flint corn
noun
: corn of a variety (Zea mays indurata) having kernels with a very hard smooth seed coat enclosing a small amount of soft endosperm
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How the flint corn used for his cornbread was grown along the Pawcatuck from seeds handed down since 1654 by 11 generations of the Davis family, who obtained them from the Narragansett Indigenous people.
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
While sweet corn produces soft, sweet kernels with more sugar than other types, popcorn is a type of flint corn with kernels that have hard outer shells that are dried for storage.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Feb. 2026
This is where Baraki plants his flint corn and other vegetables.
—Jocelyn Ruggiero, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
Wreaths have edged out flint corn.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
Remove the kernels from a few ears of flint corn, and attach to the crescent with hot glue.
—Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
The group partnered with local farmers to revive the growing, milling, distribution and marketing of Chapalote flint corn and White Sonoran wheat.
—Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2022
Specifically, the distillery used flint corn, which was used to make the first cornbread, local chestnuts that were prevalent 400 years ago,.
—Emily Price, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
Parents make sloppy Joes out of bison meat and substitute flint corn for wheat pasta.
—Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2021
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
While sweet corn produces soft, sweet kernels with more sugar than other types, popcorn is a type of flint corn with kernels that have hard outer shells that are dried for storage.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Feb. 2026
This is where Baraki plants his flint corn and other vegetables.
—Jocelyn Ruggiero, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
Wreaths have edged out flint corn.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
Remove the kernels from a few ears of flint corn, and attach to the crescent with hot glue.
—Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
The group partnered with local farmers to revive the growing, milling, distribution and marketing of Chapalote flint corn and White Sonoran wheat.
—Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2022
Specifically, the distillery used flint corn, which was used to make the first cornbread, local chestnuts that were prevalent 400 years ago,.
—Emily Price, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
Parents make sloppy Joes out of bison meat and substitute flint corn for wheat pasta.
—Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2021
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