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polenta

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po·len·ta  (p-lnt)
n.
A thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in water or stock.
[Italian, from Latin, crushed grain, barley meal.]
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Noun1.polenta - a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water
cornmeal, Indian meal - coarsely ground corn
cornmeal mush, mush - cornmeal boiled in water
Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
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"Did you know me better," returned the count, smiling, "you would not give one thought of such a thing for a traveller like myself, who has successively lived on maccaroni at Naples, polenta at Milan, olla podrida at Valencia, pilau at Constantinople, karrick in India, and swallows' nests in China.
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