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For the egg yolks: 1,000ml (4¼ cups) water 1,000g (4 cups) sorghum syrup (see Note) 200g (¾ cup) kosher salt 8 whole egg yolks. For the grits: 2 cups ground corn grits, preferably heirloom or ...

Jimmy Red corn is an heirloom crop that generations of moonshiners knew for its nutty sweet flavor and high oil content. Scientists know it as one of a few plants that could help grow food in the ...

Word spread of the corn, and it soon started to pop up on menus throughout the state. Chef and restaurateur Sean Brock famously became the first to use Jimmy Red in his kitchens at McCrady’s ...

The Jimmy Red Corn Whiskey has quite a lot going on. First off, this is a whiskey, not a bourbon, since it is made with more than 80 percent corn and aged (for five months) in a used barrel.

For nearly a century, Jimmy Red corn was used by bootleggers to make moonshine whiskey. The variety nearly went extinct in the early 2000s, but two remaining ears of corn were used to revive it.

At the beginning of the 1900s, Jimmy Red corn was pervasive across Appalachia, and it slowly spread east into South Carolina. The corn was used in everything from moonshine to grits due to its ...

Jimmy Red corn is an heirloom crop that generations of moonshiners knew for its nutty sweet flavor and high oil content. Scientists know it as one of a few plants that could help grow food in the ...

At the beginning of the 1900s, Jimmy Red corn was pervasive across Appalachia, and it slowly spread east into South Carolina. The corn was used in everything from moonshine to grits due to its ...