Polenta.
1 pint of boiling water; 1 cup of coarse yellow meal, or enough for thick mush; a little salt.
Put the water over the fire; add the salted meal, and stir constantly until it has cooked twenty minutes, and bubbles up in the middle. Turn upon a flat dish, and, when cold and stiff, cut into squares; dip these into flour, and fry to a yellow-brown. Drain off the fat. This is a favorite dish with the Italian peasantry, who generally, however, eat it without frying.