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Polenta
Food (other); Grains
A staple from northern Italy, where it is used like a bread. Polenta is a cornmeal mush that can be served hot or cooled until firm then cut into squares that are fried. Parmesan or gorgonzola cheese ...
Popcorn
Food (other); Grains
A variety of corn with small, hard kernels and a large endosperm. When heated, these kernels explode from internal pressure to produce an inside-out white popped corn. Can be eaten as a breakfast ...
Spaghetti
Food (other); Grains
Like its cousin macaroni, spaghetti is made from semolina and water. Sometimes eggs are added. The name comes from the italian word for strings.
Spaghettini
Food (other); Grains
A thin form of the spaghetti pasta. It is not quite as thin as vermicelli, however. Other spaghettis include fettuccine and linguine, which are flat rather than round.
Strudel
Food (other); Grains
This German word for whirlpool refers to a pastry made of layers of thin dough spread with a filling, then rolled up and baked. The extremely thin pastry resembles Phyllo.
Triticale flour
Food (other); Grains
The flour made from triticale. Because this flour is low in gluten, bread made from triticale flour is very heavy. For this reason, it is usually combined half-and-half with wheat flour.
