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8:05 pm
March 18, 2011
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I'm wanting to grind my own corn to make corn meal but can't seem to find anyplace or information on the type of corn to buy or where to buy it. Can anyone help me?
9:59 pm
December 28, 2008
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Sometimes you can find a mill that will sell whole grains. In the meanwhile maybe try using popcorn? You can buy large bags at a big box store pretty cheap. I have used it because my mill is not recommended for using large corn kernels and they suggested using popcorn instead. It certainly is more widely available!
11:31 pm
August 30, 2008
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Would the cracked corn we buy for chicken scratch work?
3:33 am
February 27, 2009
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NO!
It's already been cracked – opening the kernels up to bacteria/molds. Won't hurt the chickens, but NOT good for humans. Plus, at least around here, feed is left out where rodents can crawl on it. Again, won't hurt livestock but we can get sick off of it.
If you can't/don't grow your own, then popcorn works a treat. I get 50lb bags from Sam's Club for around $14. Don't know if Walmart carries it or not.
You can also get whole corn shipped to you from places like Walton Wheat (google them- no affiliation at all, just have used them before.) Don't know if places like Whole Foods carries it in their bulk bins or not.
Google "buy whole, dried corn" and see what comes up. Also you can buy it from farmers, but BE AWARE! I did this and ended up with bugs in the pantry as the corn was not cleaned! My fault because they told me this, but I didn't get what they were saying. I figured it just had bits of junk from the field in it. It had THAT too, but the beetles in it got into all my whole wheat and I had to get rid of about 800 lbs of wheat, PLUS the 100lbs of corn I bought for $7. Again, MY fault. Just know that if you get it dried from the field, that you need to get it IMMEDIATELY into the freezer for about 3 days and then get it into something that if there are any bug eggs that survive freezing (and they do in the field) that the bugs can't get into anything else. So Mylar bags alone won't work. Either get it into #10 cans or into 5gal buckets and use O2 absorbers and you won't have any problems.
7:16 am
January 17, 2011
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Do you have an Amish community near you? I would ask them if there are any close.
10:26 am
August 30, 2008
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Thank you!
Next question… I have the "Back to Basics" grain mill… it has stainless steel burrs… would this be alright to grind popcorn with?
1:22 pm
December 28, 2008
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Cat, I wouldn't assume anything about the grinding of corn. We have what is pretty much the Rolls Royce of hand grain mills (the Country Living Grain Mill) and even it requires a special plate to grind corn other than popcorn.
So, I would check out the owner's manual VERY carefully, then check the website for the unit VERY carefully for further clarification. But that's just me… 
1:50 pm
August 30, 2008
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I have been trying to find something in writing specifically about it, but nothing but a person in an online search who saying it works. Was hoping for something from someone on here who possibly used it with popcorn regularly. I am specifically wondering about popcorn.
4:47 pm
December 28, 2008
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Hear that, Cat! Thought that was a pretty popular mill and that info about it should be easy to find. Maybe not so much… 
8:14 am
November 15, 2010
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ok, this is hearsay….but somewhere, I do remember it being said that popcorn is NOT good for grinding for cornmeal, because it's been dried excessively and treated with carbon dioxide(?) and it makes a poor grain.
I wish I could remember the site I was on where I read that, so take it for what you will. Like I say, this is just a recollection of a memory, but if it were me, I wouldn't do it with popcorn.
9:06 am
November 18, 2008
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Cousin Mark goes a long way to Virginia to get his corn every year. Used to get it in Parkersburg (WV), but that stopped a while back. He gets both white and yellow—maybe 3000 pounds total. He has a big, trailer mounted mill that's probably 500 years old. (Not really, but it's OLD.) He, and his Dad before him, goes/went to the Ripley Arts and Crafts Fair every July to demonstrate. Anyway, the fact that he drives several hours to get it tells me it's kinda hard to find. 
1:27 pm
February 6, 2011
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I regularly use popcorn with wonderful results. I have an electric mill, though. One of the main concerns for me is making sure the popcorn is dry. If it's not, it will gum things up. I would think that true for any kind of mill. I have dried it out by spreading a single layer of it on a cookie sheet and putting it in a warm oven (lowest temp and then turned off) for a few minutes. Popcorn tends to be sweeter than other milled corn and makes a perfect cornbread.
7:08 am
April 13, 2010
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I realize that you do not live in Georgia, but there is a place here that will ship corn to you. I don't know about the shipping charges – it might even make it cost prohibitive, but here is the link:
http://www.breadbeckers.com/st…..rn-c93.htm
1:06 pm
January 31, 2010
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I think lehmans non electric catolog has corn in buckets to buy. Its all clean. Vicki
3:16 pm
December 28, 2008
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Sure enough – here it is: http://www.lehmans.com/store/K…..95080?Args=
The have a hand mill just for corn listed, too, that is pretty cheap, if anyone needs another appliance!
2:07 pm
November 8, 2008
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52 said:
Cousin Mark goes a long way to Virginia to get his corn every year. Used to get it in Parkersburg (WV), but that stopped a while back. He gets both white and yellow—maybe 3000 pounds total. He has a big, trailer mounted mill that's probably 500 years old. (Not really, but it's OLD.) He, and his Dad before him, goes/went to the Ripley Arts and Crafts Fair every July to demonstrate. Anyway, the fact that he drives several hours to get it tells me it's kinda hard to find.
No, Mark only goes to Virginia to get WHITE corn because no one sells it close enough in WV. He buys his yellow corn at the local Southern States. Just buy whole FIELD corn in bags (sold as animal feed but it is no different than people feed – corn is corn). Now, this corn is not organic. It has been raised with "chemical" assistance. If you want organic corn, check for on-line sources. Popcorn is an acceptable alternative if you are not wanting to grind large amounts. Yes, corn must be very dry for grinding. Also, always store any home-ground meal in your refrig/freezer. Home-ground meal is not "bleached" (commercial process). Home-ground meal has all the natural corn oils still in the meal. The corn oil will turn rancid if stored at room temperature.
You folks are making me want a pone of home-made cornbread, hot from the oven and slathered in butter! YUM!
9:39 pm
August 19, 2011
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Dear Cousin Sheryl
I was very interested in your post about buying yellow corn to grind in the Parkersburg WV area. I live about 20 miles outside of Parkersburg. Exactly where is southern states where your cousin gets his corn?I never herd of such a place.
Thank you Joyce
9:04 am
December 28, 2008
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I'm not Sheryl, but Southern States is a farm store. There are a couple of farm stores at/near Ripley, but most any farm store should be able to either get the corn for you or tell you a local supplier.
9:57 am
December 14, 2010
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You can also glean the fields of the local garden farmers for their unpicked sweet corn. Once it is hard and dry you can grind that also. Corn is ready for dry harvest when the stalks have turned dry and brown and the ears have turned down. You can buy ear corn and shell it yourself also. The squirrel corn that is sold almost everywhere is the same stuff.
12:32 pm
February 8, 2009
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