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Polenta was cheaper than bread and Polentone was a derogatory term (like Terroni for poor Southerners)
 
CH1 said:
Polenta was cheaper than bread and Polentone was a derogatory term (like Terroni for poor Southerners)
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As a kid I never really wanted to admit to anyone that I ate polenta but now that I'm older it's suddenly... Cool? So so weird.
 
I can't say I ate polenta as I kid because the cupboard was bare... but my dad grew up with very little. Some livestock, and whatever they could grow on the farm in the old country. Corn was rather abundant.

A lot of dishes have made their way from poor tables to Michelin hot spots. Imagine all those Atlantic folks doing double takes at lobster prices on the menu
 
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I can't say I ate polenta as I kid because the cupboard was bare... but my dad grew up with very little. Some livestock, and whatever they could grow on the farm in the old country. Corn was rather abundant.

A lot of dishes have made their way from poor tables to Michelin hot spots. Imagine all those Atlantic folks doing double takes at lobster prices on the menu
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Yup. It definitely happens all the time but living through it myself, I won't ever be able to wrap my head around it. Especially since, unlike lobster, polenta itself is still very cheap. Awesome shit though. I haven't had it in ages because like pasta e Fagioli and homemade ricotta, polenta was absolutely ruined for me forever. We ate those three things almost exclusively growing up so I have a hard time doing it anymore. Traumatizing especially considering my entire culinary life right now is based around variety.
 
At the risk of offending zeke, I will say that Italians aren't creative. Rigid, traditional recipes only for them. Much like the Japanese it helps them with perfecting the art of each particular dish but fuck... start a restaurant then.

Probably didn't help that we basically had our polenta the same fucking way over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Where was my crunchy hashbrown polenta, mom?
 
I hear ya. Food is emotionally charged

Lobster prices are rigged more than Jeremy Powell's Dow. A few years, lobster enjoyed several record harvests in NA, and fisherman were getting almost nothing, but restaurants/grocers kept the prices elevated to keep the luxury vibe
 
Preston said:
At the risk of offending zeke, I will say that Italians aren't creative. Rigid, traditional recipes only for them. Much like the Japanese it helps them with perfecting the art of each particular dish but ****... start a restaurant then.

Probably didn't help that we basically had our polenta the same fucking way over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Where was my crunchy hashbrown polenta, mom?
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My polenta is much better than my dad's. He kept his authentically austere, while I add loads of butter and Romano. He might come out of the grave to smack me silly if he knew how much luxury I was adding to the mix.

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/polenta-ca
 
CH1 said:
My polenta is much better than my dad's. He kept his authentically austere, while I add loads of butter and Romano. He might come out of the grave to smack me silly if he knew how much luxury I was adding to the mix.

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/polenta-ca
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Taking artistic license on traditional recipes is the reason it's fun to cook after all. Now traditional Italian food is very very tough to improve on but at the very least it's fun to try. I've done some shit where I'm like "oh that's pretty fucking good" but it's almost always objectively worse than the classics. I still do it for the sake of variety and because I enjoy trying, but I'm not going to pretend that my versions are better. They aren't. The classics are the classics for a reason.

As for polenta... Yeah the traditional recipes could definitely use some added luxury. But that is coming from someone that has no right to judge a food that has been completely destroyed for him forever. Honestly to this day I still have no desire to cook it. It's been at least fifteen years since I've last had it.

Curious to see the recipe though. Link doesn't work.
 
Unless the beverage is tasty, I'll opt for a gummie every time.
 
The difference is supposed to be the onset. Been seeing a lot of reviews that say they feel it within 5 or 10 minutes which, from what I understand is not the case with gummies?

Anyway the flavor doesn't appeal to me at all. I like that it's 3 calories, which already makes it a superior option to beer for many. But I'm going to wait till the fun flavors are released. The whole point of the bevvy idea is to make something that tastes nice, like beer does. Otherwise you're just drinking it to get high and that's not my scene. I'm still optimistic about bevvies overall. Tweed and Tinley have some intriguing flavors only the way. Not sure what the fuck is taking canopy so long to release that shit but I'll be waiting eagerly.
 
Preston said:
The difference is supposed to be the onset. Been seeing a lot of reviews that say they feel it within 5 or 10 minutes which, from what I understand is not the case with gummies?

Anyway the flavor doesn't appeal to me at all. I like that it's 3 calories, which already makes it a superior option to beer for many. But I'm going to wait till the fun flavors are released. The whole point of the bevvy idea is to make something that tastes nice, like beer does. Otherwise you're just drinking it to get high and that's not my scene. I'm still optimistic about bevvies overall. Tweed and Tinley have some intriguing flavors only the way. Not sure what the **** is taking canopy so long to release that shit but I'll be waiting eagerly.
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It does have a much quicker onset than other edibles.
 
I get the onset advantage --- but I'd rather wait the extra 45 mins than drink a tall glass of confectionary swill. Ping me when Beaus gets in the game.
 
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I get the onset advantage --- but I'd rather wait the extra 45 mins than drink a tall glass of confectionary swill. Ping me when Beaus gets in the game.
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Corona is a top tier beverage and constellation is a beautifully run company. One of the best. Don't you worry about them. They'll figure it out.
 
But I agree that it's all in the taste. It's very fucking new so I'm not all that concerned that mother fuckers will step their games up.
 
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Preston said:
Corona is a top tier beverage and constellation is a beautifully run company. One of the best. Don't you worry about them. They'll figure it out.
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What's taking them so long? Are they shooting for the moon and also trying to infuse the beverage with anti COVID-19 properties??

Because that's the only explanation I will accept at this point.
 
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