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Can you substitute corn flour for corn meal in corn bread?

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Substituting Maseca (or other brand of masa harina) for corn meal in any recipe will probably be a disaster. The type of corn is not the same, but the real difference is masa is made by boiling the corn in a lye solution before grinding. Totally changes the taste and consistency. As others have suggested, polenta should work just fine.

And don't even think about making tamales using corn meal."

Zeldog May 01, 2007 04:08PM

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