Tom Douglas

My own favorite way to cook and eat razor clams is to simply dredge them in a mix of seasoned flour and cornmeal, then pan fry them in butter until crisp and golden. Be careful not to overcook them so they stay tender, not tough and chewy.

American Chef

Jeremy Jackson

If you have a busy natural foods store in your community, give their bulk cornmeal a try: high turnover means the product will most likely be fresh. And if the cornmeal is organic, all the better.

American Actor

Most cornmeal producers don't tell you when their cornmeal was milled, which makes it difficult to know how long the product has been sitting in the store before you bought it.

Kate Christensen

If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal.

American Novelist

If deep-frying catfish, try a dredge of seasoned flour and cornmeal and add some bacon fat to the oil.

Cornmeal is primarily used in cooking and baking as a foundational ingredient.

Culinary Uses

Cornmeal is a staple in many cuisines, particularly in Mexican, Italian, and Southern American cooking.

Cultural Staple

Cornmeal can be ground to various degrees, from fine to coarse, affecting texture in recipes.

Variety of Textures

 of the native cacao tree. The earliest records tell us the beans were ground and mixed with cornmeal and chili peppers to create a drink - not a relaxing cup of hot cocoa, but a bitter, invigorating concoction frothing with foam.

The history of chocolate...

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Birth of Voodoo PIPE...

 And what would be the products of this new type of agriculture? Well, we've already made a protein meal, so you can imagine something similar to a soybean meal, or even cornmeal, or wheat flour.