Harvesting The Cherokee Flour Corn In Appalachia v65

[@theashleystrand]

Thanks for reminding me to make some cheesey grits. Mmmm !

[@metcalfmills5679]

Mmmmmm!

[@HeatherNaturaly]

Dang! Those are some TALL corn stalks!!

[@metcalfmills5679]

I was suprised!

[@lindaarmstrong4661]

A wonderful video with sweet Charlotte helping! Congratulations on your You Tube ads--I was thrilled to see you'd reached that milestone and will gladly watch them all. Please say hello to your Dad for me from Alabama. I pray for Mr Gerald by name. God bless you all!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you so much Mrs Linda! I hate it for my subscribers, having to watch commercials. I have been thinking about trying to get some Metcalf Mills commercials going…ha ha ! I will let dad know, that will mean a lot to him. Bless you Mrs Linda !!! ❤️

[@131dyana]

Thank you for sharing with us. God bless.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you and God bless you too

[@Gl3nS]

Good stuff, Justin. Your girls will remember these times the rest of their lives

[@metcalfmills5679]

I hope so Glenn !

[@vickisavage8929]

I look forward to watching you show us how to make hominy. Please remember, some of us are total ignoramuses on the subject. I was told that the difference between corn and seed corn is the difference between now and the future; if you are given a choice between corn and seed corn, you grab the seed corn and RUN!

[@metcalfmills5679]

I will do it Vicki ! Lol I will try to explain what I know as best as can. Yep I agree, seed is where it is at !

[@metcalfmills5679]

My apologies, there was an issue the first time I put this video up. Some comments were lost. Please recomment if you can. Thanks !

[@tpaw6908]

That's wonderful Justin . Amazing. Have a great week were all working against time with the cold coming weekend. Let's gave a seed party. I'll cook. Tell sweetness she a favorite star.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you TPaw! Yes cold coming but then back to the 60s! That’s a great idea! Lol I will do it !

[@kristinebeedle657]

Thanks for sharing. Blessings

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for watching Kristine! Blessings to you as well

[@Outtahide540]

Thank you for the old time type videos. I’d really like to see the hominy making and the corn shuck twisted into a chair bottom. Good work Justin thanks again

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks Mel ! Hopefully it is all coming up !

[@mattst4444]

You’re videos are very very special. The story behind everything makes it just that much more special. I really like your hat it’s real nice and I bet there’s a story behind it too.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks Matt ! I have been wearing a hat since I was about 14.

[@homesteadingpastor]

Another great video my friend! That’s some very good lookin corn there. Looks like you had a good little helper there to. Enjoyed watching this!! Praying for you and your family!!!! 👍🏻🙌🏻😇🙏🏻☀️

[@metcalfmills5679]

So glad you enjoyed! Thank you so much, we appreciate you

[@belindagray3005]

Very interesting. I did see a cob with dents in it, it was in your seed saving pile didn't look like whole cob just a few rows . One of those things that make you go hummm... :)

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yes me too Belinda ! I will do another grading on it to pick out the seed, that one will get culled to the hominy pile !!!

[@LeaC816]

Those sunset scenes get me EVERY time!! 😍 I have never seen corn the size of that hominy. Not even here in Texas where everything is supposed to be bigger and better! 🤣 Those kernels and ears are huge! My arms and hands hurt just thinking about that stuff going through that corn sheller! Despite the fact we grew acres of corn when I was a kid, I honestly did not know a lot of what you have shared about different varieties. I am really enjoying learning about it and so much more from you. It would really be awesome if you get to share a visit with your Cherokee friend one day! I bet he has some great stories and wisdom he could impart on folks. Don’t tell the other KZbinrs, but I think you’re my favorite and I am really excited to see your follower count and views growing!! 😁

[@metcalfmills5679]

It gets me too Lea! It is some big stuff! Lol ! I am glad you are enjoying my channel. Oh gosh!! I won’t say a word!!! Lol! I am looking forward to sharing my visit. Thank you Lea! Have a great day !

[@paulblankenship7865]

You got real good pollination for just having two rows. I’m impressed!

[@metcalfmills5679]

It’s them Perma Pastures bees…they are some tassel shakers !!!

[@vickisavage8929]

@@metcalfmills5679 ? I thought that corn was wind pollinated.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yes it is but when the tassels are shaking the pollen is falling…about half a joke and half a possibility… Lol

[@beverlywalling1417]

You have great helpers today…💛

[@metcalfmills5679]

Sure did!

[@janhatchett7834]

I look forward to learning about hominy!

[@metcalfmills5679]

I look forward to sharing it with you Jan !

[@ladyryan902]

Maybe you can teach the difference between corn? Sweet.field etc.thx

[@metcalfmills5679]

Will do LR !

[@shoutingatclouds6841]

Interesting I’ve never seen grains like that I wanna see how this turns out. I would like a Hominy casserole please. 2 (13 ounce) white hominy 3 tablespoons grated onions 1 1⁄2 cups sour cream salt, to taste 1 1⁄2 cups shredded monterey jack cheese (cheddar works fine, too) 2 (4 ounce) cans chopped green Hatch chilies

[@homesteadjenz]

I make my pork hominy stew with hatch green chilis! They are the best!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks ! And thank you for sharing!

[@audreybarnes6527]

Packed full of history and knowledge, wonderful video Justin.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you Audrey! Glad you enjoyed!

[@blackcitroenlove]

Cherokee Flour Corn is very closely related to the Iroquois White Flint so yes, it's a flint variety :) I'm an Eastern Cherokee and love to grow it even here in Connecticut! Good stuff

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@jeffcollins9850]

Thank you for following your goal to provide educational material about the self sustaining ways. People need to learn the old ways because of what is coming in the future. Shalom and blessings to you and your family. I would love to talk with you some time about your #44 cane mill. I plan on building a horizontal mill this winter.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you Jeff ! I agree. Blessings to you also and anytime on the mill talk. Find me on FB or Instagram.

[@angelacross2216]

Beautiful, thank you.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you Angela !

[@EarlybirdFarmSC]

That is going to be some mighty fine-tasting grits. That is so cool that he shared that seed with you. I need to find some around here like that. I know of a farm up the road that has been growing the same corn on their farm for close to 100 years. Might need to go talk to them to see if I can get some seed from them.

[@metcalfmills5679]

I think so too ! You ought to do that, if you are growing the same variety no issues with getting cross pollinated but benefits of diversity… good luck !

[@EarlybirdFarmSC]

@@metcalfmills5679 Thanks Justin.

[@jeffreythomas2787]

I got to see future Miss America picking corn🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤f j b 😊😅

[@lwons1313]

I can't wait to learn to make hominy...I love it!

[@metcalfmills5679]

I am looking forward to it.

[@homesteadjenz]

Hi Justin! Great video! I am really interested in learning how to process corn into hominy! It's one of my favorite foods!! I make a mean pork and hominy stew....LOL! I need help on how to grow corn correctly! I always have issues or the bugs or squirrels get to it. But, maybe a field or seed corn is the answer instead of just a sweet corn. Again, loved this video!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Hey Jen! Thank you and glad you enjoyed! I am really looking forward to making hominy, it is a favorite! That sounds sooo good! Let me know if you need to discuss corn, I will help if I can. I am on FB and Instagram

[@vickisavage8929]

You might try some of Billy’s bone sauce from Perma Pastures Farm. Danny and Wanda from Deep South Homestead tried it and were tickled witless with the results. I plan to plant shellbark hickory, black walnut, pecan and American chestnut from seeds I will be stratifying this winter, and I have my bone sauce already!

[@metcalfmills5679]

This would be a good opportunity to try Billy’s Bone Sauce on squirrels…

[@vickisavage8929]

@@metcalfmills5679 Squirrels, chipmunks, ground squirrels, rabbits, groundhogs, beavers, deer, more kinds of birds than I want to think about… At least, I don’t have to worry about humans until the trees start bearing!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Vicki Lol !!!

[@Skashoon]

I learn new things with every episode of yours. The selection criteria explanation made all kinds of sense, I just never considered it. I’m going to use these principles for everything I grow. While I’ve never tasted hominy (in fact I don’t know what hominy is), I tried grits once. I didn’t care for them due to the texture. I really like cornbread.

[@vickisavage8929]

Hominy is field corn (NOT sweet corn!) that has been processed with alkali, traditionally from hardwood ash. This was done by native Americans in both hemispheres to increase the digestability and nutrient availability of the corn, which most Europeans thought unnecessary - and suffered from beriberi (thiamine, vitamin B1) and pellagra (niacin, vitaminB2) (severe nutrient deficiency diseases) from it.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you RR! Glad to hear it! I understand, especially if the grits were not good fresh ground heirloom. Thanks !

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks for sharing Vicki !

[@Skashoon]

@@vickisavage8929 Thanks, sounds too complicated for me. I’ll stick with sweet corn.

[@vickisavage8929]

@@Skashoon The process is really very simple and straightforward. You can fail and fail and fail, and learn from failure how to succeed. The fastest way to BECOME a failure is not to try.

[@robbielynnhowle]

Do you sale the seeds? If so, I would love to get some.

[@metcalfmills5679]

They will be available later. Thank you !

[@jerryhuntjj2885]

Great video

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you

[@ronbass8136]

Mighty fine looking corn. I only raise sweet corn now. The varieties I raise only top out in height at about 6 feet.

[@metcalfmills5679]

What varieties you growing?

[@ronbass8136]

Peaches and cream, and ambrosia

[@jewellfamilyfarm9597]

Nice corn.

[@David-kd5mf]

I just found out corn smut is edible. They call it corn truffle. Supposed to be good. Supposed to be best before it turns black. May try it if it shows up in my corn.

[@metcalfmills5679]

It is good!

[@MarkBeverly-ym4kr]

What did you think of the flour corn? Did it make good bread and hominy?

[@metcalfmills5679]

I didn’t have enough for that, only seed.

[@wandapadgett9492]

Is that corn. Called. Cherokee limber cob we grow that corn have for thirty years long ears small cob great video.

[@metcalfmills5679]

No its flour corn. I know limber cob though. Thank you

[@scottp8857]

How far apart do you plant the different varieties to prevent cross pollination? I would think something like Jimmy Red would show itself if planted too close.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yes it will. I like to stay a mile away from anything else. I do have some close to commercial corn but I plant to try and miss the pollination window on it, good luck so far. ALWAYS have pure seed in reserve !!!

[@tammy5590]

Love hominy but have never seen it made.

[@metcalfmills5679]

It is so good

[@David-kd5mf]

That tip on differentiating between flint and dent corn never heard before. Is flint better for flour type processing? Or is dent better for flour?

[@metcalfmills5679]

I don’t have much experience with flint but I think it is harder, it may be better for flour.

[@robinsilvers362]

Justro, I absolutely love your videos. I grew some Jimmy red corn. A small patch. Can't wait to try some corn bread. Is there any where to purchase some of the seed of your white Cherokee corn? Thanks

[@metcalfmills5679]

Howdy Robin, I am going to try and grow some next year but I don’t know of any other. Thank you!

[@robinsilvers362]

​@@metcalfmills5679Think I may have found some at Southern Exposure Seed Exchange

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you!

[@ThePitsQ]

I sure would appreciate getting a hold of a spoonful of that Cherokee corn seed. Is there any way I can? Thanks

[@milknhoneyheritagefarms4706]

Justin are you able to grow some of that corn this year? Looks good. Do you fertilize while growing?

[@metcalfmills5679]

I don’t know if I will this year yet..maybe

[@dawnstraughen755]

How can I get that variety of seed?

[@metcalfmills5679]

Email me, it is in the description

[@jboyer1028]

What moisture do you like corn to be at when you grind?

[@metcalfmills5679]

I don’t know Jeff. I always go by how it feels. I been wanting to get a meter.

[@JimmieEdwards-ru5zg]

Do you have a seed business or do you advertise when you have seeds to sell?

[@metcalfmills5679]

Little of both. If I have them I will sell. Im about to ship some out now

[@JimmieEdwards-ru5zg]

@@metcalfmills5679 I would be interested to have my name on list to buy Cherokee corn seed when you have excess.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Oh ok. I didn’t grow any this year but may try to next year..