Lost_Warrior Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 I know the Romans didn't have "corn" as we know it, but I'm sure they had something comparable. Does anyone know of a recipe that can be adapted to regular old grits? My mom bought some and we're not sure of an interesting way to cook it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Try searching under 'Spelt'. That was a grain from which Romans made Bread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted June 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Oh! lol thanks, I'll try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dalby Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Polenta's worth trying. The word is pure Latin; it's just that Romans made their polenta with barley, not with what you transatlantic people call corn! So if you make polenta with your corn, at least the end result is something a Roman might have felt happy with. When Psyche went down to Hades, on an errand for Venus, she took two (sticky?) handfuls of polenta with her. One to give to Cerberus on the way there, the other to give him on the way back. By that time, Psyche and Cerberus were good friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted June 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 I would have taken a steak for Cerberus. Or six steaks...enough for each head. Don't want them fighting with each other. Unless it was the plan to make them fight with each other so you could sneak by. Polenta..I've heard of that. Why didn't I think of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 (edited) Polenta's worth trying. The word is pure Latin; it's just that Romans made their polenta with barley, not with what you transatlantic people call corn! So if you make polenta with your corn, at least the end result is something a Roman might have felt happy with. When Psyche went down to Hades, on an errand for Venus, she took two (sticky?) handfuls of polenta with her. One to give to Cerberus on the way there, the other to give him on the way back. By that time, Psyche and Cerberus were good friends. Speaking of the Trans-Atlantic rabble, let us conduct an investigation of the English word 'corn': Corn. Korn, n. [ A. Sax. corn, a word found throughout the Teutonic languages, of same root as L. granum, a seed. Akin to kernal, grain.] Apologies will be gracefully accepted. Polenta is nothing but gruel. That is why we of Neapolitan heritage abjure it in favor of macaroni. Lost_Warrior, be adventuresome! Edited June 12, 2006 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dalby Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Polenta's worth trying. The word is pure Latin; it's just that Romans made their polenta with barley, not with what you transatlantic people call corn! So if you make polenta with your corn, at least the end result is something a Roman might have felt happy with. When Psyche went down to Hades, on an errand for Venus, she took two (sticky?) handfuls of polenta with her. One to give to Cerberus on the way there, the other to give him on the way back. By that time, Psyche and Cerberus were good friends. Speaking of the Trans-Atlantic rabble, let us conduct an investigation of the English word 'corn': Corn. Korn, n. [ A. Sax. corn, a word found throughout the Teutonic languages, of same root as L. granum, a seed. Akin to kernal, grain.] Apologies will be gracefully accepted ... Oh, yes, I use the word corn too, but I mean wheat. To continue the word history that you began, Europeans in North America, encountering this extremely useful and unfamiliar crop, naturally called it 'Indian corn'. The modern US 'corn' is an abbreviation of that. And quite right too. No need for anyone to apologise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Polenta is nothing but gruel. That is why we of Neapolitan heritage abjure it in favor of macaroni. As I've said a couple of times, my mom's family is from N.Italy, and polenta was definitely around...but late. The story goes that when my grandmother's parents came here 100 years ago (to the central coast of California), they couldn't afford to buy polenta, so my great-grandmother had to buy ma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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