"Arri London" > wrote in message
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> Charles Gifford wrote:
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> > "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.
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> > I read somewhere just recently that "polenta" was also made from
chestnut
> > flour.
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> > Charlie
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> Could easily be true. The French have used chestnut flour to make purees
> along the lines of mashed potato. Why not the Italians.
I stayed in a small town north of Verona a few years back and they had
chestnut trees all around. Apparently it was a staple at one time in the
past, though I don't know exactly when.
Steve