Creamy Polenta

Polenta, or cornmeal mush, is certainly not a classic component of soups, but many of my soups are more stew-like than classic soups. A large kitchen spoonful of polenta in the middle of each dish may be just what is wanted to make a soup into complete meals; or pass the polenta in a separate bowl and let people take what they want, as I do with the Goat Soup with Haricots Verts. It would go equally well with the Ve