Popcorn?
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:54 am
Hi,
So, after all the struggles with growing corn this year - from poor germination, poor growing and then mice getting half my crop, we've finally harvested a few and they were delicious. I'm left with a few slightly tatty ones that I will do something with. Maybe spicy sweetcorn relish.
But it got me thinking - can you dry them to make popcorn? What a treat that would be. But, having looked into it a bit, it would appear you need to grow a popcorn variety and standard sweetcorn varieties won't do.
Has anyone either tried to dry standard sweetcorn to see if you can make popcorn or grown popcorn varieties? It could very well be next years experiment!
Thanks
Pawty
So, after all the struggles with growing corn this year - from poor germination, poor growing and then mice getting half my crop, we've finally harvested a few and they were delicious. I'm left with a few slightly tatty ones that I will do something with. Maybe spicy sweetcorn relish.
But it got me thinking - can you dry them to make popcorn? What a treat that would be. But, having looked into it a bit, it would appear you need to grow a popcorn variety and standard sweetcorn varieties won't do.
Has anyone either tried to dry standard sweetcorn to see if you can make popcorn or grown popcorn varieties? It could very well be next years experiment!
Thanks
Pawty