In the video below, I show you how to
make limewater using the Nourishing Traditions method.
2) The corn is treated
with limewater (calcium hydroxide), which is naturally inorganic, thus can not be certified organic.
During this process the corn is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution
of limewater (calcium hydroxide and water), which allows the husk to «slip» from the kernel.
Soaking corn or cornmeal overnight
in limewater releases the Vitamin B3.
This article plus video on how to make
limewater for soaking corn provides additional information.
Of course, there are no needles in it, but the cactus juice with
fresh limewater has a light, sweet / sour and tart taste.
The original design had
limewater extracting CO2 and creating limestone deposits which are removed and stored away.
My friend Paula Jager, founder of Crossfit Jaguar, who inspired this recipe, likes it over grits presoaked
in limewater or chopped and cooked cauliflower for a grain free option.
To make the noodles, the Glucomannan fiber is extracted from the Konjac root and mixed with water and
limewater.
Even if you don't eat corn that frequently,
limewater is easy to make and lasts for a long time in the refrigerator or cool pantry.
Lesson for the new GCSE Combined science spec, covering aerobic and anaerobic respiration The scheme suggests a version of
the limewater experiment...