* Mămăligă (pronounced “muh-muh-LEE-guh”) is one of the most widely and hugely consumed foods in Romania. It is made from corn meal, water and salt, boiled usually in very large pots, and has a consistency much harder than cornmeal mush, but more elastic than corn bread, and is served in large slices, like a heavy cake, usually then topped with various cheeses and sour cream. Often translated as “polenta,” it loses much of its traditional character in translation, especially when the diminutive mămăliguţă is used.