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Is Corn Meal and Corn Flour the same?

post #1 of 8
3/23/07 at 8:06pm
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Is corn meal and corn flour the same thing? Dumb question I know!
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post #2 of 8
3/23/07 at 8:32pm
corn flour is corn starch.. Not a dumb question at all!
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post #3 of 8
3/23/07 at 8:57pm
I should add to that... In the UK its called corn flour. In Canada and the US it is called corn starch. But... in the Indian shops here you can also get a corn flour called makki. (I think thats the right name)..
Corn meal is just good old corn meal.
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post #4 of 8
3/24/07 at 5:32am
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OI!
Thank you very very very much!!
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post #5 of 8
3/24/07 at 7:44am
Corn flour is corn meal more finely ground.
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post #6 of 8
10/11/11 at 2:01pm

no corn flour is NOT corn starch. It's corn meal ground finely.

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post #7 of 8
10/11/11 at 2:10pm

I reckon we have a jurisdictional dispute, is all.

 

In many parts of the world, corn flour is what we call corn starch in North America. There are more finely ground corn products called flours, but they usually have a specific name, such as massa.

 

So, as so often happens, it depends on where you are, or where the recipe originated.

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post #8 of 8
10/20/11 at 5:41am

Masa (corn flour) is very common in the southwest because of its use as a thickener for chili and in making tamales.  I actually use all purpose flour, masa, and corn starch to make a beer batter for fish tacos.  Don't ask my why.  It's the product of a lot of tinkering, and our family loves it.

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