Potato Polenta

Polenta

Cook Potatoes and mash them
Leave on low heat and add a little potato water
and sprinkle corn meal in with your hand
keep adding a little water and then the corn meal
It takes about 3 cups of water and a cup or so of the corn meal
Cut up an onion and put it in the skillet where you have a couple of sticks
of butter,
But let the butter get brown before adding the onions
Add it to the potatoes
When the onions are cooked a little on low heat in the butter keep stirring
so it dont burn.
Add a cup of Sharp Cheddar Cheese and on low heat, keep stirring until all
is cooked well.
You can sprinkle with pepper.

Notes: My grandfather brought this recipe over with him from Storo Austria,
now Italy in 1905.