Making corn meal
My question is regarding homemade corn meal. We have a hand crank corn sheller and it works great. We also have a grist mill, and it makes corn meal just fine. The problem is the cob dust (the red part of the corn cob, which stays on the end of the kernel of corn). Is there a way to get that cob dust so it does not end up in the corn meal? (It floats to the top of the corn bread, and looks and tastes terrible).
Brian in Minnesota
Usually if you grind a dent corn this can happen. I like flint corn as you don’t end up with this problem. To reduce the red dust, take your shelled corn and handful by handful, rub it between your hands and then drop it into another bowl. Take it outside in a breeze and slowly pour the corn from one bowl to another. This lets the chaff blow away, leaving clean corn. — Jackie
Growing Hopi Pale Grey Squash
Does the Hopi Pale Grey Squash have a strong enough stem/vine to be grown on a trellis? I’m doing spaghetti squash, butternut squash, your cucumbers, and pumpkins as well, and I know all of those except pumpkins will grow nicely on a sturdy A-frame made of hog panels. I was hoping the Hopi would as well.
Chrissy Mullender
Luray, Kansas
Yes, the Hopi Pale Greys will grow on a trellis. I had some that climbed a tree and hung from it, come fall. The vines are not only strong but extremely rampant! Most pumpkins will, too, except the giant ones like Big Max or Atlantic Giant. Mom had a big pumpkin grow up an apple tree and come fall, there were orange pumpkins hanging out of her tree. What a sight! — Jackie
