After seeing the Taquito thread I got excited when my cousin called asking if I could use some corn meal. They bought some fresh ground at the antique farm show. She ordered one bag and he gave her 4. She says maybe 3 pound bags.
I went looking for Tortilla recipes, well you already know what happened then. Masa is not the same as cornmeal. Upon more investigation it is the lye soak that give it the flavor over corn meal.
So my question here to the expert tortilla maker, if I were to add baling soda to the hot water to raise the PH would that be similar in the end result or would it be a waste of time? I am not sure how fine the cornmeal is ground, is another thing. She is dropping it off tomorrow.
If it won't work or be a waste of time, I will have to figure out what a person makes with cornmeal other than cornbread and to dip zucchini or oysters in to fry.