Melondy wrote:
>
> biig wrote:
> >
> > I've never used corn flour, but have heard about using it in
> > recipes. I use cornstarch to thicken gravies. How do they differ? Is
> > corn flour just finer ground corn meal? Thanks....Sharon
>
> In the United States corn flour is different than cornstarch. And then
> you can also find cornmeal. Cornmeal is grittier than corn flour. Corn
> flour is more fine like flour. Masa is a type of cornmeal that is
> processed with lime, used in making tamales and tortillas, Mexican
> style. But if you are in the UK, corn flour IS cornstarch.
>
> Melondy

Thanks. I use cornmeal for cornbread and to dust a pizza pan, corn
starch for gravy. I've seen corn flour in the stores.....Sharon