What's the difference between corn masa and mexican cornbread mix? What grocery stores carry it? Help!?

Question

I'm trying to find mexican cornbread mix, but have had NO luck. I've ethnic stores and even they don't have it...at least what they told me. I bought the masa, but don't need that. I'm making a casserole.

Answer 1

Maybe I'm wrong but isn't Mexican cornbread just a cornbread recipe with extras like jalapeños and corn and extra spices in it whereas Masa is used to make corn tortillas and things like that?

Answer 2

In Mexican cornbread mix, the meal is grounded from dried corn.

In Masa the dried corn is made into hominy by using lye.  Then the hominy is dried and ground into masa. Look for it in a store frequented by Latinos. You have no doubt seen the corn nuts which are "fried " hominy.

Answer 3

I think masa is just the cornmeal where the mix has leavening etc. in it. Look by the flour or the mexican food at the grocery store for the masa.