Subj : corn starch flour meal
To   : Adept
From : Oli
Date : Thu Sep 02 2021 09:30:16

Adept wrote (2021-09-01):

 Ol>> I never use plain cornmeal for cooking. Masa harina (from
 Ol>> nixtamalized corn) is awesome though.

 A> You talk about cornstarch, then jump into cornmeal like it's remotely the
 A> same. :)

I wanted to express that the meaning of corn flour is ambiguous. It can be cornstarch (British) or cornmeal (American) (at least that is what Wikipedia says). Cornstarch is the very fine white powder that makes a funny noise if you stick your finger in it (finer than wheat flour and more resistant to pressure). It's great for thickening soups and sauces, gluten-free baking or puddings (in the Dutch meaning of the word: milk, sugar, starch and flavor).

I find it also fascinating how different the properties of the various starches are.

potato starch != corn starch != wheat starch != tapioca starch

tapioca is amazing and magical. very powerful stuff, but can ruin everything.

Raw potato starch has high amounts of resistant starch. Feeds the bacteria of your gut microbiome.


 A> I think I tend to view cornmeal as what I use when I want to make
 A> cornbread,

I have to try that.

 A> or what I sprinkle under a pizza to keep it from sticking to
 A> things.

Is cornmeal the better anti-stick agent in comparison to other flours?


 Ol>> (maybe we should continue in FSX_FOOD)

 A> Yeah, probably. Though it's an FSX channel I entirely forgot existed.

 A> But I rarely make it much past FSX_GEN.

Should we bump it back to FSX_GEN? I haven't seen Spectre here ;)

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