Giusi wrote:

>> I'm sure I know what masa harina is. I'm guessing that Pandora's
>> "cornflour" was finely-ground cornmeal rather than finely-ground hominy,
>> because there's a lot more of the cornmeal stuff around than the hominy
>> stuff. Also, when someone posted a picture of Bob's Red Mill (yellow)
>> cornflour in a discussion elsewhere about Pandora's breadsticks, Pandora
>> agreed that it was like the product she'd used.
>
> That's my point really. We are all guessing. There is no product called
> corn flour at my biggest Italian supermarket so I presumed it was fine
> corn meal. How would you know by looking at a picture?

Because it's yellow. Masa harina is white.


> I knew she hadn't used masa harina, I just suggested it might work and be
> nice.

It might be nice *if* you like hominy. But I'd guess that hominy-lovers are
outnumbered even by beet-lovers.


Bob