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About Lotus Maize Meal
Maize meal is used for a large variety of cooking purposes. Some use it as a wheat flour replacement, while others use it to create a thick breading. The way maize meal is used will largely depend on the texture and the food to be cooked. Corn flour, which is often mistaken for cornstarch, is ground from the whole kernel. White corn flour is used in many gluten-free foods, including pastry items such as cookies and cakes; the flour can also be used as a food filler, binder and thickener.
Corn is the great link between the ancient Americas, native and colonial populations after the European Age of Discovery and modern summer time eating. In its many forms, corn (and beans) was the mainstay of native American cuisine. It was ground into meal to make breads, cakes and porridges, including an Indian bread made with cornmeal, salt and water called corn pone (from the Algonquin word, apan, meaning baked). Planted on hills of mounded soil, the corn stalks supported the climbing pole beans, which in turn provided nitrogen for the corn roots. Large-leafed squash and pumpkins sprawled along the ground where they kept weeds out, moisture in and provided a diet balanced with proteins and carbohydrates.
Maize (Indian corn) dates back more than 8,000 years and represents the most remarkable plant breeding accomplishment of all time. Native Americans developed many kinds of corn to accommodate the length of growing season, altitude, rain, sun and soil type. These included hominy (large, hard kernel), flint corn (hard), dent corn (soft) and flour corn (soft). Some were early ripeners and some were not, and all of them were grown in a variety of colors. Maize was known to the Incas centuries before Christopher Columbus set his brave Italian footsies upon the soil of the New World. Upon his arrival, he marveled at the lush vegetation and infinite variety of strange plants that they found, maize among them. Perhaps, he realized at this point that the plants, along with most of the native population, might not have wanted to be discovered.
Certification
ACO
Weight / Volume
500 grams
