In Romania their version of polenta is called mamaliga. I had some one evening at a restaurant in Bucarest and it was better than any polenta I've ever had, although I admit I've never had any in Florence.
B > On 23 Mar 2015, at 22:18, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not fond of grits, but I love good polenta. As part of a private > tour of the Uffizi, my wife and I had dinner at what was said to be > one of the best neighborhood restaurants in Florence. Everything was > wonderful, but the polenta was simply spectacular. I have never been > able to find any up to that standard in the US, but I enjoy trying. > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >> actually, I eat oatmeal the same way I eat grits... butter , salt pepper and >> bacon crumbled on it occasionally. would'nt dream of putting >> anything sweet on any porridge >> (My father was born in Atlanta GA) >> >> ann >> >> >>> On 3/23/2015 14:45, John wrote: >>> >>> Most southerners would be horrified at the idea, but you can always add >>> a bit of cream & sugar & eat them like oatmeal. >>> >>> On 3/23/2015 2:05 PM, Tom Reese wrote: >>>> >>>> grits are okay if served infrequently in small quantities >>>> >>>>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> An interesting discussion. I had never heard the term "grits" before. >>>>> Here, >>>>> mieliepap is the staple diet of the masses and a popular side dish with >>>>> tomato relish at a braaivleis (barbeque to you Westerners!). Commercial >>>>> maize meal is finely ground but the rural variety is hand ground & quite >>>>> coarse by comparison - truly gritty! Oh, & our maize is the white >>>>> variety >>>>> although some yellow is imported, especially in drought years like 2015. >>>>> >>>>> Alan C >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
