Corn Meal Mush




Thrifty and tummy filling, Corn Meal Mush makes a tasty breakfast, lunch, or dinner. The following steps show how to make Polenta, which is a close cousin to Corn Meal Mush. Both dishes follow the same technique and steps for preparing this corn meal based dish.
 Ingredients
• 3 1/2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups corn meal
 Steps
1. 1
   Place a saucepan on the stove top.
2. 2
   Gather together a whisk, wooden spoon and a bowl.
3. 3
   Add water to saucepan.
4. 4
   Add salt.
5. 5
   Bring water to a boil.
6. 6
   Whisk corn meal into boiling water.
7. 7
   Bring mixture to a slow boil, and cook until thickened.
8. 8
   Lower the heat.
9. 9
   Switch to the wooden spoon. Continue cooking until mixture thickens. Cook the mush over low heat at just a simmer. Be careful as the mush spatters and can burn tender skin.
10. 10
    Spoon corn meal mush into a bowl while hot.
11. 11
    Serve with maple syrup, honey, or brown sugar.

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  Learn to cook.  Learn to bake.  You can buy a pound of yeast at Costco or Sam’s for the same price as three small packages of yeast at the grocery store.  I love the 5 minute bread recipe.  6 cups flour, 3 cups warm water, 1 ½ tablespoon yeast, 1 ½ tablespoon chunky salt (kosher, sea, etc.).  Mix it together with a spoon. Let it rise an hour.  Put some flour onto the counter and pour the dough onto the flour.  (At this point I like to add Italian seasoning to half the dough) Shape into individual rolls or two round loaves.  Bake 350 for 15 minutes.  Noodles are another one of our favorites.






Flour, egg yolk, water, salt. Mix and roll out.  Cut into whatever shape you want.  We use the pizza cutter and make crazy shapes.  Boil for about 10 minutes. Here's a good starter

• 2 cups all purpose flour (Cake and bread flour work too.)
• 3 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, optional

Instructions:

• On a counter top (or in a bowl) pile your flour, make a well in the center, and crack in your eggs into the well. Pour in the olive oil and sprinkle in the salt. Slowly mix together with your hands (or a spoon). Turn it out onto a floured surface and knead by hand until dough becomes smooth and pliable, adding flour to the board as necessary.
• Cut the dough into quarters and let it rest for a little while before rolling it out.

For Fettuccine:

• Roll the dough out into a 12x15 rectangle. Fold the dough into thirds and cut 1/2 inch strips along the shorter distance. Unwrap and let dry, or use it immediately. To cook, boil salted water, add pasta and cook until it has reached the desired tenderness. (This will depend on how old it is.)

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