Recipe Makeover - Tamale Pie

Remember the tamale pie from many moons ago? You don't?! Shocking! You can find the original recipe here 
http://omgnotanotherfoodblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/thats-right-you-asked.html 

Well, the tamale pie was topped with a tasty polenta. Now that Fall is fast approaching, I give you a new recipe for the polenta topping to make it much tastier. 

Ingredients:
1 cup corn meal or polenta
1 T granulated garlic
1 T chili powder
1 1/2 T dried oregano
2 tsp salt
3 cups water

Mix the dry ingredients together well. Bring the water to the boil. When boiling, add the polenta in a steady stream and stir immediately with a whisk. Pull the whole thing off the heat and continue to mix for another 2 minutes (it will be very thick). Pour over the filling of tamale pie and continue on with the recipe.