Blue corn, the Glossary
Blue corn (also known as Hopi maize, Yoeme Blue, Tarahumara Maiz Azul, and Rio Grande Blue) is a group of several closely related varieties of flint corn grown in Mexico, the Southwestern United States, and the Southeastern United States.[1]
Table of Contents
24 relations: Anthocyanin, Atole, Cherokee, Chrysanthemin, Cornmeal, Flint corn, Hopi, List of maize dishes, Mexico, New Mexican cuisine, Pelargonidin, Peonidin-3-O-glucoside, Piki, Polyphenol, Protein, Purple corn, Quesadilla, Rarámuri, Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community, Southeastern United States, Southwestern United States, Tesgüino, Tlacoyo, Tortilla.
- Crops originating from Pre-Columbian North America
- Crops originating from indigenous Americans
- Crops originating from the United States
- Hopi culture
- Maize varieties
- Pre-Columbian Southwest cuisine
Anthocyanin
Anthocyanins, also called anthocyans, are water-soluble vacuolar pigments that, depending on their pH, may appear red, purple, blue, or black.
Atole
Atole (believed to come from Nahuatl ātōlli or from Mayan), also known as atolli, atol and atol de elote, is a traditional hot masa-based beverage of Mexican origin.
Cherokee
The Cherokee (translit, or translit) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States.
Chrysanthemin
Chrysanthemin is an anthocyanin.
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Cornmeal
Cornmeal is a meal (coarse flour) ground from dried corn (maize).
Flint corn
Flint corn (Zea mays var. indurata; also known as Indian corn or sometimes calico corn) is a variant of maize, the same species as common corn. Blue corn and Flint corn are maize varieties.
Hopi
The Hopi are Native Americans who primarily live in northeastern Arizona.
List of maize dishes
This is a list of maize dishes, in which maize (corn) is used as a primary ingredient.
See Blue corn and List of maize dishes
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
New Mexican cuisine
New Mexican cuisine is the cuisine of the Southwestern US state of New Mexico.
See Blue corn and New Mexican cuisine
Pelargonidin
Pelargonidin is an anthocyanidin, a type of plant pigment producing a characteristic orange color used in food and industrial dyes.
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Peonidin-3-O-glucoside
Peonidin-3-O-glucoside is anthocyanin.
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Piki
Piki is a bread made from blue corn meal used in Hopi cuisine. Blue corn and Piki are Hopi culture.
Polyphenol
Polyphenols are a large family of naturally occurring phenols.
Protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
Purple corn
Purple corn (maíz morado) or purple maize is group of flint maize varieties (Zea mays indurata) originating in South America, descended from a common ancestral variety termed "kʼculli" in Quechua. Blue corn and purple corn are maize varieties.
Quesadilla
A quesadilla (Mexican diminutive of quesada) is a Mexican dish consisting of a tortilla that is filled primarily with cheese, and sometimes meats, spices, and other fillings, and then cooked on a griddle or stove.
Rarámuri
The Rarámuri or Tarahumara are a group of Indigenous people of the Americas living in the state of Chihuahua in Mexico.
The Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) comprises two distinct Native American tribes—the Pima (O'odham language: Onk Akimel O'odham, meaning "Salt River People") and the Maricopa (Maricopa language: Xalychidom Piipaash, meaning "people who live toward the water")—many of whom were originally part of the Halchidhoma (Xalchidom) tribe.
See Blue corn and Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community
Southeastern United States
The Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast, the Southeast, or the South, is a geographical region of the United States located in the eastern portion of the Southern United States and the southern portion of the Eastern United States.
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Southwestern United States
The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.
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Tesgüino
Tesgüino is an artisanal corn beer produced by several Yuto-Aztec people.
Tlacoyo
A tlacoyo is a Mexican dish of pre-Hispanic origin made of masa.
Tortilla
A tortilla is a thin, circular unleavened flatbread from Mesoamerica originally made from maize hominy meal, and now also from wheat flour.
See also
Crops originating from Pre-Columbian North America
- Allspice
- Amaranth grain
- Blue corn
- Chenopodium berlandieri
- Chia seed
- Cocoa bean
- Common sunflower
- Cucurbita argyrosperma
- Cucurbita pepo
- Domesticated plants of Mesoamerica
- Eastern Agricultural Complex
- Hordeum pusillum
- Iva annua
- Maize
- Phalaris caroliniana
- Pinyon pine
- Polygonum erectum
- Prehistoric agriculture on the Great Plains
- Pumpkin
- Quinoa
- Riverton Site
- Salvia columbariae
- Salvia hispanica
- Tomatillo
- Vanilla
- Wild rice
- Zea (plant)
Crops originating from indigenous Americans
- Asimina
- Blue corn
- Blueberry
- Camassia quamash
- Cassava
- Chenopodium berlandieri
- Chia seed
- Coca
- Cocoa bean
- Cranberry
- Cucurbita
- Dahlia
- Diospyros virginiana
- Erythroxylum novogranatense
- Glass Gem Corn
- Helianthus
- Manilkara zapota
- Papaya
- Peanut
- Pinyon pine
- Potato
- Potatoes
- Sweet corn
- Theobroma cacao
- Tomatillo
- Tomato
- Vanilla
Crops originating from the United States
- Blue corn
- Carolina Reaper
- Carya glabra
- Carya myristiciformis
- Chia seed
- Cranberry
- Diospyros virginiana
- Eastern Agricultural Complex
- Echinocystis
- Elliot Pecan
- Eriocoma hymenoides
- Gossypium hirsutum
- Hordeum pusillum
- Iva annua
- Jojoba
- Kinnow
- Panicum virgatum
- Parthenium argentatum
- Pecan
- Pepper X
- Physaria fendleri
- Riverton Site
- Scuppernong
- Stayman (apple)
- Sunflower seed
- Sweet corn
- Three Sisters (agriculture)
- Vitis rotundifolia
- Wild rice
Hopi culture
- Blue corn
- Hopi Cultural Center
- Hopi Dictionary/Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni
- Hopi Kachina figure
- Hopi language
- Hopi mythology
- Hopi time controversy
- In the Light of Reverence
- KUYI
- Kachina
- Lower Zuni River Archeological District
- Manta (dress)
- Navajo-Hopi Observer
- Piki
- Sipapu
- Soyal
- Techqua Ikachi, Land - My Life
- Tha 'Yoties
- Tukvnanawopi
Maize varieties
- Amylomaize
- Baby corn
- Blue corn
- Bolivia maize varieties
- Dent corn
- Ecuador maize varieties
- Field corn
- Flint corn
- Flour corn
- Glass Gem Corn
- List of sweetcorn varieties
- Peruvian corn
- Purple corn
- Quality Protein Maize
- Shoepeg corn
- Sierra Mixe corn
- Sweet corn
- Traditional Italian maize varieties
- Waxy corn
Pre-Columbian Southwest cuisine
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_corn
Also known as Hopi maize.