Comments on: Polenta-It’s an Italian thing http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing Cooking - Photography & More Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:56:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Rod http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-1691 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:44:45 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-1691 Dennis Sounds delicious nice work fella ! Regards Rod Dennis
Sounds delicious
nice work fella !
Regards
Rod

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-1689 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:13:54 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-1689 Hi Dennis, Thank you for adding to the Polenta recipe which I would like to copy. Would you advise me to don a helmet, mask and a workman's overall to protect me from the molten mess? I would not like to breach any health and safety laws :) Elsie Hi Dennis,
Thank you for adding to the Polenta recipe which I would like to copy. Would you advise me to don a helmet, mask and a workman’s overall to protect me from the molten mess? I would not like to breach any health and safety laws :)
Elsie

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-1676 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:16:38 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-1676 Hi Dennis, Thanks for the compliment and great tips, you can't go far wrong with anything if it's got fennel, tomatoes and parmesan in it! As for setting the cake overnight that is probably my prefered way of cooking it because I love the crunchy texture. I sometimes make a miniture stack of it topped with wilted spinach and tiny ratatouille which I serve with roast lamb. Thanks for visiting the site and taking the time to pass on your suggestions. Kind regards Miles Hi Dennis,
Thanks for the compliment and great tips, you can’t go far wrong with anything if it’s got fennel, tomatoes and parmesan in it! As for setting the cake overnight that is probably my prefered way of cooking it because I love the crunchy texture. I sometimes make a miniture stack of it topped with wilted spinach and tiny ratatouille which I serve with roast lamb.
Thanks for visiting the site and taking the time to pass on your suggestions.
Kind regards
Miles

]]> by: Dennis John Cahill http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-1673 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:51:15 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-1673 Hi I love your website. I want to add a special way to cook Polenta the way I cook it. For starters add chicken Boulion or stock instead of the water..then add some chopped up Sun dried tomatos to the stock along with some Fennel seeds you grind up in you food processor along with at least a cup of Parmesean Cheese some garlic powder..then when it comes to boil...turn it down to a rolling simmer and add the Corn Meal and use you wisk and work like the dickens to keep the molten mess from spewing forth from the pot. Now at this point you can either put the Polenta ( corn meal mush thats what we call in Lancaster County Pa.with out all the extra additions) onto a plate and serve or better yet get yourself a loaf pan and grease it a little ..then add the Polenta and refrigerate ..it will get firm. The next morning take it out and slice it up and fry it in a little olive oil until it get a golden brown on both sides then serve it with some Mexican Salsa and some fresh Sharp Cheddar cheese and get ready for the complements. Thanks again an Bon Appetit Hi I love your website. I want to add a special way to cook Polenta the way I cook it. For starters add chicken Boulion or stock instead of the water..then add some chopped up Sun dried tomatos to the stock along with some Fennel seeds you grind up in you food processor along with at least a cup of Parmesean Cheese some garlic powder..then when it comes to boil…turn it down to a rolling simmer and add the Corn Meal and use you wisk and work like the dickens to keep the molten mess from spewing forth from the pot. Now at this point you can either put the Polenta ( corn meal mush thats what we call in Lancaster County Pa.with out all the extra additions) onto a plate and serve or better yet get yourself a loaf pan and grease it a little ..then add the Polenta and refrigerate ..it will get firm. The next morning take it out and slice it up and fry it in a little olive oil until it get a golden brown on both sides then serve it with some Mexican Salsa and some fresh Sharp Cheddar cheese and get ready for the complements.
Thanks again an Bon Appetit

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-899 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:02:18 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-899 Elsie, They're the mushrooms I was telling you about, it doesn't matter how talented you are there isn't much scope with wet polenta when it comes to presentation. Miles Elsie,
They’re the mushrooms I was telling you about, it doesn’t matter how talented you are there isn’t much scope with wet polenta when it comes to presentation.
Miles

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-898 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:01:06 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-898 Cid, Miss Loren if you will!-at this moment in time you are quite welcome to my kitchen! Miles (with very attractive xmas card hiding my brother's effort) Cid,
Miss Loren if you will!-at this moment in time you are quite welcome to my kitchen!
Miles (with very attractive xmas card hiding my brother’s effort)

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-897 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:02:22 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-897 Miles, Photo looks great. What is that surrounding the polenta mountain? Does the polenta packet carry a health and safety warning whilst cooking the stuff? Miles,
Photo looks great. What is that surrounding the polenta mountain?
Does the polenta packet carry a health and safety warning whilst cooking the stuff?

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-895 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:36:30 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/polenta-its-an-italian-thing#comment-895 Miles, I've made a cake with polenta.... I'll look up the recipe to see whether it would be worth a mention. Now for the important bit... as you know Elsie and I intend to take over the kitchen to give you a well deserved rest. We've allocated a fine selection of day wear to suit every occasion. So, it's either the lederhosen ensemble or the Sophia Loren frocks? :) Cid Miles,

I’ve made a cake with polenta…. I’ll look up the recipe to see whether it would be worth a mention.

Now for the important bit… as you know Elsie and I intend to take over the kitchen to give you a well deserved rest. We’ve allocated a fine selection of day wear to suit every occasion. So, it’s either the lederhosen ensemble or the Sophia Loren frocks? :)

Cid

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