Giusi wrote:

>>> My spanish is shaky, but I think masa is corn and harina is flour. To
>>> me it would be worth a try if only for how delicious it is.
>>>
>> Why?
>
> "for how delicious it is."
> Let's be honest. Neither of us really knows what Pandora means by corn
> flour. There is no such product on the shelves of my supermarket. At
> Rome they sell more things, but since corn is rarely used for bready
> things here, I have my doubts that she means somethiong other than fine
> corn meal which IS on the supermarket shelf. That said, what is wrong
> with the idea of using masa harina?

Masa harina is dried hominy ground extremely fine. If you like hominy more
than you like "normal" corn, then you might like the masa harina version. I
for one like normal corn a *lot* more than I like hominy.

Bob