[Sca-cooks] Winter comfort food...

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Dec 5, 2005, at 12:19 PM, Cat Dancer wrote:

>
> On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:
>>
>> On Dec 5, 2005, at 11:31 AM, Jeff Gedney wrote:
>>
>>> Chilled Cornmeal Polenta, sliced 3/8 inch thick,
>>> dredged in flour, and fried in sweet butter till
>>> crispy and deep brown.
>>> Served on a plate with whipped butter and real
>>> maple syrup.
>>> Add a fresh cup of real good home roasted coffee.
>>> Makes my day every time.
>>
>> Question: If you put maple syrup on it, are you allowed by  
>> International Law to call it polenta and not mush?
>>
>> Hey, I'm up for it in concept; don't get me wrong. My question is  
>> purely one of nomenclature.
>
> Speaking as one who is of Pennsylvanian descent, I think that once  
> you put the maple syrup on it that it becomes fried mush.

That'd be my Impartial Judgement, as well.

> Great. Now I'm jonesing for scrapple. Darnit.
>
> Which is, incidentally, one of my generic comfort foods. :-)

The last time I was in PA, I was presented with a pound of real  
scrapple by my hostess...

Adamantius (who can buy bad scrapple or make decent scrapple here in  
NY, but not buy good scrapple)




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