many other things since moving to a town with only 50,000 people) to the internet.  I really don't like the idea of buying food on-line, but I am out of local choices.

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Popcorn extract

A couple of days ago, I put up some popcorn extract.  That's right:  popcorn extract.  "Why would anyone want that?" you may saltily ask.  The why is going to have to wait until I get around to making it.  Until then, I have to see if making a popcorn extract will actually work.  By gum, it does!  I really think the vacuum sealer is speeding up my infusions.

The first taste after 48 hours is amazing.  It's like popcorn.  There is even a layer of oil floating on the top of the jar.  I didn't think this one would actually work, but the vodka infusion tastes like fresh popped popcorn.  However, is it enough to use it for flavoring.  I've decided it is not . . . yet.  Tomorrow I plan on popping another batch of corn and restocking the infusion.  It is amazing watching hot popcorn shrink under the onslaught of vodka!

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Sweet Corn extract

A couple of days ago, I put up some corn extract.  That's right:  corn extract.  "Why would anyone want that?" you may saltily ask.  The why is going to have to wait until I get around to making it.  Until then, I have to see if making a sweet corn extract will actually work.  By gum, it does!  I really think the vacuum sealer is speeding up my infusions.

The first taste after 48 hours is amazing.  It's like liquid corn.  However, is it enough to use it for flavoring.  I've decided it is not . . . yet.  Since the local Sprouts is having a 5 for $1 corn sail, I bought more ears.  Tomorrow, I plan on straining this extract and adding another ear of corn.

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