flint corn

Polenta is made from flint corn, which is coarser and holds a firmer texture, while grits are made from dent corn, which produces a finer consistency.

If it wasn’t the King Philip strain, then it was another closely related variety of sweet, deeply flavorful Northern flint corn.

Maybe it was the resilience of the heirloom flint corn he grew.

Dortch already sells plenty of other products like poultry, eggs, honey goat’s milk soaps, dent and flint corn.

“I make it from Cascade Ruby Gold flint corn,” Deppe said, nodding to the bowl of colorful, foot-long ears on the table, where I was wolfing down the beans.