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IndgoViolet t1_itw4xby wrote

Reply to comment by DivvySUCKS in LPT: if you're hungry I don't have a lot of money, by pasta. by DivvySUCKS

Corn treated with lye to make the protein in it bio-available. It's what they make corn tortillas and corn chips from. A powerhouse traditional Mexican/Native American food. You often see it in soups as well as the afore mentioned tortillas, chips, tamales, etc..

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DivvySUCKS OP t1_itw5k2z wrote

Lye sounds artificial. I'd be uncomfortable putting that in my body.

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IndgoViolet t1_itw5s8y wrote

Nope, traditionally made by soaking corn in water with fireplace ash - as all natural as you can get - then rinsed clean and cooked, canned, and sold at Walmart

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DivvySUCKS OP t1_itw6c3e wrote

Unfortunately Walmart is know for selling GMO food so I can't shop there

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