Cooking; Cornmeal mush fried in bacon fat from Ben Bebenroth (recipe) Published: ; May. 09, 2018, 10:00 a.m.

In a heavy-bottomed 4-quart saucepan, boil 8 cups of water over high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of salt; reduce heat to medium. Pour in 2 cups coarse yellow cornmeal (preferably imported from Italy ...

Just try telling the radicchio crowd that polenta is nothing more than expensive cornmeal mush. They’d probably pelt you with pink peppercorns.But it’s essentially true. The homemade cornmeal ...

Cornmeal mush. Have I lost you already? The name imparts blandness with visions of a gruel-like dish (think orphan Annie) that is eaten out of little other choice. There is some truth to this ...

Mom didn’t discover cornmeal mush as a breakfast choice. Early settlers brought the idea across the pond from Europe. The recipe was simple: take ground cornmeal, add milk and boil, allow to set ...

Most of us know cornmeal as the main component of corn bread and as a grain that can be cooked as porridge for a hot breakfast cereal. Yet cornmeal has countless other uses.

1 teaspoon kosher-style sea salt. Stir the cornmeal and salt into the cold water. Bring gently to a boil. Once bubbles appear, reduce the heat to a simmer.