On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:13:05 -0800 (PST) in rec.food.cooking, Pandora
> wrote,
>
>I don't know what is *hominy* but I can sure the cornmeal I mean is
>ony finely-ground cornmeal.

Hominy is nixtamalized whole kernel corn. Masa harina is finely ground
nixtamilized corn.

"Corn flour" is also a UK/British misnomer for cornstarch.

Plain finely ground corn flour, like you describe, is hard to find here,
unfortunately.