SC -corn in the USA

[BalthazarBlack at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/5/00 11:17:31 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
kareno at lewistown.net writes:

>  There isn't a product known as "cornflour."   There is Flour
>  wheat  -unless labeled differently in bold writing)  and there is  *Corn
>  meal*.   Which is ground maize.  and Corn starch which is a corn product.
>  anything labelled "corn" is talking about maize & it's various products.

If only this were true.  While the modern usage of the word has pretty much 
faded in the States, "cornflour" still, in some areas, refers to "wheat 
flour".  Unfortunately, it also refers to "cornstarch", which is a totally 
different creature.  Very confusing when reading an early American 
cookbook... it's not always clear, at first glance, which one is called for.

Balthazar of Blackmoor

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