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The dent corn, the stuff in the fields, grows in landscapes.

But there the two women were, hoeing their Bloody Butcher dent corn.

One nonsupermarket variety she grows is an old-fashioned red dent corn, bloody butcher.

Dent corn hybrids are more resistant to the disease than sweet corn and hence, do not require insecticides.

The coloration of flint corn is often different from white and yellow dent corns, many of which were bred later.

After considerable effort, he discovered someone to stone-grind whole-grist polenta from field-dried Midwestern dent corn.

What he was looking for, specifically, was classic Southern dent corn, so-called because of the dent on top of each kernel.

"If I didn't have my own corn," she said, "I'd use organic, whole-kernel, yellow dent corn from a health food store."

Dent corn - Zea mays var.

These different properties compared to normal dent corn starch, containing also amylose, are utilized mainly in following different applications.

Naturally soft, dent corn is perfect for grinding into corn mash for whiskey - and perfect for grits.

Mr. Roberts scoured additional historic documents and found a description of an 1850 yellow dent corn variety from Ohio that was milled frozen.

The breed of corn represented is known as Corn Belt Dent Corn, a double-cross hybrid variety.

The masa is usually made from maiz (dent corn in the US, not sweet corn, which is called elote).

Seeds Blum recommends Trucker's Favorite, an heirloom "dent corn" that supposedly makes up in corn flavor what it lacks in sweetness and looks.

Using a process central to the cultures of Mesoamerica, they cook and soak white dent corn in a calcium-hydroxide solution to produce nixtamal, which is ground into starchy, dough-like masa.

The Blew family of Oak Grove Plantation in Pittstown, N.J., raises wheat, buckwheat, dent corn and oats, and grinds and sells them in bags.

With less soft starch than dent corn (Zea mays indentata), flint corn does not have the dents in each kernel from which dent corn gets its name.

Through backcrossing, also has been used extensively to transfer individual genes such as wx (waxy), o2 (opaque 2) and the Htl gene for resistance to the leaf blight was transferred to regular dent corn.

Sweet corn and popcorn cultivars are more susceptible to Stewart's wilt than field (dent) corn, but there are some dent corn inbreds and hybrids that are susceptible.

In his pantry are shoe boxes filled with ears of corn, like Oaxacan Green dent corn, which makes delicious green tortillas, but is milky and sweet when eaten young, and Seneca Blue Bear Dance, speckled with violet, blue, gray, mauve and cream kernels.

This HowStuffWorks video looks at the basic process to make Jack Daniels whiskey: How Stuff Works - Jack Daniels Whiskey The steps: 1) Start with dried dent corn (and perhaps other grains) 2) Use a mill to crush the grain, then sift to remove hulls.

With less soft starch than dent corn (Zea mays indentata), flint corn does not have the dents in each kernel from which dent corn gets its name.