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blue corn noun[ U ] USuk /ˌbluː ˈkɔːn/ us /ˈbluː ˈkɔːrn/ a type of maize (= a tall plant that usually has yellow seeds) with blue seeds: Blue corn meal is light blue or violet in colour, has a sweet flavour, and is ground from whole blue corn. If you’ve ever had American blue corn chips, you know the deep, satisfying flavour of blue corn. Native Americans told stories about the blue corn maiden, and still prepare a blue corn mush with lamb, or blue corn pancakes with local pine nuts. Serve the guacamole with blue corn tortilla chips. Huevos rancheros: two eggs on blue corn tortillas with pico de gallo tomato salsa and beans. Blue corn meal is a traditional healing food that has strong ties to the Navajo culture. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Flour & yeast all-purpose flour baker's yeast besan cassava cornflour flourless floury gluten graham flour gram flour nooch nutritional yeast oatmeal patent flour pinole stoneground unbolted wheatmeal wholegrain wholemeal |