Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "sf" > wrote in message
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> > On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:59:27 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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> > > I have a recipe for corn bread and it lists cornmeal. Would that
> > > be coarse
> > > of fine cornmeal?
> >
> > You can use any grind. I used a combination of grinds when I made
> > cornbread last night. Coarse cornmeal is crunchy, so be warned.
> > Less is more. I like texture in my cornbread and I miss it if I
> > don't use a little coarse grind. You might object, so use whatever
> > appeals to you.
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> DH says the corn in that loaf wasn't crunchy so I guess I will need
> to buy fine. If I can only find coarse, I suppose I can grind it
> down further in the fp?
>
> try it, you might like it! If you have coarse on hand, use half
> > the amount listed below and make the other half more fine cornmeal
> > or flour.
>
> I don't have any on hand. I will buy it tomorrow. All I have is
> that jiffy mix I bought for muffins.
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> > Let it be known that I actually weighed some of the ingredients last
> > night and wrote it on the paper sleeve of a baguette because I was
> > too lazy to find a piece of paper.... Hubby tossed it in the
> > recycling bin when he made his breakfast this morning, so I fished
> > it out when I saw
> >your post to modify my recipe *just for you*. <G> Here's what I do.
>
> Haha. Well done. This recipe I have was US so cup measures. I have
> worked out the 'cups' to metric
>
> Recipe snipped and saved.
>
> Is this the regular US 'cornbread'? I am trying to recreate the
> loaf we bought last week when we were down in Yorkshire.
>
> I have saved your recipe though! He might like it so it is worth
> trying. Incidentally he loved the 'jiffy' corn muffins!!
>
> Thanks!

Snicker, the problem is there is no 'regular US cornbread'. That is
why you are getting conflicting answers.

We have a different type all across the nation. We also mix and match
types in the same household.

You've hit the one 'there is no best' topic in quite a while ;-)

That is why several queries as to which type you want went out.

Carol

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