Results: With the grain or against it?
Polenta:..
Ingredients:..6 cups H20, 2 tsps Salt, 1-3/4 cups yellow cornmeal, 3 Tbs unsalted butter..
Directions:..
Bring 6 cups of water to a boil in a heavy large saucepan.. Add 2 teaspoons of salt.. Gradually whisk in the cornmeal.. Reduce the heat to low and cook until the mixture thickens and the cornmeal is tender, stirring often, about 15 minutes.. Turn off the heat.. Add the butter, and stir until melted..
Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis
1.
1.
From these grains, choose your favorite, the one you would use or eat the most:
Amaranth
1%
•
16 votes
Barley
5%
•
98 votes
Buckwheat
3%
•
53 votes
Bulgur
1%
•
27 votes
Corn
13%
•
250 votes
Einkorn [No, not the band]
1%
•
14 votes
Farro / Emmer
1%
•
18 votes
Fonio / Millet
1%
•
13 votes
Freekah
0%
•
9 votes
Kamut
0%
•
5 votes
Kaniwa
0%
•
8 votes
Oats
14%
•
268 votes
Quinoa
6%
•
117 votes
Rye
2%
•
35 votes
Rice
18%
•
360 votes
Sorghum
0%
•
6 votes
Spelt
0%
•
7 votes
Teff
0%
•
2 votes
Triticale
0%
•
3 votes
Wheat
9%
•
181 votes
Wild Rice
7%
•
136 votes
N/A
17%
•
341 votes
2.
2.
Choose the "grainy" phrases you like:
Grain of truth -- A little bit of truth, small insight into something
32%
•
631 votes
Against the grain -- Running counter to one's feelings or ideas, across the alignment of the fibers of a piece of wood
33%
•
656 votes
Take it with a grain of salt -- When someone judges you for not running 10 miles a day
53%
•
1036 votes
N/A
23%
•
446 votes
3.
3.
Finally, choose from the list, all your "grainy" movie favorites:
Children of the Corn -- 1984 -- Stephen King
22%
•
425 votes
The Grapes of Wrath -- 1940 -- John Steinbeck
20%
•
395 votes
Charlotte's Web -- 1973 -- Earl Hamner Jr.
29%
•
574 votes
The Wizard of Oz -- 1939 -- L. Frank Baum
42%
•
820 votes
Animal Farm -- 1956 -- George Orwell
11%
•
209 votes
N/A
26%
•
509 votes
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