Cornmeal Mush
By: Alisa Escanlar
Published: Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 8:28pm

Ingredients




1 cup Cornmeal
1 teaspoon Salt
2 quarts Water, boiling

Preparation

1 Moisten cornmeal with enough cold water to make a paste. Stir paste into boiling salted water, beating thoroughly. Let cook over slow fire, stirring constantly, about 10 minutes. Pour into a double boiler and cook slowly for 1 hour.

About


Cornmeal mush is also known as Polenta or ground cornmeal that is boiled in water. Polenta is one of the basic food staples of Northern Italy.