"koko" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:31:59 +0100, "Ophelia"
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>>> On 10/13/2014 6:53 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>>>>>> I have a recipe for corn bread and it lists cornmeal. Would that
>>>>>>>> be coarse of fine cornmeal?
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>>>>>>> Either. Depends on how you like your corn bread. I like mine to
>>>>>>> have a bite. Some like a more cakery texture.
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>>>>>> I don't like it at all but dh does. He says, he would prefer the one
>>>>>> with more bite!
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>>>>>> This recipes gives 2 1/2 cups bread flour and 1/3 cup of cornmeal.
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>>>>> That would be more cake like. I like mine coarse.
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>>>> These are the ingredients:
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>>>> sifted bread flour
>>>> cornmeal
>>>> salt
>>>> sugar
>>>> shortening
>>>> milk
>>>> water
>>>> egg
>>>> dry yeast.
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>>>> Will that end up cake like?
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>>> The stuff we call "cornbread" is a quick bread not leavened with yeast.
>>> I've never made yeast bread with cornbread although that sounds like a
>>> good idea. I like to make pizza with cornmeal on the bottom of the crust
>>> cause it's tasty as heck.
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>>Yes I understand 'your' cornbread, but that is what this loaf was called.
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>>> That stuff you call "corn flour" we call "cornstarch." "Corn flour" over
>>> here is a finely milled corn meal. "Corn meal" over here is a sandy,
>>> gritty, milled corn. It's all pretty confusing.
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>>I know our cornflour is your cornstarch, but this recipe calls for 'corn
>>meal' and I was wondering how coarse it should be in the recipe
>>ingredients
>>list for this loaf.
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>>> I made cornbread yesterday from a 5 lb bag of mix. It's great stuff. I
>>> can
>>> dump some in a bowl, mix it up in about 10 seconds, and have it in the
>>> oven in about 40 seconds. It comes out just spiffy.
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>>That is 'your' heavy corn bread though yes?
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>> Which type would you think for my recipe? Coarse or fine?
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> fine
Thank you
That is what I shall buy tomorrow
If I can't find 'fine' can
I grind it down in the food processor? What do you think of me using my
ciabatta recipe with corn added?
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