A metate is a grinding stone common to Mesoamerican cultures, past and present. Corn and other grains are ground against the volcanic stone with another stone held in the hand called a manos.

VanWormer recently prepared to grind corn the pre-industrial way for a group of curious visitors at the mill. ... and Sydney Tierney carefully move the 2,500-pound mill stone into place.

By the time she was 10, she was practically a master. Espita owner Josh Phillips calls her “absolutely the queen bee of masa.” She enjoys her work because making tortillas makes her feel like she’s at ...

Behind the grind of Cesario “Chayo” Covarrubias, East LA’s tortilla-stone master. Written by Gustavo Arellano Oct. 07, 2021 Food & Drink. ... When they grind, the corn kernels go through the small ...

It's a bit chunkier than medium-grind, and because the grains are larger, they take longer to soften. Baked goods will end up having crunchy bits of cornmeal, which some people love and others don't.

Bags might also be labeled “stone-ground cornmeal. ” Stone-grinding—which is, um, just what it sounds like—means that some of the hull and germ of the kernel are retained.

After more than three years, the grist mill in Spring Mill State Park is again grinding corn. It was October 2021 when the mill at the center of the state park's Pioneer Village quit working. The ...