[Rick]

I've purchased a Family Grain Mill from juicersforless.com for the purpose of grinding whole corn for course corn meal (or 'cracked corn' -- I'm not sure what to call it) and am very pleased with it. If you grind it course it makes a smooth but still slightly chewy meal. I have it plain for breakfast (oatmeal was great in the winter but now I'm feeling more corny) or for dinner I mix it with beans and vegetables. I had it with fried fish the other day and almost fainted from the pleasure.

I am feeling kind of lonely doing this since all of us macros long ago settled on rice -- originally imported from the Orient -- rather than our native American grain for our primary grain. I would really like to invoke the spirits of the native American peoples who lived on this land before my white ancestors arrived (translation = took it away from them), and it feels that eating their primary food is one way I can at least try to do that.

So my question: is anyone else eating corn meal regularly, or even -- goddess forbid -- GRINDING it and eating it the way I am? If so, I'd love to hear from you and let me know of your experiences.