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I think this stuff is really good. After seeing all the chefs on Food Network use it, I have just recently started buying a roll of it in the refrigerated section at the grocery store. I just slice off about 1/4" slices and fry it in a non-stick skillet and then melt some parmesan or butter on top of it. It is a nice alternative to cornbread. It works great for a little dipper with soup or stew. You get the crispy without all the bulk of cornbread.
I've never had the creamy polenta, but I might have to try that too. Does anybody else use store-bought polenta or make your own?
I love polenta too, although growing up in rural Ohio, we knew it as "cornmeal mush". Polenta is just cornmeal cooked with water and salt (lot's of recipes on the net - just Google it). Not only is it delicious, but it's easy to cook, pretty healthy, and just about the cheapest thing you can make.
I love polenta too, although growing up in rural Ohio, we knew it as "cornmeal mush". Polenta is just cornmeal cooked with water and salt (lot's of recipes on the net - just Google it). Not only is it delicious, but it's easy to cook, pretty healthy, and just about the cheapest thing you can make.
When I lived in Cleveland, polenta was sold in a 1# tube like pork sausage and was $2.69/lb. Corn meal mush was sold in a 2# brick and was $0.99.
Personally, I use regular corn meal to make polenta which is the cheapest way to go. Not quite as cheap is to buy instant polenta at an Italian market. The ONLY disadvantage to making your OWN polenta is that it requires a lot of stirring and your constant attention for a few minutes.
I tried making my own, but it's so much easier to buy the roll.
I've had creamy polenta at a restaurant and it was good.
I am the only one in the family who *loves* polenta, the guys think it's just okay.
I love frying it in some olive oil, then eating it with mild homemade fresh salsa.
I tend to use the instant one, my mum brings it to me from Italy every time she comes to visit.
The good thing about the instant one is that you can have it creamy without having to stir it for hours.
If we do not finish it, I put the left over in a dish and we have it grilled with cheese on top the next day.
Some of my favourite ways to eat it when creamy are:
1. Accompanied by a rich stew cooked with some red wine.
2. With different types of cheese melted in it. Try it, it is worth it!!!!
Oh and another lovely way to have it is for breakfast!! Yes, breakfast.
If you store it in a dish in the fridge, take it out and cut in in small cubes.
Put some hot milk in a bowl, add sugar and the cubes of Polenta and just enjoy it. At home we all love it.
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