Corn nut
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Corn nuts (or toasted corn) are a snack food made by roasting or deep frying maize. Albert Holloway, the inventor, originally sold it to taverns in the 1930s as a beer snack, calling it Brown Jug Toasted Corn. He later renamed his product to be Corn Nuts. Some time later he read of a giant breed of corn grown in Cusco, Peru. Holloway sought to make his product using this variety's giant kernels. Extensive research eventually led to a hybrid Cuzco corn which could be grown in the climate conditions of the United States.
Preparation
Corn Nuts are prepared by soaking whole corn in water for three days, and boiling them in oil until they are hard and brittle.
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