tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858934955331306998.post5318055760791662903..comments2023-04-12T06:11:08.186-04:00Comments on Consider the Lilies: of God, Polenta, and the Shopping MallKimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564606268367781659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858934955331306998.post-76584823104031314972011-12-26T14:10:57.734-05:002011-12-26T14:10:57.734-05:00Grits are served for breakfast in the southern sta...Grits are served for breakfast in the southern states and are white and plain; at dinner I have had "polenta" that is yellowish and delicious and served as a side with beef. I have never tried to cook any myself.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09747133291365898245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858934955331306998.post-45518721642133497942011-12-20T12:34:49.405-05:002011-12-20T12:34:49.405-05:00Silvana,
When I have had polenta here in the Uni...Silvana, <br /><br />When I have had polenta here in the United States, it has been called "grits" and has been served for breakfast...hardy, tasty, hardly elegant. Don't know about its discovery among aspirational foodies. I think my mind went there, precisely because of the "lowliness..." I wasn't trying to glorify it...only say that the simplicity of it, the go-with-ness/adaptability of it, touches how I understand simplicity and transparency in the presence of God...as opposed to the heavy, somewhat oppressive, feeling that came with the shopping mall.Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00456447717263874983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858934955331306998.post-71870361509293016272011-12-20T10:33:59.416-05:002011-12-20T10:33:59.416-05:00I don't know whether aspirational US foodies h...I don't know whether aspirational US foodies have "discovered" polenta, as British ones did about a decade ago. All I know is, to us Italians, there is nothing aspirational about polenta! It is humble peasant food, cheap and filling for long winters and poor families - certainly not to be served at elegant dinner parties!<br /><br />Of course, for some, it's comfort food, wrapping them in warm childhood memories; for others, it's traditional, and simple enough to make. But interestingly, although I have seen all sorts of food advertised on Italian TV, I've never seen an ad for polenta flour! <br /><br />So I found it really interesting that there you were in the Mall of Plenty and Too-Muchness, dreaming about polenta, that lowliest of food...Silvana rscjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07102555800302899398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858934955331306998.post-54913381263087257062011-12-20T03:45:30.377-05:002011-12-20T03:45:30.377-05:00Thank you for this post! It is beautiful. I also l...Thank you for this post! It is beautiful. I also love cooking as a form of prayer. :-)<br /><br />I have linked your blog to mine. I hope that you do not mind.<br /><br />CloisterCloisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420935883178551476noreply@blogger.com