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corn meal

British  

noun

  1. Also called: Indian meal.  meal made from maize

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Among dishes she has prepared are Ghana’s banku — fermented corn meal balls in a soup — as well as the spicy jollof rice enjoyed across West Africa.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024

The box includes a pound of beautiful blue corn meal from Ancestral Foods, a Native-owned company based in Albuquerque.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023

And during the 20th century, pellagra was widespread in the South where low-wage Black laborers like Flemmie’s sister Mabel lived off of salt pork, corn meal, and molasses.

From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2023

Had chicken and catfish fried in corn meal and was it good!”

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2018

Then Kiakime’s father stepped forward, and holding up a feathered prayer stick, made a long prayer, then threw the stick after the corn meal.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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