Whole Corn

These shipped quickly with no issues. Grains are super clean, with no dust, or debris. Very happy with the quality and would def order again. Just cracked/corset grinded some in my mill, and made grits for some cajan shrimp and grits. And I will say they were delish and this corn has def earned a place in my pantry. I can't wait to try cone bread, corn muffins, and tortilla chips. Thanks so much, for the great experience! Can't wait to try some of your other grains!

High quality whole kernel milling corn. Milled up fresh and tasty!

Great quality product

Here's the latest update: They sent me a new 25 pound bag of corn and it's simply fantastic! It looks really clean, 100% corn, and all of the kernels are whole, it almost looks washed and sorted. Sounds like they got off to a bad start selling the stuff at the bottom of the silo. I will definitely be buying this again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OK, so I changed my rating from one star to five stars. I contacted the manufacturer and they admitted that they have had a problem with grain at the end of their bins not being as clean as they should be. They are going to send out another bag of corn that is clean, no charge! I don't care how bad a product is, if the supplier stands behind their product and is willing to replace (or refund) that's all that really counts in my book! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {My original review}: I've been looking for new grains for my grain mill and thought this would make a good corn bread. When I opened it up I found that it was extremely poor quality. There are corn stalks and other seeds in the mix (wheat?) as well as seed pods from who knows what kind of plant. And about half of the corn is broken into bits so it would be tough to even clean it up for a mill. My only hope is to screen out the whole corn with hardware cloth and pick out the corn husks. I'm guessing I'll probably lose half of the corn just cleaning it up. I would return it if I didn't get it so cheap, it was about $27 with free shipping and the shipping costs were about $20, so in reality I got if for about seven bucks. I'll probably try to clean it up or if I find something better I'll feed it to the squirrels. This is supposed to be for a grain mill and not for feeding wildlife, correct? 8(

great for corn meal

This is food grade, organic whole corn that I intend to store for grinding my own cornmeal. It was clean and unbroken. No bugs, as someone else had reported. It costs about 83 cents per pound. I got eight, one gallon mylar bags and two half gallon jars from 50 lbs of corn. I haven't gotten to grind in my Country Living Grain Mill yet. I'll update when I do! Update: This cornbread was made with the meal from the whole corn and the flour from my hard red winter wheat berries. I ground them in my Country Living Grain mill. If you like REAL cornbread, not corn cake, you'll love it.

I’m not sure if corn is on the Periodic Table of Elements, but it should be. How much more basic can one get than breakfast cereals, movie snacks, chips and bread which all feature corn? There simply isn’t another choice. Sure the ‘Science Community’ will claim that the element ‘C’ is for carbon, but I’ve not had carbon on the cob or hot buttered pop carbon, so it doesn’t count. But if you enjoy or appreciate the many creations which originate with the humble dent corn kernel, then this product should be considered. According to the package it is ‘organic’ which is good, but not a consideration for me personally. I just wanted some bulk field corn at a decent price and this particular product met that requirement. Being able to make hominy or tortillas which have gone through nixtamalization requires this type of corn and is becoming a sort of lost technology. So a buck a pound delivered was close enough. The corn arrives in a box which contains the 25 pound bag, and has to be among the cleanest of bulk packaging I’ve ever seen. No burlap bag with jute stitching and stray twigs here, you get a double paper bag with a reinforced cotton closure. I removed about ten percent of the contents (2.5 lbs) and hand sorted it for any small stones (I let the big ones go by) or debris out of habit from all bulk agricultural products, and found nothing, not a single grain of sand. I transferred the corn to a glass container and found it to be utterly free of any chaff or flour which is actually quite common in such products. The kernels are representative from the entire ear (full flavor profile) with smaller, pop corn-esque grains and large, blaze yellow examples with an orange hue at the tips. This is your grandmother’s corn and it is a superior example to be sure. Clearly I’m dazzled by the product, price and free delivery to my door. Not that I would avoid carrying a 25 pound sack several hundred feet; OK, that was a lie. So if you’re making tortillas, grits, or moonshine, you would be hard pressed to find a better starting point than what should rightfully be the element of corn ‘C’.

Something has changed at Great River. The last two bags were awful. One had broken, dusty corn. The second one was full of little black animals. That’s two bad bags in a row. I contacted the company by phone, website email AND email to two of the managers I had talked to before back in 2019. No response from anyone. Terrible customer service. Terrible quality. Oh, my! I'm floored. I make artisanal tortillas for local chefs and I am always trying out new organic dent and flint corn. I prefer to buy one pound lots to try cultivars out. And here I had no choice but to buy the 25 pounds, but did it anyway because I loved the packaging, loved the description, loved their website, and had the convenience of buying it at Amazon. So it arrived and when I opened the lovely brown eco bag, the corn was fresh, whole, clean, and beautiful. I nixtamalized it and found, to my delight, that it grinds beautifully in the hand corn mill, in the Nixtamatic, and, with a few more minutes of nixtamalizing, it also grinds to a perfect consistency in a common food processor without losing color, body, texture, or aroma. It makes tortillas like those I had in the mercados in Mexico. The tortillas cook to a gorgeous deep golden color, they rise quite nicely, are aromatic and supple. I've been making artisanal tortillas for about five years and have tried many different organic corn. The Great River corn is, by far, the most delicious. So much so that I will feature it in a demo for a professional association of women in the culinary field. I love it. Here's the nixtamal recipe for tortilla afficionados: 2-3 cups Great River corn. Wash in a bowl full of water, dump the water. Fill the bowl up again and discard the "floaters." In a non reactive pot (stainless steel, clay or enamel) measure out 6 cups filtered water. Add 2 TBS of cal (slaked lime/calcium hydroxide) and stir. Add the two cups of corn. Heat in low heat for 40 minutes. Do not let it come to a simmer. At 40 min, increase heat to high and boil for five minutes if you will grind the nixtamal in a hand mill or Nixtamatic; boil for 10 if using a food processor. Turn off heat, cover the pot and let sit, unrefrigerated, for at least 7 hours and up to 24. There is no advantage in steeping it more than 7 hours but you can, in case you are busy, with no loss of flavor, texture, aroma, or nutritional value. Steeping for less than 7 hours yields a good tortilla, but waiting 7-12 hrs pays off in terms of pliability and depth of flavor. Pour the cooked corn onto a colander and rinse under the tap rubbing the corn between your hands. Dump the rinsed corn into a bowl, fill it with water and rub the corn again between your hands. Dump that water (it will have pericarps floating in it). Repeat this washing and rubbing four more times. Drain the washed corn in a clean colander and then spread the corn over paper towels. You can now grind it with some salt for flavor enhancement. 2 tsps of salt for this amount of corn should suffice.