polenta

polenta
/poh len"teuh/, n.
(esp. in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
[1555-65; < It < L: hulled and crushed grain, esp. barley]

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      a porridge or mush usually made of ground corn (maize) cooked in salted water. Cheese and butter or oil are often added. Polenta can be eaten hot or cold as a porridge; or it can be cooled until firm, cut into shapes, and then baked, toasted, panfried, or deep-fried. It is a traditional food of northern Italy, especially the Piedmont region, and of Corsica, where chestnut flour is used in place of cornmeal. Polenta is also sometimes made from barley meal.

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