In slang, it has two meanings. On the one hand some " polenta " It's something strong, powerful, told the boys that eating that corn flour became strong ( was a very consumed by the lower classes 41 food;. On the other hand, it is also synonymous with valuable, important, and that comes from the metonymy with a trademark of name " gold " because people called " polenta " or " pulenta " What dazzled like gold.
