Re: NT recipe for lime water & corn

[Guest guest]

Therese,

I have lime that I bought about 2 years ago for the same purpose. I

never figured out how to actually USE it! Please let me know what you

discover. Perhaps we should e-mail Sally...

Kathy

[Guest guest]

>

> I bought some pickling lime today to soak some corn meal in, like the

> NT recipe calls for.

> My questions to all of you are:

> Has anyone soaked corn in lime water before?

> Do you actually cook with the lime water or do you strain it out

first?

> It doesn't seem to clarify this in the book.

>

> Thanks,

> Therese in WI

>

I purchased powdered lime at El Mercado, St. . Having lived in

Mexico in early '70's, I recognized these people as the Real McCoy.

I discovered the white lime powder sank to the bottom. After emptying

jar contents, it was impossible to scour the lime stain off my (new)

half gallon canning jar; so use old and small one for experimenting.

The lime powder must have etched the glass.

No, we did not shake it up. Reference NOURISHING TRADITIONS, page

454, " A word about corn: " reads, " ...The powder will settle and the

resultant clear liquid is lime water. " This indicates the clear

liquid is the lime water and does not instruct to shake contents

before use. I certainly would not want to ingest the powdered lime

after witnessing what it did to the jar! I can believe it will surely

break down the corn cell wall to release B3.

We made cornbread from heaven with this liquid.

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