Who knows what is "mămăliga"?

Question

Who knows what is "mămăliga"?

Answer 1

cornmeal mush) is a dish made out of yellow maize traditional for Romania and Moldova. It is better known to the rest of the world in its Italian form - polenta.

Answer 2

Historically a peasant food, it was often used as a substitute for bread or even as a staple food in the poor rural areas. However, in the last decades it has emerged as an upscale dish available in the finest restaurants.

Traditionally, mămăliga is cooked by boiling water, salt and cornmeal in a special-shaped cast iron pot called ceaun. When cooked peasant-style and used as a bread substitute, mămăliga is supposed to be much thicker than the regular Italian polenta to the point that it can be cut in slices, like bread. When cooked for other purposes, mămăliga can be much softer, sometimes almost to the consistency of porridge. Because mămăliga sticks to metal surfaces, it can be cut with a string into slices, and is eaten by holding it with the hand, just like bread would be.

Mămăliga is often served with sour cream and cheese on the side or crushed in a bowl of hot milk (mămăligă cu lapte). Sometimes slices of mămăligă are pan-fried in oil or in lard, the result being a sort of corn pone.

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Answer 3

Well, that's another reason for me to be Romanian, I guess. You spelled the word perfectly.

I can provide some brief details about how it's made. It's sort of a substitute for bread, which means you can't eat both of them at a single dish. It's made of corn flour, which is poured in hot water and boiled to a certain point. At least that's how my mother does it. You can tell when it's done by its golden tint and thick consistence. It is served along with traditional Romanian/Bulgarian dishes, mainly based on meat/cheese/sour cream.