Corn Mush
Ingredients
Directions
In a pot, combine 1 part fine white cornmeal with 4 parts water.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens and becomes gelatinized.
Remove from heat and let cool before using in bread recipes.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Fine white cornmeal
- Forms the thick body of the mush as its starch gelatinizes with heat.
The step that matters
Stir constantly while cooking. Cornmeal settles and scorches on the bottom of the pot as it thickens. Constant stirring keeps heat even and starch granules swelling evenly, so the mush becomes smooth rather than lumpy or burnt.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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