michael94
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If you guys have ever bought nixtamal, the corn germ and tip cap just looks gross and inedible, even though supposedly having all the vitamins etc. especially the converted niacin. someone correct me if I’m mistaken. However the germ also has most of the corns oils. I bought nixtamal once and I just couldn’t get over how disgusting the germ and tip cap looked. anyway I went through the laborious process of removing a the tip caps and most of the germ in some nixtamal and made some masa with it for a plain ( infilled ) tamale. it just seemed like a very pure form of starch and much better than most masa that has the germ and tip cap ground up and included.
On another note, I know a lot of unnixtamalized corn flour has the germ removed And isn’t most of the tryptophan in the germ? So maybe it isn’t so bad,
On another note, I know a lot of unnixtamalized corn flour has the germ removed And isn’t most of the tryptophan in the germ? So maybe it isn’t so bad,
