Dinner and a Movie: Polenta and Avatar
I made most of the dinner this time. When we ate at FineLine K had mentioned that she had never had Polenta before. I love polenta so I wanted to make some for her. I made Polenta Parmesan: two cups of corn meal, cooked and poured into a 9"x13" pan, tomato sauce, Parmesan, and Mozzarella. K liked the Polenta, after she scraped off the tomato sauce and cheese. I also made White Bean Hummus and my Honey Mustard Curry Dip. There was still left over Coconut cake for dessert. Kevin brought vegetables for dipping and salad. B bought pitas and chocolate ice cream (he really doesn't like coconut). Everyone liked the food so I feel it was a success.
We had a lively dinner table conversation. And kept asking B to verify things on the internet on his iPhone (much to K's annoyance).
The Law is an Ass: Reading E.P. Evans' The Medieval Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals
The word blackmail "is derived from the word for tribute (in modern terms, protection money) paid by English and Scottish border dwellers to Border Reivers known also as Free-booters, in return for immunity from raids and other harassment. This tribute was paid in goods or labour (reditus nigri, or "blackmail"): the opposite is blanche firmes or reditus albi, or "white rent" (denoting payment by silver)."
Kevin brought a small remote control helicopter which he and Bu played with until it hit the ceiling and crashed. It was cute, like a dragonfly, hovering and zipping around.
After dinner we watched the two part story in Avatar about the "Siege of the North".
We had a lively dinner table conversation. And kept asking B to verify things on the internet on his iPhone (much to K's annoyance).
The Law is an Ass: Reading E.P. Evans' The Medieval Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals
The word blackmail "is derived from the word for tribute (in modern terms, protection money) paid by English and Scottish border dwellers to Border Reivers known also as Free-booters, in return for immunity from raids and other harassment. This tribute was paid in goods or labour (reditus nigri, or "blackmail"): the opposite is blanche firmes or reditus albi, or "white rent" (denoting payment by silver)."
Kevin brought a small remote control helicopter which he and Bu played with until it hit the ceiling and crashed. It was cute, like a dragonfly, hovering and zipping around.
After dinner we watched the two part story in Avatar about the "Siege of the North".
Do you have to make any adjustments in recipes when you use regular cornmeal, or are the proportions about the same? Less liquid?
Zahde is a bit incorrect when she says I use "white corn meal". I really use coarse-ground hominy, which is corn that's been treated with an alkali like lie or lime. The alkali treatment makes the corn easier to digest and frees up the niacin in the corn.
It was
3 cups hot water
1 cup corn meal
1 cup cold water
1 tsp salt
I also don't tend to let it set up, rather choosing to eat it while it is still mush. A thick mush, but still a mush.
It's still polenta when it's hot mush.