Food, form and function

The Best Way to Crack a Corn Kernel

If you take whole grain, with its little crystals of starch, protein and fat wrapped in a tight silica rich husk, there are a world of possible ways to put it to use. The simplest approach is to mechanically remove the hull (usually by some form of beating with a simple tool or machine). If rice grains are broken they can be boiled for a long period of …