What Are CornNuts?

CornNuts are not really nuts. But what are they?

Peruvian restaurants will often serve cancha at the table. I believe this is what you are referring to. I tried to do it myself once. Bought a bag of cancha (labeled as such) from a Latino market. It was recommended to me, from a...

pointed it out. Super fresh tasting . . . What else? I’d like to continue this rolling list of what's new and fabulous, since for me it’s impossible to keep track and I constantly have the experience of wondering "When...

I think what you are discribing is from Ecuador. Thay call them tostados and the Peruvians call them cancha. I have never had them- though I do love cornnuts- but Iread about them in Calvan Trillin’s book Feeding a Yen....

can always get a bag o cornnuts, thats what they’re made from.

sauce (missing those cornnuts that some places do though). parihuela: very nice seafood soup with a touch of cream and wine. the fish inside the soup was very nice, I think stir-fried before hand so very flavorful.pollo a la...

Good friends came from the Central Coast this weekend to indulge in our wealth of chow. Thursday Night: Sushi Shibucho. Got there late so we couldn’t sit at the bar. Omakase on a plate was wonderful, but you don’t have...

Hi JImbo, you seem to know your Peruvian. Today I had the halibut ceviche at Fresca on W. Portal. The dish included what was described as pop corn. I have had the same designer dish at Alma’s and it came with microwaved PC....

Most bars in Peru have a cup of hot roasted and spiced large corn. They are a much tastier fresher version of the store bought "CornNuts" . Sometimes they can be very light, other times with more of a crunch. I presume the...

Hi, am looking for dinner / brunch ideas ... am so bored with what I usually do... the Rose for brunch (well, I doubt I’ll give that up...), and Mediterraneo, the Rose or White Castle for dinner... Am on the south side......

What about those deep-fried onion, shallot and garlic pieces that you can buy in huge plastic jars in Asian grocery stores(they’re mostly used atop Vietnamese food) and sprinkle at will, for a no-effort substitute?

kernels — think CornNuts. The fried yuca was perfectly starchy and toothsome with the special hot-sauce offered by our waitress. (*Hot sauce note — we kept ordering more. And more. And asked what kind of chiles were...

with our fingers… Traditional olives with Piquillo peppers. Served in a can, these were to tease us for what was to come, the MG’d liquefied version. Traditional and piquant, a perfect amuse. Liquified olives. The liquefied olives...

I had some amazing nuts from a Middle Eastern vendor in England last year...completely different level than what I’ve found in most Toronto grocery stores. I’ve ended up with slightly stale nuts from Pusateri’s...

Tomatoes are good, and/or peppers. What about making a rule NOT to stop at any chain restos, even including for coffee. Or, only stopping at restos that are named after someone, ie. Lucy’s, Aunt Sarah', Grandpa Jim’s,...