692 MAIZE 



CHAP. bags. Before using, soak the maize over-night in milk, or water, 

 XIV - or equal parts of both ; cook in the same liquid ; a little sugar, 

 salt and butter may be added. 



648. Maize as a Sweetmeat. — Candied pop-corn is a form of 

 sweetmeat in the United States ; it has also found its way into 

 Europe and South Africa. As its name implies it is prepared 

 from the variety of maize known as pop maize {Zea mays var. 

 pnecox) or pop-corn._ This type has a very hard surface, and 

 is so constructed that under the application of a strong heat 

 the contained moisture expands, causing the grain to burst and 

 the starch on the inside to evert. In this manner the hard 

 grain is transformed into a light, edible mass. This is stirred 

 into thickened sugar syrup until the grains adhere to each 

 other, then rolled lightly into the favourite " pop-corn balls ". 



649. Glucose. — Glucose is the largest single product pre- 

 pared from maize starch (chap. XVII., IT 757) by conversion 

 into grape sugar. It is made in various degrees of density, 

 from syrup to solid grape sugar, each of which is designed for 

 a specific purpose. Pure glucose syrup has but little flavour 

 and but half the sweetness of cane syrup ; its principal use ap- 

 pears to be as a " filler" or adulterant of cane syrup. Maize 

 syrup is, therefore, mixed with 10 per cent, more or less, of the 

 latter, and sold as a substitute for golden syrup and molasses, 

 under such names as " Karo Corn Syrup," " Korn King Syrup," 

 etc. It is used as a basis for many of the manufactured jellies, 

 which are then flavoured with fruit juices. It is also used in 

 the preparation of sweetmeats, preserved fruits, non-intoxicating 

 beverages and beer, and in the tanning of leather (Bowman 

 and Crossley, 1). In 1906 the United States exported 94,827 

 tons (short) of grape sugar, valued at ^71 6,466. 



Glucose is extensively manufactured in the United States 1 

 and in Germany. A glucose factory has recently been estab- 

 lished in Manchester, England, and another in Melbourne, 

 Australia, is reported as having a capacity of about 1 50,000 

 bushels of maize per annum. South Africa would appear to 

 be as favourably situated as Australia for a glucose factor)'. 



1 The principal glucose manufacturers in the United States include: The 

 Corn-products Manufacturing Company of New York and Chicago ; the Glucose 

 Sugar Refining Company of Chicago ; the New York Glucose Company of New 

 York ; Thos. Sealy, New York ; the Perfection Jar Glucose Company, Phila- 

 delphia ; and W. F. Stark, Milwaukee. 



