Polenta always kinda scared me. The water to grain ratio was not an easy 2:1 like rice. The polenta packages are for weird amounts: 17.6 oz? And the directions say to do something with liters. Yikes. I'm off thinking I need to hunt down an empty soda bottle. My discomfort was really because I didn't grow up with the stuff. Bogdan and Laura Coroi from Bucharest were kind enough to show me their grandmothers' tricks. "It's not rocket science as they say," said Laura. This is coming from a nuclear physicist, but still. I see with my own eyes their family's polenta dish is ultimate comfort food both to make and to eat. Click at right for the full story, how-to photos and the recipe.4.06.2010
Romanian Polenta With Sheep's Milk Feta
Polenta always kinda scared me. The water to grain ratio was not an easy 2:1 like rice. The polenta packages are for weird amounts: 17.6 oz? And the directions say to do something with liters. Yikes. I'm off thinking I need to hunt down an empty soda bottle. My discomfort was really because I didn't grow up with the stuff. Bogdan and Laura Coroi from Bucharest were kind enough to show me their grandmothers' tricks. "It's not rocket science as they say," said Laura. This is coming from a nuclear physicist, but still. I see with my own eyes their family's polenta dish is ultimate comfort food both to make and to eat. Click at right for the full story, how-to photos and the recipe.
