Has anyone tried corn pasta?

[Downhill Trucker]

... for backpacking, obviously.

Thughts, concerns, recipes?

[Hikes in Rain]

Had it once. Tasty, but real hard to get here. I'd think it was loaded with complex carbohydrates. So rare as to be a treat, instead of a staple.

[Egads]

Grits

[Tipi Walter]

I've taken whole corn elbows out a bunch but they are tricky to cook and if you cook them too long(easy to do), they end up a tasteless mush. Worth trying out though and a change O pace from the usual wheat.

[Smile]

Tipi Walter's right about the cooking situation. I figured it was too specific and touchy for cooking on trail, but sure, can be done and are tasty! :)

[Grampie]

In 2001 hiked some with Tuna & Wild Boy. Corn pasta & tuna was all they ate.They said that it had more carbs than regular pasta. They brought it in bulk and did food drops.

[Ender]

Yeah, I tried it once when a friend offered me some of his. Thought I was going to hate it, but it was actually really pretty tasty. Never made it myself though, so I have no cooking suggestions.

[sarbar]

Never overcook it.

[SGT Rock]

I probably over cooked it because I thought it sucked.

[garlic08]

Corn pasta is sort of a joke among PCT hikers who have read Ray Jardine's book "Beyond Backpacking". Mr Jardine proposes corn pasta as the most perfect food of all time, nearly. But most who try it agree that it's pretty horrible to eat. Just look in any hiker box along the PCT.

[SGT Rock]

He also says Raw only is the best food to eat, but then also mentions in other places that he couldn't make raw foods work on the trail because he couldn't get enough calories that way.

[Nearly Normal]

I like corn,
grits,
on the cob,
fried,
by kellogs,
and in a jar.
Never tried pasta.