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Grits are made of dent corn.
by mech1234 7y ago
Grits are made of dent corn.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoFlour corn? No?
- nkurz 7y agoI'm not sure what the right authoritative source would be, but here's one from Iowa that claims "Traditionally, grits are made with southern dent corns": http://blog.seedsavers.org/blog/true-grits http://blog.seedsavers.org/blog/true-grits. I think the issue might be that true "flour corn" was originally grown only in the Southwest and is rare in the US these days. Most commercial corn meal these days is made from "dent" rather than "flour", which might cause the two to be confused. Carol Deppe's book "The Resilient Gardener" has a nice chapter on which corns are most appropriate for different cooking purposes.