Originally Posted by
plainpat
My Grandmother made polenta & molded it in a loaf pan.She sliced & fried it for breakfast,served with butter & home made syrup.It's very easily made in a microwave.Don't remember seeing many left overs......maybe because she had 8 children.
That is the way my Grandma used it too. Grits for breakfast with extra made to pour into a loaf pan. In those days it was not that hard to purchase coarse ground corn meal or to have your own corn ground. When I was in my teens, my mother frequently complained about the scarcity of decent cornmeal. One grandma gardened, cooked, and preserved food, the other fished, hunted, and sewed. I was fortunate to have spent time with each one, but unfortunately, did not pick up their skills.