How Do They Make Cornmeal

Cornmeal is made by grinding dried corn kernels into one of three textures: fine, medium, and coarse. The traditional way of making cornmeal was through stone-grinding, which retains some of the hull and germ of the kernels.

How do you make corn flour from scratch?

1. Pour 3 quarts of water into a stainless steel pot. …
2. Add the corn to the water and remove any corn that floats to the top because it might have gone bad. …
3. Remove the pan from heat. …
4. Drain the corn into a colander and wash the corn under cool water. …
5. Dry the corn by pressing it between two clean towels.

Can you grind grits to make cornmeal?

After running across a few websites, grits is cornmeal and corn flour – just a more coarse -less ground version. So, you know what? I decided to grind my grits to a cornmeal consistency and even further for a corn flour consistency and that was the ticket!