Chieftain^® Wild Rice Company

CORNMEAL, RED

Description:

Maize has been a prized grain for many great cultures and still continues to be the backbone of modern American agriculture Red Dried Cornmeal is a fine textured sweet tasting meal made from ground Red Posole.  Red Corn has long been a symbol of religious importance to the American Indians of the southwest, Red Corn represents the movement of the sun to the West; the place that ensures long life and the direction our spirits must travel when we cross over.  Ground Posole is used for many products including Masa Harina, cornmeal, cornstarch and corn flour.  Dried corn kernels are ground into a fine, medium or coarse texture, most commonly known is the yellow or white cornmeal found in most markets today.  Specialty Cornmeal comes in a limited amount of forms, usually Blue or Red Cornmeal.  Cornmeal is used to produce other types of corn products such as corn chips, corn bread, tortillas, and porridge. Red Corn is more nutritious than white or yellow corn since it contains twenty percent more protein.

Suggested Use:

Be a little adventurous!  Substitute Red Cornmeal for 1/3 of the flour in your next muffin recipe and enjoy the results!  Use Red Cornmeal to make sumptuous stuffing, tortillas, breading for chicken and fish, cookies, crusts for quiche and pastries and of course for sweet Cornbread.  Cook Cornmeal like cereal and let cool, slice and fry in butter and top with syrup for a tasty breakfast treat.