Corn-meal Mush or Hasty Pudding

Ingredients

• 2 quarts water
• 1 tablespoon salt
• sweet, fresh yellow or white cornmeal

Directions

1. Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil in a large pot.

2. Add 1 tablespoon of salt and remove any scum from the surface.

3. With one hand, take a handful of cornmeal and with the other, stir the boiling water.

4. Gradually sprinkle in the cornmeal while stirring until the mixture thickens enough to stir easily.

5. Continue stirring for a while longer and reduce the heat to gentle.

6. Cook for about 30 minutes until it bubbles and puffs up.

7. Pour into a deep basin and serve hot or cold with milk, butter, syrup, sugar, or alongside meat and gravy.