• Mothra@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Huh! Well I don’t think I’ve eaten white polenta either. I lived in Argentina and all my polenta memories are yellow. I’ll look it up, I’m intrigued!

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      1 year ago

      It’s basically polenta made with white maize. It tastes milder and definitively different, but the biggest difference for me is the texture - once it cools it gets more “gelatinous” (dunno if this makes sense), but firmer. I also have an easier time deep-frying it.

      My grandma prepared it almost every day. Often as “hairy polenta” (polenta, mozzarella, polenta, sauce - the “hair” was the cheese strings), so I spend a good time in my childhood thinking that yellow = instant polenta.