Most of us are pretty familiar with sweet corn.
Field corn (also called dent corn), however, is a whole different thing.
What are grits?
Hominy grits are a staple in Southern cuisine.
After an overnight soak, the alkaline solution loosens the corns hull and softens the kernels.
The process also makes it so the B vitamin niacin can be more easily used by the body.
When hominy is dried and ground, grits are what you get.
Instant grits are partially cooked before theyre dried, so they cook up in as little as 10 minutes.
Many people cook grits with water and add butter and cheese at the end.
Others use milk or cream for cooking the grits, or sub in chicken broth.
What is polenta?
Unlike grits, polenta is made with nothing but pure, untreated corn.
Polenta is so important in Italy that there are several festivals that celebrate it.
Polenta is often made with broth and added aromatics and finished with butter and cheese.
When you cant find polenta at the store, try substituting coarsely ground yellow cornmeal.
What is cornmeal?
If youre looking to make a killer batch of cornbread, cornmeal is what you want.
Cornmeal is made by milling dried corn.
It can be ground fine, medium or coarse.
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