Submitted by charbono on August 28, 2009 - 5:00pm

Country Living Grain Mill with Corn Auger

Has anyone used this mill to grind nixtamalized corn (hominy)?  How well does it work?

 

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I don't even know what that

I don't even know what that is! :)  I have used mine to mill both field corn and popcorn and it works great for that. I've also done dry beans and it makes a great bean flour.

Dry or wet?

If the hominy is still wet I don't think it will grind well.  Dry it well and it'll mill like regular corn more or less.

.....Alan.

 

 

Nixtamal

Symple -- Nixtamal (aka hominy or posole) is whole corn steeped in lime or some other alkaline solution. It can be used whole in pozole (soup) or ground into masa.

Alan -- I should have specified wet, fresh, or moderately dried hominy. Thanks for your input. I’m wondering if it takes a large throat, a certain auger, or something else to mill wet hominy.

cb

A food processor?

I'm assuming you want to grind your nixtamal to make fresh masa?  It occurred to me last night that a food processor would be the way to go with high moisture hulled corn.  You could probably get a fairly decent dough in a minute or two if the corn hasn't dried much yet.

.....Alan.

 

 

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