Iwisa Maize Meal Super, 1 kg

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Origin, History and Uses of Corn". Iowa State University, Department of Agronomy. February 11, 2014. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Arapash or harapash - Albania (similar to the Romanian style but often combined with lamb organs, or/and goat cheese) [49] Pagán-Jiménez, Jaime R.; Guachamín-Tello, Ana M.; Romero-Bastidas, Martha E.; Constantine-Castro, Angelo R. (June 2016). "Late ninth millennium B.P. use of Zea mays L. at Cubilán area, highland Ecuador, revealed by ancient starches". Quaternary International. 404: 137–155. Bibcode: 2016QuInt.404..137P. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.025. a b c "corn, n.1". Oxford English Dictionary (Onlineed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) In 2016, maize production was forecast to be over 380 million metric tons (15 billion bushels), an increase of 11% over 2014 American production. [132] Based on conditions as of August 2016, the expected yield would be the highest ever for the United States. [132] The area of harvested maize was forecast to be 35million hectares (87million acres), an increase of 7% over 2015. [132] Maize is especially popular in Midwestern states such as Indiana, Iowa, and Illinois; in the latter, it was named the state's official grain in 2017. [133]

Additionally, feed corn is sometimes used by hunters to bait animals such as deer or wild hogs. [ citation needed] United States usage breakdownFoley, Jonathon. "It's Time to Rethink America's Corn System". Scientific American . Retrieved February 18, 2019. Maize is a facultative short-day plant [62] and flowers in a certain number of growing degree days> 10°C (50°F) in the environment to which it is adapted. [63] The magnitude of the influence that long nights have on the number of days that must pass before maize flowers is genetically prescribed [64] and regulated by the phytochrome system. [65] Photoperiodicity can be eccentric in tropical cultivars such that the long days characteristic of higher latitudes allow the plants to grow so tall that they do not have enough time to produce seed before being killed by frost. These attributes, however, may prove useful in using tropical maize for biofuels. [66] Heerden, Ingrid van. "Mieliepap (maize meal porridge) and the glycaemic index". Health24 . Retrieved 2022-05-05. Maize contains lipid transfer protein, an indigestible protein that survives cooking. This protein has been linked to a rare and understudied allergy to maize in humans. [173] The allergic reaction can cause skin rash, swelling or itching of mucous membranes, diarrhea, vomiting, asthma and, in severe cases, anaphylaxis. It is unclear how common this allergy is in the general population. [ citation needed]

This is a list of maize dishes, in which maize (corn) is used as a primary ingredient. Additionally, some foods and beverages that are prepared with maize are listed. Cornmeal is a meal (coarse flour) ground from dried corn (maize). It is a common staple food, and is ground to coarse, medium, and fine consistencies, but not as fine as wheat flour can be. [1] [2] [3] In Mexico, very finely ground cornmeal is referred to as corn flour. [1] [4] When fine cornmeal is made from maize that has been soaked in an alkaline solution, e.g., limewater (a process known as nixtamalization), it is called masa harina (or masa flour), which is used for making arepas, tamales and tortillas. [5] [6] Boiled cornmeal is called polenta in Italy and is also a traditional dish and bread substitute in Romania. [7] Types [ edit ]Planting density affects multiple aspects of maize. Modern farming techniques in developed countries usually rely on dense planting, which produces one ear per stalk. [61] Stands of silage maize are yet denser, [ citation needed] and achieve a lower percentage of ears and more plant matter. [ citation needed] The apex of the stem ends in the tassel, an inflorescence of male flowers; these are separate from the female flowers but borne on the same plant ( monoecy). When the tassel is mature and conditions are suitably warm and dry, anthers on the tassel dehisce and release pollen. Maize pollen is anemophilous (dispersed by wind), and because of its large settling velocity, most pollen falls within a few meters of the tassel. [57]