Price increases and shortages

[baymule]

aw, shucks, i know you meant mill there, but i did have a good giggle about the idea of you trying to milk kernels of corn.

Stupid auto correct!

We use cornmeal quiet a bit because I make arepas. Buy a small bag and try few recipes before you invest money buying more.

Arepa recipe?

 

[flowerbug]

oh...I looked up Arepas. Sounds yummy and a significant change from sandwich bread or the day old french bread I sometimes buy. Thanks.

i could see myself making a taco pizza with that as the base...

 

[Cosmo spring garden]

My apologies, arepas uses Mesa which is corn flour* not cornmeal. Still very inexpensive.

Recipe for arepas: half the recipe if you need to.

2 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups mesa
1 tablespoon oil of choice


Dissolve salt in water. Add oil.
Add 1 cup of mesa to water mixture and mix it together well. Add 1/4 cup of mesa at a time until you make a dough that doesn't stick to your hands but is moldable. You may not end up using all the mesa.
Cover the bowl and let it rest for 5 minutes.

Take about 1/4 cup of the dough and roll it in to a ball. Place the ball on a flat surface and gently press it down until it's about 1/2 inch thick disc. Some cracks are ok on the edges but if you are getting lots of cracks, add small amount of water to the ball and try again.

Once you have all the discs made heat a heavy bottom pan on medium heat. add about 1 TBSP of oil and swirl around the bottom of pan. Place the arepas on the pan, leave room in between them.

Cook for about 2 to 3 minutes until golden brown each side.

Place cooked arepas on a paper towel to soak up access oil.

We eat it with chili, soups, egg and cheese sandwiches, ect.

Best used fresh

 

[baymule]

That sounds good!

 

[flowerbug]

My apologies, arepas uses Mesa which is corn flour* not cornmeal. Still very inexpensive.

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half and half corn meal and corn flour would be good too, i'm not that picky and like the grittier texture that corn meal provides for some things.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

It sounds like fried cornmeal mush which I ate all the time as a kid. We always ate cornmeal when we had beans. We would also have meals of fried fish fried okra, fried potatoes and onions, and cornbread usually went with it.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

Mother used to make mush, at night. Then unmold it in the am, and fry in bacon fat. We ate it with syrup. YUMMY!!

 

[Pulsegleaner]

2 cups mesa

I think you meant "masa" unless you wanted very earthy arepas! (masa is niximatized cornmeal, mesa is a flat topped mountain)

 

[baymule]

A little mountain top with my cornmeal adds minerals! Healthy!

 

[Cosmo spring garden]

I think you meant "masa" unless you wanted very earthy arepas! (masa is niximatized cornmeal, mesa is a flat topped mountain)

Lol! Yes masa.