What is masa harina?!
Lime was an important commodity in pre-Columbus Meso-America and was also used as an additive in tobacco. They typically burned limestone or shells and the remaining powder was lime.
Even today, lime is added to coca leaves as part of the process of making cocaine.
Answers: Masa Harina is a fine corn meal that has been treated with lime-- the limestone type of lime. It chemically changes the corn a bit and it releases the Niacin in the cornmeal.
Lime was an important commodity in pre-Columbus Meso-America and was also used as an additive in tobacco. They typically burned limestone or shells and the remaining powder was lime.
Even today, lime is added to coca leaves as part of the process of making cocaine.
thats the flour you use to make tamales
kind of like corn meal. some stores have it sold just like that, in the flour section, but yours might not if you don't have a large enough hispanic population.
Masa harina is ground corn that is used to make tortillas or tamales. It is NOT cornmeal. It is closer to flour texture. Comes in 5 pound bags just like flour.