Heart to Hearth Cookery

Drying corn silks

There were so many questions about harvesting corn silks and how to dry them that I am now writing a second post.  After I harvest the silks, I find that using a wild grapevine basket on my drying rack works best for drying them very quickly.  I just fluff them so they are not stuck together and the sun naturally does the work.  The dried, brittle cornsilks are then easily crumbled and added to the trade kettle (with hominy, beans, and dried squash, and dried venison reconstituting) or added to water as a tea.