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Flint Corn is a very hard corn whose kernels can be white, red or blue or orange or brown, all on the same cob of corn.

The kernels have a very small endosperm; they are mostly "grain."

Varieties which are predominantly blue are called "Blue Corn."

Flint Corn today is grown for livestock feed, and for use as ornamental decorations for the autumn holidays in North America, when it generally tends to be thought of as "Indian Corn."

History
The Indians used it primarily to make flour from; it was never used by them as a fresh-eating corn.

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Blue Corn, Corn Flakes, Corn Grits, Corn Husks, Corn Kernels, Corn Smut, Cornmeal, Corn, Creamed Corn, Dent Corn, Flint Corn, Flour Corn, Popcorn

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Grains
Amaranth, Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals, Flax, Kamut, Millet, Oats, Quinoa, Red River Cereal, Rice, Rye, Semolina, Sorghum, Spelt, Teff, Triticale, Wheat