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Corn Starch




Source of Recipe


Rose Lambert


List of Ingredients




A use for young corn that is just past the milk corn stage used for cream corn.

Recipe



Gather white field corn when ripe enough that the milk is set but not hard. Husk and whisker the corn. Slit down each row of kernels with a sharp knife.
In a tub half filled with water, place the washboard. Start rubbing the ears of corn on the washboard until all the corn is off the cob.
Skim the hulls off the water and strain the remaining milky mixture through cheesecloth. Let stand until the starch settles to the bottom. Pour the extra water off of the top. Spread the starch out on a sheet to dry in the sun. store in fruit jars.