[Sca-cooks] Which is which? - polenta

[Christina Nevin]

	Bear wrote:
	Polenta is an Italian dish of cooked grain flour molded into some
shape
	(barley and wheat were used in Antiquity, maize is used today).  If
you have
	"polenta meal" or "polenta flour," it is a fancy way of saying corn
(maize)
	meal.  Sometimes, you can get polenta that comes wrapped like a
sausage or
	cookie dough.  This is already cooked grain molded into a tube to be
sliced,
	heated and eaten.

I get the polenta in a sausage - it's a very useful item for hot bases for
parties and dinners. One of my favorite entrees is to slice it in inch thick
rounds, fry it till browned then top it with just-grilled venison patties
and creme fraiche. Delicious!

Ciao
Lucrezia


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