Can it be used for grinding cooked corn fine enough for Mexican tortillas?
1339161
I bought this to grind wet corn treated with All, and made my own Masa dough. It was perfect. I have a Magic Mill as wellMas KitchenAid grain mill attachment for dry grain grinding.
1339162
I think it should be able to do it but I have not tried. We use it to grind wet rice and wet pulses
1339163
Masa is made from dried corn soaked overnight in a solution of Calcium Hydroxide. It is known as "Cal," and available at Hispanic market. The grinder is used to grind the treated wet corn into Masa. You can buy Masa flour, but pales in comparison to Fresh. See YouTube video from CIA on making Masa. I have Azteca 500 hand grinder, but this works better.
364291
The grind is medium and cooks up nicely as polenta, but not so well in corn muffins or cornbread. It a bit coarse for that and it doesn't cook evenly- leaves tiny bits of undercooked meal in the finished product.
29440
If you broke them up into smaller pieces it might. I don't think it will grind them as fine as you'd want. It's not going to be powder.
687356
According to American's Test Kitchen: "Tortilla presses are only for corn, not flour, tortillas, as the gluten in the wheat flour is too elastic and would not work in a press. Flour tortillas must be shaped with a rolling pin."
427399
I use this when I need to sharpen my bits and it works better then the grinder wheel that I use to use. So I would say yes.
1264085
I have not attempted to use this grinder for cinnamon sticks and unless the cinnamon sticks were reduced to small pieces about the size of pepper corns I can not imagine it working. I use a small coffee grinder for those sort of grindings.
535057
I don't see why not. I haven't needed to do this but it would work just fine, just make sure it is oiled, as the lid is constantly getting all the steam from cooking and doesn't have much of the oil left from when you originally seasoned the pot. Would be great to use for hot cakes or tortillas. Might have a little trouble with bacon grease running off the sides though, cause a fire, if you try this this try it outside first so you don't burn the house down:)
763477
Yes it will grind corn kernels into corn meal. I can't speak to the moisture contnetmportionofmthe question becaus simply bought the corn kernels at my local grocer.
1870560
although I haven't tried it yet, I did do a lot of reading before I purchased it. It should grind nuts, grains, and dried beans. We purchased it for emergency use. I own an electric wheat grinder.
1080527
Apologies, but I have not even tried those items. I believe corn kernels would be way too big to fit in the 1.25" hopper opening. The driest grains do best as moisture makes the grinding parts turn gummy. I bet rice & tapioca would do well. I have ground Spelt, Kamut, & other wheats. For flax & teff, seeds like chia, I use my Krups coffee grinder. I do not eat corn, so am not familiar with grinding it, but I'm just thinking of the size of it & it is going to be too big to be ground by this grain grinder, in my estimation.
929104
I used it to grind whole black peppercorns and it worked well. It grinds well, the only thing is that you cannot really adjust the grinder to have fine grind. Hope this helps :)
616135
I have never used this for coarse ground anything. I have a different grinder for course grinding. The adjustment for this grinder should make course ground corn.....it just depends how course. We use our Victorio for medium and fine grinding, mostly with red and white wheat berries. Hopes this helps, Charles
1995690
i think technically, no, it is not. this is a bit larger than dent corn i believe. if i were you i would contact the company directly. i make masa with mine and i grind it in my food processor after it soaks in its lime/water bath.
437859
Yes, I think it would work for tortillas. I know it will work for sandwiches and toast. The bottom of the lid is smooth and flat.
531243
Yes! Made the best tortillas I've ever eaten using a heritage variety corn (Painted Mountain).
2005346
No. You would need a finer grind. These are stone ground and very coarse. I like that for grits but they would not cook up in the time it would take for cornbread. You might could cook them first for cornbread but you would have to be very good at recreating recipes to pull that one off! Even then these are very coarse stone ground HOMINY which is a different variety of corn, so I am not sure how that would turn out for corn bread. Just buy organic blue cornmeal by Arrowhead Mills for cornbread. Non GMO and fabulous for that application. I use kefir instead of buttermilk and it raises nice for skillet corn bread. I never use sugar in my cornbread even if the recipe calls for it. No need. If someone wants sweet, they can put honey on it. With all that said these will cook up the best grits you will ever eat!
1010808
Yes i have used it for cornmeal a couple times and did a fine flour texture too.