white corn

Light-colored grain crop

White corn is maize with pale kernels rather than the more common yellow variety.

It has a slightly sweeter, more delicate flavor and is preferred for hominy, grits, tortillas, and certain regional dishes: White corn tortillas have a subtler taste than yellow.

The color comes from the absence of carotenoid pigments found in yellow corn.

culinary

tortilla

Thin unleavened Mexican bread

masaNixtamalized corn dough
hominyAlkali-processed dried kernels
arepaLatin American cornmeal flatbread

tamale · pupusa · posole · grits · polenta · cornbread · succotash · elote · johnnycake · hushpuppy

botany

kernel

Seed or essential core

cobMaize ear's central cylinder
huskDry seed covering
tasselOrnamental hanging cluster

silks · ear · shuck · pericarp · endosperm · germ · starch · plumule · radicle · monocot

farming

planting

Placing seeds in earth

cultivationFostering growth through care
irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
fertilizerSoil nutrient supplement

harvest · yield · crop rotation · tillage · acreage · monoculture · agronomy · soil health · field · tractor

staple

fufu

Pounded starch staple

papMushy infant food
mealieMaize ear in Africa
flourMilled grain powder

meal · sustenance · subsistence · food security · granary · storage · provisions · dietary · nourishment

harvest

husking

Removing dry outer covering

pickingAct of selecting
threshingExtracting grain from stalks
reapingCutting crops for collection

autumn · seasonal · bounty · gather · yield · crop · combine · harvester · drying · curing

white corn

tortilla

kernel

planting

fufu

husking

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