A less talented and more shameless director might've turned it into
cornmeal mush, but Niki Caro («Whale Rider») has delivered unto the Disney corporation a Kevin Costner sports movie that works.
Adapted from one of Thomas Jefferson's recipes, polenta, with its origins in Italy, resembles America's
cornmeal mush, a staple in the US diet since the nation's very early days.
She called
it Cornmeal Mush.
African
cornmeal mush (Ugali) is a starchy staple eaten across Africa as a side dish.
The mixture should look almost like polenta or
cornmeal mush.
Polenta is the Italian name for a basic
cornmeal mush that can be served on its own or with a variety of toppings (see variations after recipe box).
-- added 8 white mushrooms chopped — subbed tomato sauce with taco seasoning mixed in for the salsa for less acidity — mixed in less of the rice to keep sharp Mexi taste — didn't love the cashew cream — may try to make a tofu cheese (v) sauce next time — put blobs of Tofuti cream cheese about half a container on top — melted nicely in oven and made it taste rich — would try a layer of
cornmeal mush on top next time before the topping and leave out rice
Not exact matches
The only thing I added to the method was to lightly toast the
cornmeal,
mush portion only, to perk up the corn flavor a bit.