Corn Nuts are from So. America---who knew! (bbq, crunchy, expensive)
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I used to love them in the U.S. and just discovered they are from ----here. Never seen them here, either. Have any of you eaten another variety of corn nuts? Other than the commercial U.S. variety? Here's what Wiki says:
Corn nuts,[1] also known as toasted corn,[2] quico, or Cracker are a snack food made of roasted or deep-fried corn kernels. It is referred to as cancha in Peru and chulpi in Ecuador.
Holloway later renamed his product CornNuts. After Holloway and his sons Maurice and Rich learned of a breed of corn grown in Cusco, Peru (often referred to as Cuzco corn[4]) that grew large kernels (some said to have been bigger than a quarter), the company researched developing a hybrid of the Cusco corn that could be grown effectively in California. After a decade of research, the company introduced CornNuts made with the hybrid variety in 1964.[3] CornNuts sold on the market today are no longer of the large Cusco corn size.
Ate them while in middle school almost daily, as they were sold in the student’s store.
Loved the BBQ flavored ones back then. Not sure I could eat them now, due to the hardness and sodium content.
I used to love CornNuts! Years back they used to put a seed pack in with the product. I think there was 3 or 4 very large seed kernels in the pak. I planted the seeds, nurtured them and was surprised to see sprouts that rapidly grew to be about 12 ft tall. They formed ears but a storm beat them down and put an end to that project!
I used to love them in the U.S. and just discovered they are from ----here. Never seen them here, either. Have any of you eaten another variety of corn nuts? Other than the commercial U.S. variety? Here's what Wiki says:
Corn nuts,[1] also known as toasted corn,[2] quico, or Cracker are a snack food made of roasted or deep-fried corn kernels. It is referred to as cancha in Peru and chulpi in Ecuador.
Holloway later renamed his product CornNuts. After Holloway and his sons Maurice and Rich learned of a breed of corn grown in Cusco, Peru (often referred to as Cuzco corn[4]) that grew large kernels (some said to have been bigger than a quarter), the company researched developing a hybrid of the Cusco corn that could be grown effectively in California. After a decade of research, the company introduced CornNuts made with the hybrid variety in 1964.[3] CornNuts sold on the market today are no longer of the large Cusco corn size.
Do you-all still enjoy Corn Nuts?
Think about the corn that you get in Ecuador. Choclo has large kernels and is very different from American sweet corn.
When I was in Guayaquil back in the ‘80’s, push-cart snack vendors sold a homegrown version of Corn Nuts. I have no idea if they are still available.
I used to love them in the U.S. and just discovered they are from ----here. Never seen them here, either. Have any of you eaten another variety of corn nuts? Other than the commercial U.S. variety? Here's what Wiki says:
Corn nuts,[1] also known as toasted corn,[2] quico, or Cracker are a snack food made of roasted or deep-fried corn kernels. It is referred to as cancha in Peru and chulpi in Ecuador.
Holloway later renamed his product CornNuts. After Holloway and his sons Maurice and Rich learned of a breed of corn grown in Cusco, Peru (often referred to as Cuzco corn[4]) that grew large kernels (some said to have been bigger than a quarter), the company researched developing a hybrid of the Cusco corn that could be grown effectively in California. After a decade of research, the company introduced CornNuts made with the hybrid variety in 1964.[3] CornNuts sold on the market today are no longer of the large Cusco corn size.
Do you-all still enjoy Corn Nuts?
Yep...ate them a few times in a college library back in the day...some others got ticked since their loud crunch is distracting lol.
Think about the corn that you get in Ecuador. Choclo has large kernels and is very different from American sweet corn.
When I was in Guayaquil back in the ‘80’s, push-cart snack vendors sold a homegrown version of Corn Nuts. I have no idea if they are still available.
That matches my experiences with corn nuts in Peru. They were quite crunchy but not hard enough to break a tooth or anything. They were also larger and 'fluffier' than corn nuts I've had here.
Not one of my favorites, especially the hard ones we get in the states.
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