Glass Gem Corn Flavor

The translucent kernels really do shine brilliantly like glass on the cob they resemble strands of glass beads.

Glass gem corn flavor. Indescribably beautiful flint or popcorn comes in an endless range of colors. And if you re like me enjoying growing your own food and making the most of your harvest you understand. This is glass gem corn. The 3 to 8 inch ears are consummately decorative but edible.

63 reviews add your review. 91 of 100. This variety was selected for its majestic beauty and colors. With flint corn the corn is left on the plants to dry.

It s a corn varietal with different colored kernels. I would have called it rainbow corn myself but that s just me and i m way better at naming things than some people. Glass gem corn muffins. The kernels can be popped though the colors do not survive the process.

In each row leave a gap of 6 12 inches. Glass gem corn is an amazingly vibrant strain of rainbow coloured corn. It is a type of flint corn which is grown not for eating off the cob but for making popcorn or grinding into cornflour. Greg schoen the botanist who ultimately created the glass gem corn varieties recommends growing them in rows that are 30 inches apart.

A combination of time and effort is what it took to make glass gem the vibrantly colored corn it is today. It was nutty and rich with a depth to the flavor that was unlike any cornbread i have tasted. How to plant glass gem corn. The kernels will eventually begin to lose their shine and vibrancy and dry out.

The corn may look like candy but there s no way it tastes as good but is probably decent lathered in melted butter and rolled around in your mashed potatoes and peas for good measure. He says that you can also cluster 3 4 seeds in a hole and leave a gap between clusters of 3 4 feet. Glass gem cornbread makes about 15 muffins. Beautiful corn it s a native american variety called glass gem.

Glass gem is a unique strain of corn with kernels that look like pieces of rainbow colored glass. Grown more for its ornamental value glass gem corn is a flint corn variety used mostly for grinding into cornmeal. Glass gem corn a unique variety of rainbow coloured corn became an internet sensation in 2012 when a photo of the sparkling cob was posted to facebook. This rainbow corn actually exists.

You can make cornmeal from it like for cornbread and you can pop it although not as well as store popcorn. Ahem adam and eve. Glass gem is predominantly a popcorn a subcategory of flint corn and can be ground into cornmeal for use in dishes such as polenta or grits or popped.