Thread: Fried green tomatoes -- substitute polenta for corn meal?
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Default Fried green tomatoes -- substitute polenta for corn meal?
On 2006-11-02, Phred Pnerk > wrote:

> Just wondering how polenta (a traditional north Italian corn meal)
> would do as a substitute for the traditional "corn meal" used in
> the USA as a coating for fried green tomatoes.

Polenta used for frying is too coarse, IMO. Likewise with medium
ground cornmeal. Frying doesn't add enough moisture to the polenta or
medium grind grains. But, polenta used for corn bread works just
fine.

nb
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