Guest guest Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Don't use polent for cormeal in the cornbread recipe. It won't work. You can't find corn meal in Australia? Maybe it is called another name. Donna Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 I use polenta in cornbread all the time. I have a choice between that and finely ground corn flour, which does not work. I ordered cornmeal from the US once and when I compared it to the grind of the polenta, it was the same. After almost 20 years in Europe, this southerner has gotten used to substitutions! Melanie in Greece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 Hi Donna, I can get Quaker Yellow Cornmeal from USA foods in the eastern states but just wanted to make sure that I couldn't use polenta because it might be an expensive exercise lol. Virginia West Aussie > Don't use polent for cormeal in the cornbread recipe. It won't > work. You can't find corn meal in Australia? Maybe it is called > another name. Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 I think Donna was referring to the roll of already made polenta. I have never seen polenta any other way, didnt know they had a polenta meal or flour and I know I make polenta from corn meal. If you can get the corn meal get yellow, I have seen yellow and white and I don't like looking at white cornbread. You sure don't want the already made polenta and try to make cornbread out of it. Chelsea , Virginia <artemesia wrote: > > Hi Donna, > I can get Quaker Yellow Cornmeal from USA foods in the eastern states but just wanted to make sure that I couldn't use polenta > because it might be an expensive exercise lol. > > Virginia > West Aussie > > > Don't use polent for cormeal in the cornbread recipe. It won't > > work. You can't find corn meal in Australia? Maybe it is called > > another name. Donna > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 Yes, one can buy the polenta 'flour' which to me looks exactly like yellow corn meal, but a lot more expensive. I have used the yellow corn meal for polenta, and it worked very well, so I figure the polenta flour should work for corn bread, however I do not know for sure, since that would be an expensive way to make corn bread (here in the USA). Australia has a lot more influence from Italian cooking, and hardly any southern USA cooking (or Mexican for that matter) so polenta flour would be cheap, but corn meal for corn bread is probably considered exotic (and expensive?). When I lived there I made corn tortillas myself, I had to mail order the maseca (masa harina). When I came back to California I ate Mexican food everyday for about six months..... Corn bread has the texture of a quick bread or cake, it is yellow, crumbly, slightly sweet, and I like to put jalapenos in mine. It goes very well with any beans, or even better, southern peas.... Roseta , " chelsea_cheetah " <chelsea_cheetah wrote: > > I think Donna was referring to the roll of already made polenta. I have never seen polenta any other way, didnt know they had a polenta meal or flour and I know I make polenta from corn meal. > If you can get the corn meal get yellow, I have seen yellow and white and I don't like looking at white cornbread. > You sure don't want the already made polenta and try to make cornbread out of it. > > Chelsea > > , Virginia <artemesia@> wrote: > > > > Hi Donna, > > I can get Quaker Yellow Cornmeal from USA foods in the eastern states but just wanted to make sure that I couldn't use polenta > > because it might be an expensive exercise lol. > > > > Virginia > > West Aussie > > > > > Don't use polent for cormeal in the cornbread recipe. It won't > > > work. You can't find corn meal in Australia? Maybe it is called > > > another name. Donna > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 Hi Roseta, I think our immigrants influence out food, and we don't have many (any? at all)from southern USA. There is a Mexican restaurant up the road from me, but I have never tried to source any ingredients for Mexican cooking. Yes you are right, polenta is easy to obtain so I will give it a go. Thanks for your help. Virginia West Aussie Yes, one can buy the polenta 'flour' which to me looks exactly like > yellow corn meal, but a lot more expensive. I have used the yellow > corn meal for polenta, and it worked very well, so I figure the > polenta flour should work for corn bread, however I do not know for > sure, since that would be an expensive way to make corn bread (here > in the USA). A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 Hi Melanie, Thanks for that tip. Yep cornflour here is really only used for thickening and it is just like white flour. Virginia West Aussie >I use polenta in cornbread all the time. I have a choice between that > and finely ground corn flour, which does not work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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