fried mush

FRIED MUSH


You can fool most of the people most of the time but you certainly can’t satisfy many of them most of the time. I’ve been bitched at, complained to, criticized, burned in effigy and turned into the thought police more than once. I realize in the “new” economy that everyone expects free perfection. I didn’t start posting on the Internet thinking people would actually be thankful for free content. It is something all of us now take as a given. Myself included. It is a harsh taskmaster, but it is a pure form of Darwinism that must be admired in the abstract. I fully expect most peoples attitude to be, “Well, that was fine for yesterday, but what have you done for me today”. I might complain like a one pack prison bitch that people aren’t grateful for the free Bison, but beneath that I understand what they are saying. The thing is, you can’t have it both ways. One person complains I keep covering the same old basic “trailer filled with wheat on junk land armed with bolt guns” and another person bitches that I’m covering politics instead of survivalist topics. Which is it? No one is satisfied and everyone wants something different. How about specific requests for subject matter? Stop complaining and threatening to leave and suggest something concrete. Not just vague ideas. Concrete, specific ( within the areas I’m familiar with, obviously ).

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Yes, I understand that this isn’t an original idea. I don’t claim it is. The original fried mush idea I wrote about long ago I got from Kurt Saxon’s video. I must of got that something like twenty years ago. I know he got it from someone else. You live in the South, you’ve tried to fry everything. Hot oil makes everything taste better, even slimy vegetables. I would try goat rectum if it was fried, most likely ( I don’t want to make any concrete promises on that one ). His instructions were to take corn meal and water and simmer in the crock pot for three hours, pour it into a bowl and let sit overnight, then slice and fry for a yummy filling, cheap breakfast. Perhaps he had just gotten a crock pot for Christmas and was eagerly trying it out on everything. This article today is just reinventing the wheel. But I am modifying the previous recipe I had passed on to you. In short, you don’t need a crock pot for fried corn mush. And, you can also make fried wheat mush although it isn’t as good. One minion commented that the current corn is toxic frankenfood and I shouldn’t recommend it for storage. I have my own doubts about genetically engineered foods and so I don’t totally discount that concern. Wheat should comprise the majority of your food storage ( remember, panic until you have the basics such as a year supply of grain per person [400 pounds] and at least one bolt gun [with a few hundred rounds]and one grinder and improvised water filter, then you can relax and take your time investing in better and more gear ) with corn merely as a variety item like rice. Unless you are so totally broke you must buy half and half wheat and corn. Eating crap food is better than no food. Starvation will kill you before cancer.

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I had not had fried corn mush for almost two years, having no crock pot. But necessity is the mother of invention and I was pretty burned out on my current diet over the weekend. I needed my corn mush! I bought a small bag of corn tortilla flour in the Wal-Mart Mexican food section. Regular corn meal in the flour isle is de-germinated and not a whole grain. The Mexican flour is prepared with lime for better nutrition and the entire kernel. It’s like comparing white flour with whole wheat flour. I took two cups water and brought it to a boil and turned off the heat. Dump in a cup of flour and stir quickly to avoid lumps. Let sit for several hours. It cooks better, with less crumbling, if left overnight, but you can make do with a few hours if needed. Slice it up and fry it. Cast iron skillet frying, not deep frying like in the Fry Daddy ( remember, no electricity ). Just a thin layer of grease. I imagine it would taste much better deep fried, but luxuries like that are for rich bitches. Top with salt and pepper, or jam, or syrup, right out of the skillet. Yum! I also did a batch of wheat flour. It doesn’t set up as firm as corn meal, but almost as good. When you are bored with regular bread or need a fat fix, this is just the ticket. Obviously, this is not approved by Weight Watchers. If you live out of a drive thru window you don’t need anymore flesh on your ass. But as I’ve said before, after the Apocalypse, fat is your friend. Either carried around with you everywhere you go ( I think it is absolute nonsense the “new” fat standards which set impossibly low body fat counts- body fat is natures survival mechanism to see you through lean times ) and/or in buckets of lard.

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I think gallons of maple-like syrup will last forever. It is basically just corn syrup and flavoring ( there’s that frankencorn again-oh wait! It’s in your soda too. And in your beef and chicken. It’s everywhere ). Add it to your condiment list in the storage food. You should already have a lake-o-lard. Fried corn/wheat mush-it’s what’s for dinner!

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