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 CornNuts. 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 Cusco corn which could be grown in the climate conditions of the United States.
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CornNuts are prepared by soaking whole corn in water for three days, then boiling them in oil until they are hard and brittle.
They come in flavors such as plain, Bar-B-Que, Ranch, Cool Ranch, Nacho Cheese, Jalisco, and the popular Chile Picante. The Pepperoni flavor has long been discontinued because it was unpopular.
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