1.0Radio Romania Internationalhttps://www.rri.ro/enȘtefan Baciuhttps://www.rri.ro/en/author/stefan-baciurich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9mbF8E7rFx"><a href="https://www.rri.ro/en/close-up/the-cooking-show/polenta-id173637.html">Polenta</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.rri.ro/en/close-up/the-cooking-show/polenta-id173637.html/embed#?secret=9mbF8E7rFx" width="600" height="338" title="“Polenta” — Radio Romania International" data-secret="9mbF8E7rFx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.rri.ro/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.rri.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mamaliga.png640480Polenta became a dish in Romania, after corn had been brought over in Europe in the 17th century. When Romanians had to pay tribute to the Porte consisting of cattle and cereals, they started growing corn which the Turks didnt want.