pyrogeorge Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I found this corn flour in super market and it write on it that it consist of 100% corn flour.Can i make dextrin or i must use the white powder cornflour? http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/6936/dsc00275kf8.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonny Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I think corn flour and corn starch are the same thing, see here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornstarch So yes you can cook it up into dextrin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I'm not as sure as Bonny. It might be corn MEAL, a finely divided cereal product. If the powder is already yellow, I'd be suspicious. True starch is white or nearly so. So if the material is not ultra-fine powder, like talc, if it has grit or texture, I think it might be corn MEAL. If it is soft, talc-like, and white, it might be starch. Give it a try! You can't hurt anything. can you get a close picture of the powder in the bag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oskarchem Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Just, as a side note, it dosen't have to be CORN starch, I use Potato starch I find in sthe supermarket, and it works fine, actually it cooks much faster than corn srarch, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrogeorge Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 @SwedeThe box write that it consist of 100% corn flourhttp://img501.imageshack.us/img501/6598/dsc00981ln4.th.jpg @oskarchem Do you think that i can make dextrin with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 That looks alot like Corn meal to me, is it gritty at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrogeorge Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 That looks alot like Corn meal to me, is it gritty at all? yes.. so i can't make dextrin with this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oskarchem Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Unfortunatly... no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Pipipi, it's corn meal, as Jacob noted, dried and ground whole corn kernels. It'll make a yummy corn bread, at least! I'd be amazed if your grocery stores don't have some sort of starch. Corn and potato starches are used in cooking all the time. Look for the word "starch" and I'm sure it'll be good to go. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrogeorge Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 ok i will try to find,thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildo Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I'm not sure and someone might correct me but I don't think flour is the same as starch regardless of the plant it originates from. Maybe it's a matter of labeling for food products but cooking corn flour will never make dextrin. I've been on a scavenger hunt for SGRS for several months. After hitting every Asian grocery store in town and buying numerous bags of rice flour and starch, I can tell you they are not the same. I finally found a source for real SGRS but that's a whole different thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrogeorge Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 yes,it isn't to make dextrin.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonny Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I'm not sure and someone might correct me but I don't think flour is the same as starch regardless of the plant it originates from. Maybe it's a matter of labeling for food products but cooking corn flour will never make dextrin. As far as I know corn flour and corn starch are the same. It is only the corn meal that is no good. I've cooked corn flour from the grocery store into dextrin several times with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildo Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 According to the International Starch Institute, corn starch is processed from corn flour. They are not the same. http://www.starch.dk/isi/starch/tm18www-corn.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 You guys might just be confusing terminology, as far as I know, In the USA corn starch is called corn starch. But in other countries corn starch is usually called corn flour. Bonny you're in Canada correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonny Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 You guys might just be confusing terminology, as far as I know, In the USA corn starch is called corn starch. But in other countries corn starch is usually called corn flour. Bonny you're in Canada correct? Yeah i'm in Canada. Up here it is called corn flour. The first time I bought it at the grocery I asked a nice old lady where the corn starch was and she said the corn flour I had been looking at was the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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