Anyone else eat corn meal/cracked corn regularly?

[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.

[Chris]

Rick
Hi, are you sure your real name is not Jimmy(Jimmy cracked corn and I dont care)lol.Sorry for that but couldnt resist it.

In answer to your question,I do like corn on the cob but not really had much cornmeal no.

Thanks for that though.

[Brent]

I eat grits fairly often for breakfast, and i have cornbread whenever offered, does that count? I dont think it's a bad grain. I use cornmeal for cooking whenever recipe calls for it.
love
brent

[Nancy]

Rick,

I have naturally excluded bread, my favorite unyeasted sour dough breads commerically available became scarce around here, so I gave up the hassle. I have some dormant self-made sour dough starter in my refrigerator, and may try to liven it up or start again. That is about all I am willing to eat as bread. So, what did I substitute?

Corn tortillas. They are so prevalent in my parts as to be unbelievable. Again, I am living in a cultural mix with many Mexicans and many Native Americans. We have Mexican foods, flour tortillas and corn tortillas in abundance.

I revere the Native Americans in my vicinity. Reading Carlos Castenada recently, was part of this.

Your recommendation of milled whole corn is impressive, especially the description "almost fainted with the pleasure".

PBS is showing a Native American series of two hour dramas, on Mystery. They've done "Skinwalkers", "Coyote Waits", and "Thief of Time". Actors all Native American, produced by Robert Redford.

Are you still heading up the Boston Chapter of EarthSave?

Nancy