Black spots in corm meal normal?

[AussieSharon]

Ok don't laugh too hard but is black spots in corn meal flour normal? It's not somthing I use and just bought and opened a bag to find black spots in it.

 

[mommy9994]

yup, perfectly normal

 

[AussieSharon]

Thank you! It's not something I ever used in Australia and I wanted to surprise DH by making him corn bread.

 

[nutz4critters]

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Small black specks are fine -- so long as they are not moving.

I watched a cooking show on FoodNetwork a few weeks ago and one of the guests was talking about her worst cooking was when she made cornbread one Christmas. Her hubby thought she'd sprinkled a can of poppy seeds in the cornmeal. The spots weren't poppy seeds.

Good luck with the cornbread!

 

[palabeco]

To help keep cornmeal fresh and bug free, double bag it and store it in your freezer. I do that with flour too.