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Skriven 2007-02-12 08:32:56 av DAVE SACERDOTE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: cornmeal
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ML> Cornmeal is essentially a horrible thing. It has a taste and
ML> texture that screams "fiber" but doesn't deliver even a
ML> significant benefit in that department.

What springs to mind when I think of cornmeal?

1. Corn chips.  They have their uses, I guess, but I rarely eat
   them.  Too much salt and most of them have HFCS in them anyway.
   How many corn products can a company put into one product?

2. Corn bread.  I like corn bread, so that's OK.  I'm less fond of
   those heavy little cornmeal cannonballs, "hush puppies."  It's
   said that hush puppies got their name from the practice of frying
   some cornmeal batter and tossing it to feed hungry baying hounds
   in the South, and they'd say, "Now hush, puppies" as the "treats"
   were tossed.  More likely those fried rocks were hurled at the 
   dogs' heads and then the owner would stand over the unconscious
   canines and say, "That'll hush them puppies up some," only with
   mnore swearing sprinkled in.

3. Sprinkled on a baking pan to keep bread from sticking.  Use just
   the right amount, and the effect is very nice.  Use too much and
   it's like someone rolled your bread around on the beach.

4. Cleaning out clams.  Supposedly, one sprinkles cornmeal over 
   clams before cooking them, and the clams eat the cornmeal and
   poop out whatever loathesome nastiness the filthy little 
   bottom feeders have been reveling in.  I've tried it, and I 
   think it's an urban legend.  Clams covered with water and 
   cornmeal get waterlogged and kind of disgusting, and when
   I've opened the belly of these cornmeal clams, I don't find much
   evidence that they were eating much in captivity.

5. Scrapple.  If cornmeal were used for nothing but scrapple, it
   would be sufficient reason to continue milling corn.

6. Fried mush. Quite a coincidence seeing your message this
   morning, because last night I cooked up a batch of mush and
   put it out onto the back porch to set up.  This morning we
   sliced it and fried it crispy brown on the outside, creamy
   corny on the inside.  It's still the only "hot cereal" I'll
   eat without grumbling resentfully.

   I found a great way to slice mush/polenta for the frying pan.
   My knife was sticking, so I looped a piece of string around
   the loaf at the right point and then pulled the ends, closing
   the loop and slicing through cleanly.  Worked so well that I
   bet someone already thought of it a long time ago and just
   neglected to tell me. [g]




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