Cornmeal is a rough, sandy flour made from dried maize that has been crushed. It is yellow, or sometimes white, and you can feel the little grains between your fingers.

Cornmeal玉米粗粉is a rough, sandy flour made from dried maize that has been crushed是用曬乾玉米磨碎做成的一種粗糙、帶砂質感的粉。It is yellow, or sometimes white它是黃色的，有時候是白色的，and you can feel the little grains between your fingers你可以用手指感覺到裡面的小顆粒。

People use it for cornbread, muffins, a dry coat on fried food, and dishes like polenta.

People use it for cornbread, muffins, a dry coat on fried food, and dishes like polenta大家會用它來做cornbread玉米麵包、muffins馬芬、炸物外層的乾粉，還有像polenta義式玉米糊這類料理。

It is much coarser than British cornflour, the fine white powder that thickens sauce. Though actually, how fine it is can vary — “fine cornmeal” is still meal, not that glossy kitchen thickener.

It is much coarser than British cornflour, the fine white powder that thickens sauce它比英式cornflour粗玉米粉粗很多，那種是用來勾芡的細白粉。Though actually不過事實上，how fine it is can vary它的細緻程度也會不一樣——"fine cornmeal" is still meal, not that glossy kitchen thickener即使是"fine cornmeal"細玉米粉，還是屬於粗粉，不是那種光滑的廚房勾芡粉。

In American cooking it is a very ordinary cupboard food; in Taiwan you mostly meet it in US-style recipes. It is not cornstarch, and it is not 太白粉.

In American cooking it is a very ordinary cupboard food在美式料理裡，這是很普通的常備食材；in Taiwan you mostly meet it in US-style recipes在台灣你多半是在美式食譜裡才會碰到它。It is not cornstarch它不是cornstarch玉米澱粉，and it is not 太白粉也不是太白粉。