Corn Flour Pancakes

[unspeakablehorror]

I don't ever need to buy bread ever again as long as I can make these corn flour pancakes. I make two major types: savory and sweet, though mostly the savory ones because of how much I crave savory foods.

Comments

[rugessnome]

While corn flour pancakes sound potentially good to me, personally I don't think I could be satisfied with using them as a bread substitute in perpetuity. But props to you if you can.

(also I have to admit that as a grain I usually—but by no means exclusively—prefer nixtamalized corn)

[unspeakablehorror]

I think it helps that I'm not in general too picky about my bread, though I definitely do not consider lettuce a reasonable substitute for the typical bread used (which is something I saw far too many restaurants decide was acceptable back when I was still eating at restaurants).

I would like to try making some food with nixtamalized corn at some point if I can. Due to the many foods I eat with high niacin, I don't think I need to worry I'll suffer a deficit in that regard, but I'd like to try my hand at preparing some recipes that I understand work best with nixtamalized corn.

[rugessnome]

I'm not someone who eats the same thing all the time for a lot of my diet, I'd say? Even a lot of foods that I really like I can get tired of if I eat them a lot. (I think chocolate, peanut butter, tomatoes, potatoes, cheese, and iced tea are among the exceptions.)

But also I just don't love the taste of corn flour things enough to want to eat them everyday (my Appalachian ancestors are probably appalled X) ), and my mental archetype of bread, while pita or naan might work, is closer to simple yeast bread or biscuits, so pancakes don't necessarily hit that button.

Nixtamalized corn is more taste than nutrition for me; it's why corn tortillas don't taste like cornbread. Probably the easiest ways to dip your toes in beyond corn tortillas is with off the shelf masa harina or uh canned hominy (might or might not be different in some way from the authentic thing in Mexico?). Or I gather dried hominy is about as much work as dried beans if you don't want cans.