Farina
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The name farina is used in a number of circumstances:
- Farina (from the Italian for "flour") is a bland-tasting meal made from cereal grains. It is a protein-rich food often cooked in boiling water and eaten for breakfast or in puddings such as semolina. Also sold as Cream of Wheat, farina is made from the endosperm of the grain, which is milled to a fine granular consistency and then sifted. Although the bran and most of the germ are removed, this cereal is sometimes enriched with B vitamins and iron. Farina is most often served as a breakfast cereal, but can also be cooked like polenta. Missing image
Farina-cereal.jpegFarina cereal with shelf price at Shaw's Supermarket in Watertown, MA, October 2004. - Farina di granturco (Italian for "cornflour, maize flour"), when mixed gradually with boiling water, makes polenta.
- Johann Maria Farina born in Italy 1685, died in Cologne in 1766, the creator of Eau de Cologne.
- Farina is a town in South Australia.
- Dennis Farina is an actor.
- Richard Fariņa, noted folk music performer
- Mimi Baez Fariņa, sister of Joan Baez and wife of Richard Fariņa, also a folk performer.
- Farina, an 1857 novel by George Meredith.
- Allen "Farina" Hoskins was one of the African-American characters in the Our Gang (Little Rascals) short films.
- Farina is a fictional pegasus knight from the Game Boy Advance game Fire Emblem.