That looks SO good and easy! Thanks for the recipe. I think I'm going to get a bag of peas for my freezer...

What is polenta made from? Is it gluten-free friendly?

P.S. Let's have lunch soon!

I JUST bought polenta on Friday! It was an impulse buy because I've always wondered how it tasted and how to cook it up. I bought a package that you can slice little round medallions from it and it wasn't plain but seasoned with basil and garlic. Do you think peas would go with it?

Thanks
This looks like something I can
impress my girlfriend with.

Hello. Where did you hear the story about Italian homes from? My mother's family is italian, and she says that she never saw any Italian family do such a thing with polenta. However, I contend that it might be more of a southern-italian custom.

Thanks for the great site, by the way!

OK, I considered it. Now write something else!

polenta is typical in the north of Italy. did you find it in other places?

n.

Great stuff!
My father is a complete polenta addict. Living in Miami, there are very few days that polenta is a viable option as it goes SO well in colder climates, but there is nothing better as far as comfort food Italian-style. Keep up the great work!
And I'm glad to see you survived the chicken-fried everything episode without a heart attack!
Andy

"In many Italian homes they serve polenta family-style by pouring all of the prepared polenta directly onto the dinner table."

I'm italian and I can tell you nobody do it.Plus Polenta is a tipical food of northern and central Italy.It's not easy to find it in the south even in the supermarkets.

Nice blog.

"In many Italian homes they serve polenta family-style by pouring all of the prepared polenta directly onto the dinner table."

ABSOLUTELY!!- some of my fondest childhood memories are sitting around the large dining room table with a board on top covered with polenta and grandma's sauce. Everyone had their own area of the board with a pile of meat in the middle. you ate your way to the meat! there are so many different areas in italy with som many different traditions- my relatives are all from abruzzi