Polenta

I usually find polenta a little too bland, too, but that halloumi skewer thing sounds fantastic!

i am from louisiana originally ... and love cornbread ... i have been trying to buy cornmeal for ages and everyone says that polenta will work, but with other things taking up my time i haven't tried it to make cornbread ... so curious if anyone has used polenta to make cornbread?

cubes fried in olive oil along with pieces of halloumi cheese and then these things alternated on skewers along with pitted olives and sunblush tomatoes and accompanied with a leaf salad

You get started on it and I'll swing by and give it the taste test.    That sounds great, even though I still haven't tried halloumi. Will have to give it a go sometime!

DH likes corn, but abhors things made from corn, like cornbread, corn tortillas, etc., and isn't a big fan of rice, pasta, etc., and forget about couscous, so I don't think polenta would go over very well with him at all. I've had polenta fries before with a marinara-style dipping sauce and they were nice.

cubes fried in olive oil along with pieces of halloumi cheese and then these things alternated on skewers along with pitted olives and sunblush tomatoes and accompanied with a leaf salad

Contrex....it pains me to do this ( only kidding ) but I think I might have to press the Rep button for you!....ooohhhh nnooooo I have the shivveeerrssss........Oh! darn it! They you go...have a point ! 

I am looking forward to doing this at a BBQ - Just need that darn sun now! 

i am from louisiana originally ... and love cornbread ... i have been trying to buy cornmeal for ages and everyone says that polenta will work, but with other things taking up my time i haven't tried it to make cornbread ... so curious if anyone has used polenta to make cornbread?

If you get the dried kind, not the pre-cooked, then yes, it's the same thing.  Polenta is just cornmeal cooked in a certain way.

i am from louisiana originally ... and love cornbread ... i have been trying to buy cornmeal for ages and everyone says that polenta will work, but with other things taking up my time i haven't tried it to make cornbread ... so curious if anyone has used polenta to make cornbread?

I bought a GIANT bag of cornmeal in the international foods section of Tesco. I think it was with the Carribean stuff.

cubes fried in olive oil along with pieces of halloumi cheese and then these things alternated on skewers along with pitted olives and sunblush tomatoes and accompanied with a leaf salad

OMG... that sounds good!!

thanks historyenne and jewelz? 

Jewelz - where was this tesco? if you dont mind me asking.

and I will be getting the right kind of polenta and givin it a whirl! when i get back home.

i am from louisiana originally ... and love cornbread ... i have been trying to buy cornmeal for ages and everyone says that polenta will work, but with other things taking up my time i haven't tried it to make cornbread ... so curious if anyone has used polenta to make cornbread?

I have, and it works but the grains are much larger than regular cornmeal so your cornbread will be denser than you're probably used to.

There is a Caribbean market near me where you can buy enormous bags of different grades of cornmeal (fine, coarse, etc) for super cheap so I'd reccommend looking for something like that.

I'll see if i can find a market like that ... i do miss my cornbread! thanks for the tips everyone!