Polenta is not grits: parsley and scallion scramble; fresh fruit; polenta with home canned marinara.
Seriously, polenta is not grits. Grits is ground hominy. That is corn that has been soaked in an alkali solution.This causes changes in the grain that make it more digestable and allows it to form a dough. This is essential for making tortillas. It also means that grits has available niacin that is trapped in untreated corn.
Polenta is ground grain. Today it is usually maize, but could be other grains such as buckwheat, or barley. Polenta is often cooked, cooled and shaped then baked, grilled, or fried unlike grits which is almost always consumed as a porridge.
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