Cornmeal is flour ground from dried corn, and is a common staple food. Flour is a powder made of Cereal grains It is the key ingredient of Bread, which is a staple food in many countries and therefore the availability Maize (ˈmeɪz ( Zea mays L. ssp mays) known as corn in some countries is a cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica A staple food is a Food that forms the basis of a Traditional diet. Cornmeal is different from cornflour. Cornstarch, or cornflour, is the Starch of the Maize grain commonly known as Corn. The latter is ground to a fine chalky white powder and is a valuable thickening agent in sauces.
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Steel ground yellow cornmeal, common mostly in the United States, has the husk and germ of the maize kernel almost completely removed. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Husk (or hull) in botany is the outer shell or coating of a seed The germ is the "heart" of the Cereal kernel the Embryo of the Seed. A seed (in some plants referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic Plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat usually with some stored It is conserved almost indefinitely if stored in an airtight container in a cool, dry place. Food preservation is the process of treating and handling Food in a way that preserves its edibility and nutrition value
Stone ground cornmeal retains some of the hull and germ, lending a little more flavor and nutrition to recipes. Flavor or flavour is the sensory impression of a Food or other substance, and is determined Nutrition (also called nourishment or aliment) is the provision to cells and Organisms of the materials necessary (in the form of food to support A recipe is a set of instructions that show how to prepare or make something especially a culinary dish. It is more perishable, but will store longer if refrigerated. Refrigeration is the process of removing Heat from an enclosed space or from a substance and moving it to a place where it is unobjectionable
White cornmeal (mealie meal) is more traditional in Africa. It is also popular in the Southern United States for making cornbread. The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive Cornbread is a generic name for any number of Quick breads (a bread leavened chemically rather than by Yeast) containing Cornmeal. Blue cornmeal is made from the rarer blue corn or by adding blue food coloring.
Regional usages
Africa: synonymous and similar side dishes
- Nshima and Nsima, Zambia and Malawi respectively
- Nomadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Sadza, Zimbabwe
- Ugali, East Africa (aka. Nshima or nsima is a Cornmeal product and a Staple food in Zambia and Malawi. The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa. The Republic of Malawi (məˈlɑːwi or; formerly Nyasaland) is in southern Africa. Nomadi (or I Nomadi, meaning " Nomads quot is an Italian band formed in 1963 and still present on the music scene The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to Sadza is the Shona language name for a cooked pulverized grain meal that is the Staple food in Zimbabwe. See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election Ugali (also sometimes called sima or posho) is a Cornmeal product and a staple Starch component of many African meals especially East Africa is the Easternmost Region of the African Continent. Sima, and Posho in Uganda)
- Mielie-meal or mealie pap, southern Africa
- Recipes that may utilize cornmeal as an additional ingredient are Fufu (aka. The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa. In South Africa, Zimbabwe Malawi and many other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, a Staple food made from either stamped or ground Maize ( mielies Southern Africa is the Southernmost Region of the African Continent, variably defined by Geography or Geopolitics. Fufu, variants include foofoo, foufou, foutou or fu fu, is a Staple food of West and Central Africa. foufou) in Central and West Africa, and Injera in Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea (aka Lahoh in Eritrea). Central Africa is a core Region of the African Continent often considered to include Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad West Africa or Western Africa is the Westernmost Region of the African Continent. Injera ( Ge'ez እንጀራ ɨndʒǝra sometimes transliterated enjera) or taita is a Pancake -like Bread made out of Teff NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known Eritrea () ( Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritriya) officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in
Europe
- Kachamak (Bulgarian: качамак), Bulgaria
- Mămăligă, Romania
- Farina di granturco, Italy (not the same as farina which is made from wheat. Kačamak or kachamak ( Cyrillic: качамак is a traditional Serbian Bulgarian Macedonian, Montenegrin and Bosnian Mămăligă (/məmə'ligə/ Mămăligă Мамалыга Mamałyga Cornmeal mush is a dish made out of yellow Maize traditional for Romania and Farina is a cereal food frequently described as bland-tasting usually served warm made from cereal grains Wheat ( Triticum spp is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Levant area of the Middle East. )
- Polenta, southern Europe - especially Italy
- Arapash or Harapash, Albania - similar to the Romanian style but often combined with lamb organs, or/and feta cheese (like the Greek feta)
Meso- and South America
- Masa, used for making tortillas arepas and tamales in Central America, and South America
- Fubá, Brazil
- Funchi, a cornmeal mush consumed on the island of Curaçao
USA
Other uses
- As a release agent to prevent breads and pizza from sticking to their pans when baking. Polenta is a dish made from boiled Cornmeal. Although the word is borrowed into English from Italian, the dish (under various names is popular in Feta ( φέτα, also spelled fetta) is a brined Curd Cheese traditionally made in Greece with goat's and Masa is Spanish for Dough, but in Mexico it sometimes refers to Cornmeal dough ( masa de maíz in Spanish In Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the United States, and Canada, a tortilla is a type of thin unleavened The arepa is a corn -based Bread from the northern Andes in South America (from countries like Colombia and Venezuela) A tamale ( Spanish tamal, from Nahuatl tamalli) is a traditional indigenous American food consisting of steam-cooked corn |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Curaçao (ˈkjuːrəsaʊ in English Dutch: Curaçao, Papiamento: Kòrsou) is an Island in the southern Caribbean Sea, GRITS is a Christian hip hop group from Nashville, Tennessee. Cornbread is a generic name for any number of Quick breads (a bread leavened chemically rather than by Yeast) containing Cornmeal. Hominy or nixtamal is dried maize (corn kernels which have been treated with an Alkali of some kind Mush is a thick Cornmeal Pudding (or Porridge) usually boiled in Water or Milk. Jonnycake (also spelled "johnnycake" johnny cake and "journey cake" is a baked Cornmeal Flatbread, and was a popular American pioneer Hushpuppies or Hush puppies are an American food consisting of small Cornmeal Breads that are Deep fried in a Spherical or Oblong A release agent, also known as a de-moulding agent, "form oil" parting agent or form releaser, is a substance used in moulding and Pizza (ˈpiːtsə, in Italian:) is a popular dish made with an Oven -baked flat generally round Bread that is covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based
- Cornstarch, ground from the endosperm, or white heart of the corn kernel, is used as a binder in puddings and similar foods. Cornstarch, or cornflour, is the Starch of the Maize grain commonly known as Corn. Endosperm is the tissue produced in the Seeds of most Flowering plants around the time of fertilization
- As a natural pesticide as some insects' digestive organs will swell after consuming cornmeal and water, causing them to die. A pesticide is a substance or mixture of substances used to kill a pest. Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Digestion is the breaking down of chemicals in the body into a form that can be absorbed
- Added with a detergent in a 50/50 mix for skin decontamination. A detergent (as a noun is a material intended to assist Cleaning.
- As an ingredient used for corn dog or cornbrats batter
- Used to coat English muffins
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