White vs. yellow cornmeal?

[LisaSue]

I was at the store last night and bought cornmeal for the baked catfish recipe from the Aug. '01 issue. I accidentally bought white cornmeal instead of yellow, only to discover I already had a near-full container of the white at home. My question is -- Should I return it? Or can I use the white the same as the yellow? Is there any difference between them other than color?

[beejayw1]

I haven't found any difference aside from color. I always looked for the yellow cornmeal because it had my favorite recipe for spoon bread on it. I finally got myself in gear and wrote the recipe down, so now it really doesn't matter.

[lorilei]

Technically, there should be no difference besides the color... the same goes for my favorite :) BLUE Cornmeal...

Your main difference when looking at cornmeal will be between stone ground (with more hull) and regular ground cornmeal (which is generally finer, with less "substance")...