Re: [CH] This evening's meal...
T. Matthew Evans (matt.evans@ce.gatech.edu)
Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:51:57 -0400 (EDT)
Quoting Pam Rudd <pamrudd@mindspring.com>:
> At 08:57 PM 08/09/2001 -0500, Michelle DeWitt wrote:
> > so I learned an awesome thing
> >tonight and that is: polenta, grits and cornmeal are the same
> thing!!!
>
> Ah...no.
>
> Grits and cornmeal are *not* the same thing. Whether
> polenta is cornmeal or grits seems to depend on what
> part of Europe you're from, or at least that's what I gather
> from the European grad students here at the university.
>
> Pam
Corn is treated with lime prior to grinding in order to make grits. Not so
with cornmeal or polenta. Polenta is generally a different grind of corn than
is meal, and the "heart" is usually removed from the kernal for polenta
(aesthetics only). But, yes, all three may often be used interchangably....
Matt
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