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Polenta vs. Grits — What's the Difference?

Polenta vs. Grits — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Polenta and Grits

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Polenta

Polenta (, Italian: [poˈlɛnta]) is a dish of boiled cornmeal that was historically made from other grains. It may be served as a hot porridge, or it may be allowed to cool and solidify into a loaf that can be baked, fried, or grilled.

Grits

Grits is a porridge made from boiled cornmeal. Hominy grits is a type of grits made from hominy – corn that has been treated with an alkali in a process called nixtamalization, with the pericarp removed.

Polenta

Maize flour as used in Italian cooking; cornmeal
Maize is used, more coarsely ground, in Italy's versatile polenta

Grits

A dish of coarsely ground maize kernels boiled with water or milk.

Polenta

A thick mush made of boiled cornmeal.
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Grits

Plural of grit('hulled oats')

Polenta

Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.

Grits

(Western Hemisphere) Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.

Polenta

Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal.

Grits

Plural of grit

Polenta

A thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water

Grits

Coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States

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