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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Variety of maize</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the Native American artist and potter called "Blue Corn", see <a href="/wiki/Crucita_Calabaza" title="Crucita Calabaza">Crucita Calabaza</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hopi_Blue_Corn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It remains an essential part of Hopi dishes like <a href="/wiki/Piki" title="Piki">piki bread</a>. Blue corn meal is a <a href="/wiki/Corn_meal" class="mw-redirect" title="Corn meal">corn meal</a> that is ground from whole blue corn and has a sweet flavor. It is also a staple of <a href="/wiki/New_Mexican_cuisine" title="New Mexican cuisine">New Mexican cuisine</a> used commonly to make <a href="/wiki/Tortilla" title="Tortilla">tortillas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blue corn contains <a href="/wiki/Anthocyanin" title="Anthocyanin">anthocyanins</a>, which give the corn its blue color. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Varieties">Varieties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_corn&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Varieties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Five Hopi blue corn cultivars identified in the 1950s showed significant differences for several traits, such as plant height, kernel weight, width of kernel, and thickness of kernel.<sup id="cite_ref-johnson_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-johnson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The different varieties have a color range from nearly black to blue-grey, with names derived from the "standard" blue (<span title="Hopi-language text"><i lang="hop">sakwaqa'o</i></span>), hard blue (<span title="Hopi-language text"><i lang="hop">huruskwapu</i></span>), and grey-blue (<span title="Hopi-language text"><i lang="hop">maasiqa'o</i></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The traditional Hopi blue corn varieties are extremely drought-tolerant, deep-rooted, and somewhat short plants, seldom exceeding 4 to 5 ft (1.2 to 1.5 m) in height. The Rio Grande pueblo blue corn varieties are taller, reaching 5 to 7 ft (1.5 to 2.1 m), higher yielding, and not as drought-tolerant as the Hopi varieties. Both varieties of blue corn prefer deep, sandy soils.<sup id="cite_ref-farming-conf_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farming-conf-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other native varieties of blue corn include <i>Yoeme Blue</i>, a small kernel, short (3 to 4 ft (0.91 to 1.22 m)), bushy, and heat-tolerant low desert blue corn variety cultivated on the <a href="/wiki/Salt_River_Pima%E2%80%93Maricopa_Indian_Community" title="Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community">Salt River Pima Reservation</a> in Arizona, and the <a href="/wiki/Tarahumara" class="mw-redirect" title="Tarahumara">Tarahumara</a> northern Mexican variety <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Tarahumara Maiz Azul</i></span>, cultivated in the high deserts bordering the Sierra Madre in Northern Mexico. <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Tarahumara Maiz Azul</i></span> is widely used to make tortillas and tamales in Mexico, as well as <a href="/wiki/Tesg%C3%BCino" title="Tesgüino">tesgüino</a>, a Tarahumaran <a href="/wiki/Corn_beer" title="Corn beer">corn beer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-farming-conf_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farming-conf-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a> heirloom variety of blue corn which originated from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is called <i>Cherokee White Eagle Corn</i> and is distributed to Cherokee tribal members from the Cherokee Nation Seed Bank. It is a tall variety, reaching 5 to 7 ft (1.5 to 2.1 m), and is high yielding.<sup id="cite_ref-Cherokee_Nation_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cherokee_Nation-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tortilla_protein_content">Tortilla protein content</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_corn&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Tortilla protein content"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_corn_tortillas_(35782101800).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Blue_corn_tortillas_%2835782101800%29.jpg/220px-Blue_corn_tortillas_%2835782101800%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Blue_corn_tortillas_%2835782101800%29.jpg/330px-Blue_corn_tortillas_%2835782101800%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Blue_corn_tortillas_%2835782101800%29.jpg/440px-Blue_corn_tortillas_%2835782101800%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Handmade blue corn tortillas</figcaption></figure> <p>In 100 grams of blue corn tortilla (Sakwavikaviki), the <a href="/wiki/Protein" title="Protein">protein</a> content is 7.8%,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> compared to 5.7% in yellow corn tortillas.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anthocyanins">Anthocyanins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_corn&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Anthocyanins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Varieties of blue corn cultivated in the <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_United_States" title="Southwestern United States">Southwestern United States</a> vary in their respective contents of anthocyanins, the <a href="/wiki/Polyphenol" title="Polyphenol">polyphenol</a> pigment giving the corn its unique color.<sup id="cite_ref-nankar_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nankar-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anthocyanins having the highest contents are <a href="/wiki/Cyanidin_3-glucoside" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyanidin 3-glucoside">cyanidin 3-glucoside</a> (most abundant), <a href="/wiki/Pelargonidin" title="Pelargonidin">pelargonidin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peonidin_3-glucoside" class="mw-redirect" title="Peonidin 3-glucoside">peonidin 3-glucoside</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nankar_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nankar-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_corn&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Food">Food</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_corn&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Food"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aside from its use in traditional Southwestern dishes of tortillas and cereal, blue corn is used commercially in products such as blue corn chips and blue corn pancake mix.<sup id="cite_ref-johnson_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-johnson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symbolic">Symbolic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_corn&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Symbolic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Hopi use corn in religious rituals, placing it in a framework of directional associations in which yellow corn is associated with the Northwest, blue corn with the Southwest, red corn with the Southeast, white corn with the Northeast, black corn with the Above, and all-colored corn with the Below.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_corn&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 216.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 214.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atole.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="blue corn atole porridge"><img alt="blue corn atole porridge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Atole.jpg/322px-Atole.jpg" decoding="async" width="215" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Atole.jpg/483px-Atole.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Atole.jpg/645px-Atole.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1744" data-file-height="1299" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">blue corn <a href="/wiki/Atole" title="Atole">atole</a> porridge</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 122px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%C2%A1Viva_M%C3%A9xico_en_Xochimilco!_112.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Tlacoyo, Mexican appetizer made of blue corn"><img alt="Tlacoyo, Mexican appetizer made of blue corn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/%C2%A1Viva_M%C3%A9xico_en_Xochimilco%21_112.JPG/180px-%C2%A1Viva_M%C3%A9xico_en_Xochimilco%21_112.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/%C2%A1Viva_M%C3%A9xico_en_Xochimilco%21_112.JPG/270px-%C2%A1Viva_M%C3%A9xico_en_Xochimilco%21_112.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/%C2%A1Viva_M%C3%A9xico_en_Xochimilco%21_112.JPG/360px-%C2%A1Viva_M%C3%A9xico_en_Xochimilco%21_112.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Tlacoyo" title="Tlacoyo">Tlacoyo</a>, Mexican appetizer made of blue corn</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:01_Blue_Corn_Quesadillas.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Blue corn quesadillas"><img alt="Blue corn quesadillas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/01_Blue_Corn_Quesadillas.jpg/360px-01_Blue_Corn_Quesadillas.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/01_Blue_Corn_Quesadillas.jpg/540px-01_Blue_Corn_Quesadillas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/01_Blue_Corn_Quesadillas.jpg/720px-01_Blue_Corn_Quesadillas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Blue corn <a href="/wiki/Quesadilla" title="Quesadilla">quesadillas</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_corn&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_maize_dishes" title="List of maize dishes">List of maize dishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purple_corn" title="Purple corn">Purple corn</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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title="Quality Protein Maize">Quality Protein Maize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoepeg_corn" title="Shoepeg corn">Shoepeg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweet_corn" title="Sweet corn">Sweet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sweetcorn_varieties" title="List of sweetcorn varieties">Varieties</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waxy_corn" title="Waxy corn">Waxy</a></li> <li>By origin <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bolivia_maize_varieties" title="Bolivia maize varieties">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuador_maize_varieties" title="Ecuador maize varieties">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Italian_maize_varieties" title="Traditional Italian maize varieties">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_corn" title="Peruvian corn">Peru</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corn_production_in_the_United_States" title="Corn production in the United States">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maize_production_in_Tanzania" title="Maize production in Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_corn_production_statistics" class="mw-redirect" title="International corn production statistics">International corn production statistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_popcorn_brands" title="List of popcorn brands">List of popcorn brands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Sisters_(agriculture)" title="Three Sisters (agriculture)">Three Sisters (agriculture)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corn_Palace" title="Corn Palace">Corn Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_School" title="Corn School">Corn School</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Field_of_Corn" title="Field of Corn">Field of Corn</a></i> (1994 sculpture)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Cornbread_Festival" title="National Cornbread Festival">National Cornbread Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweet_Corn_Festival" title="Sweet Corn Festival">Sweet Corn Festival</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zea_(film)" title="Zea (film)">Zea</a></i> (film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_maize_dishes" title="List of maize dishes">Maize dishes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Ingredients</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornmeal" title="Cornmeal">Cornmeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masa" title="Masa">Masa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mielie-meal" class="mw-redirect" title="Mielie-meal">Mielie-meal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_oil" title="Corn oil">Oil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samp" title="Samp">Samp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_starch" title="Corn starch">Starch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_steep_liquor" title="Corn steep liquor">Steep liquor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_syrup" title="Corn syrup">Syrup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glucose_syrup" title="Glucose syrup">Glucose syrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup" title="High-fructose corn syrup">High-fructose</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Public_perception_of_high-fructose_corn_syrup" title="Public perception of high-fructose corn syrup">Public perception</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-maltose_corn_syrup" title="High-maltose corn syrup">High-maltose</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Soups, stews, <br />and porridge</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banku_(dish)" title="Banku (dish)">Banku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binte_biluhuta" title="Binte biluhuta">Binte biluhuta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulz_(food)" title="Bulz (food)">Bulz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocolo%C8%99i" title="Cocoloși">Cocoloși</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_chowder" title="Corn chowder">Corn chowder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_crab_soup" title="Corn crab soup">Corn crab soup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_pudding" title="Corn pudding">Corn pudding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_soup" title="Corn soup">Corn soup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_stew" title="Corn stew">Corn stew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cou-cou" title="Cou-cou">Cou-cou</a></li> <li><a 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