"Arri London" > wrote in message
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> Frogleg wrote:
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> > On 10 May 2004 11:14:04 GMT, (ASmith1946) wrote:
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> > >It seems to me that we have several interesting threads within this
discussion.
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> > Anyone care to bring polenta to the boil? Another New World ingredient
> > that's "typically Italian."
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> True, although polenta was made from other grains prior to the
> introduction of maize.
I read somewhere just recently that "polenta" was also made from chestnut
flour.
Charlie