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Eating family style

Polenta with tomato sauce and sausage

Polenta with tomato sauce and sausage

There are things that are fun to eat, and then there are fun ways to eat things.

I’ve always loved going to Asian, Indian or even African restaurants where everything comes on platters to be shared, so you can taste many different menu items.

Well there’s an old-fashioned way to eat Italian polenta (cornmeal cooked to a porridge-like consistency), that is just as fun.

The directions for polenta are on the back of any package of cornmeal, but if you don’t buy instant, may I recommend several people with strong arms for the cooking, as there is a lot of stirring involved.

Dinner is laid out on a big cutting board or piece of counter top and is dressed for the whole family with tomato sauce, hot and sweet sausages and pecorino (sheep’s milk) cheese.

Everyone then carves out their own little section and eats it however they’d like. Add more cheese, mash it into a big mess, eat the crust first, whatever you like.

There’s something really fun about eating together as a family from the same plate that feels, I don’t know, like it somehow brings you closer together.

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