Coming from Amish country here in Ohio, YES, it is the same thing as what we call mush, or fried mush. I make it often, but I don’t use instant. Super easy to cook the real deal in the Instant pot. 4 cups water to 1 cup polenta, a couple teaspoons of salt, and press the porridge button. Let it natural release, and when you open the lid, give a stir. I throw in a stick of butter, and it’s the creamiest polenta. Use it for whatever meal we are having……chili is great on top of it for instance! Pulled pork is too! Then I pour leftovers into a bread pan or tin, and cut it up for fried mush the next day. I like to cube it these days, cause I like all the sides to have some crispness to them. 🙂 Enjoy!

Nope! They actually come out pretty crispy 😉

LOL! You’ve already won, I ‘know’ he wouldn’t notice the difference. 🙂

I bet you 10 euro he won’t notice the difference ;-)))

Instant sounds good, I just won’t tell husband! 😉

Are you cooking with the instant stuff? I don’t always have the time and patience to make “real” polenta, lol! Anyways, the instant turns out just fine, tastes delicious and is so much easier to make 😉

No, I haven’t tried to make polenta since last year when it turned out horrible. My husband does like polenta, just not the time I made it. 😉 We’ve had it with cinghiale sauce and it was delicious, I just can’t replicate it.

Did you just make these now??! That was quick, lol! Just make sure they are nicely browned…btw, your ITALIAN husband doesn’t like polenta??? Maybe he would like it with some fresh “cinghiale” sauce??