Seed Story Recipes

To go with the seed story about Desert Dent Corn this month, we wanted to share guide for cooking corn. Nixtamalization is a process of cooking corn in an alkaline solution of water and  hardwood ash or calcium hydroxide/lime. The process breaks down the outer wall of the kernels. The alkaline solution makes some of the nutrients in corn more bioavailable (most notably the amino acid tryptophan, and vitamin B3 (niacin) which is formed as tryptophan is metabolized. The process also makes the corn softer, larger, […]

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To go with the seed story about Green Luobo Radish this month, we wanted to share this recipe for Kkakdugi, a Korean cubed radish kimchi. This recipe is modified from Korean food educator Mangchii, and most of the credit goes to her. Ingredients 4 pounds Green Luobo or other daikon radish 2 Tbsp kosher salt (iodized salt can slow fermentation) 2 Tbsp sugar ¼ cup fish sauce (substitute soy sauce for a vegetarian version) ⅔ cup Korean hot pepper flakes (gochugaru) 4 green onions, chopped […]

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