Cornmeal is for everybody! @FISH Even Canadians. Ever hear of Peameal bacon? (aka Canadian bacon) The loin is rolled in cornmeal. The stuff we get here isn't the real deal though.
I share the Irish blood. I get it from my father's side of the family. My great-grandparents were from there. Actually I think one of them was from Cork, Ireland and the other from somewhere in Scotland.
I have cornmeal in my closest. I tried frying fish with it.
My friends from the south told me that my oil was not hot enough, that is why the cornmeal did not stick onto the fish.
In the winter in Quebec city, breakfast would be served with eggs, baked beans, a square of FAT and a glass of milk for your bones. I have no idea what the square of fat was. They did not serve Canadian bacon. I don't know if I ever had that kind of bacon. Pork roll? Yes!
I hope the 'troubles' don't run in your Irish DNA.