Who eats grits? - Democratic Underground

yvr girl

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:22 PM
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Who eats grits?

I've had them when I went to the Waffle House (Yuck) I also had some in Tribeca and they were yummy.

They're a little hard to find (next to impossible) in Canada.

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leftofthedial

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:23 PM
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1. yeah baby.

grits are wonderful.

redneck polenta

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yvr girl

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:34 PM
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20. Now polenta we can get here

I love them - the Italian in me. I made them at home once, my roommate was ooged out. Cornmeal and spaghetti sauce - she just didn't get it.

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Cobalt Violet

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:24 PM
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2. Not me.

Never had them.

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GOPisEvil

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:24 PM
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3. I eat them from time to time.

Basically the same as polenta, except they are prepared differently.

Grits with a little butter are good stuff. But, if the grits are poorly made, they're nasty.

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teach1st

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:24 PM
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4. I love my grits!

As a young lad in southern Florida, they were hard to find. Here in central Florida they're everywhere.

I remember we couldn't get grits anywhere in the northern states during the sixties and seventies.

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BamaLefty

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:25 PM
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5. Yum!

Yeah go ahead and laugh... BamaLefty likes grits. It's a southern thang. ;)

I love the part in "My Cousin Vinny" where the man from New York doesn't know what a grit is? Too funny!

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sbj405

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:25 PM
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6. Never. No desire to try them either. n/t

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Cobalt Violet

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:27 PM
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9. I wouldn't know it if I saw it.

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:26 PM
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7. Oh hell yeah.

Try cooking grits in chicken stock with some garlic.

MMMMmmm good. Then, mix them with some cheddar, spread them in a baking pan, bake them, cut into squares and serve. Yowza.

That said, I would rather them with Country Ham, Eggs, Sliced Maters and soda biscuits.

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jaysunb

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:41 PM
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24. Would you please STOP IT !!

I'm trying to lose a couple pounds before tomorrow !!! This kinda talk will lead me straight to the fridge. :evilgrin:

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Aiptasia

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:26 PM
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8. A southern side dish

in every waffle house and flapjack shack here in south cackalakky. They are yoomie.

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spatlese

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:27 PM
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10. My bf always orders them...

but when he gets them, he will say 'please remind me to NEVER order grits again!".

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demosincebirth

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:28 PM
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11. You mean dry cream of wheat?

Don't like it. I'm from California. They don't serve 'em out here...just hash browns and refried beans with your eggs... hmmmm good!

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GOPisEvil

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:29 PM
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13. Dry WHAT?!?!

Grits is corn meal - not wheat!

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demosincebirth

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:32 PM
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19. You're right!

But it still looks like crm of wheat

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GOPisEvil

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:34 PM
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21. Tastes totally different.

Texturally, you're correct, but sometimes, ya just gotta have the grits.

Of course, being in Texas, we have Mexican style breakfast and southern style, so I can indulge either quite easily. That's ONE good reason for living here.

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Cornjob

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:28 PM
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12. Enjoy grits, but don't like Texas-style hominy.

The cafeteria at my former employer's steel plant often served the real down home hominy - complete with the kernel skins.

I have not seen grits served that way anywhere else.

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Dirty Hippie

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:29 PM
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14. My dad calls grits "Georgia Ice Cream"

I love them with fried eggs. Cheese grits are a must with fried fish in my family.

Most resturants cook lousy grits. Too much water and not enough salt.

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crispini

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:29 PM
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15. me! With salt, please. Wuja believe some people use sugar? Ew!

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ElsewheresDaughter

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:29 PM
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16. hell yeah!...eggs & grits was a staple in my house but there is a trick

Edited on Wed Nov-24-04 06:37 PM by ElsewheresDaughter

to eating them....i was born and raise in the south..

trick for to eating grits for yankees: serve them PIPING HOT, throw on some butter, pleanty of salt & pepper, and break them yolks and MIX them all up in the grits YUMMY! and eat them quick! nothing nastier than cold grits.

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one_true_leroy

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:31 PM
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18. or cheese.... YYYEEEAAAAHHHHHH!

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one_true_leroy

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:30 PM
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17. right here, momma!!

I :loveya: me some grits!!!!!

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jaysunb

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:38 PM
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22. Once a year

either my wife or myself travel out to Ohio--where lots of ex southeners live--and bring back a case of Quaker Old Fashion grits. They are best cooked slow and eaten hot.

Like another poster stated " out here in California, most places don't serve them". But many places that cater to a Black clientel do. They are definitely a part of our culture.

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bpcmxr

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:38 PM
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23. Tribeca - as in Bubbies?

Edited on Wed Nov-24-04 06:46 PM by bpcmxr

One of my favorite breakfast spots down here.

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yvr girl

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:47 PM
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26. I'm not sure

I was with people from work - a local contact of ours took us out for brunch. The restaurant was hugely popular and very good.

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Catchawave

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:44 PM
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25. The secret is...ta...da....

Lottsa real butter and some pepper!

Warning: This may be hazardous to your health, but what a way to go!!

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mondo joe

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:51 PM
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27. Love grits. Grits and eggs. Cheesey grits.

I love grits.

Nothing there to not love.

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markus

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:53 PM
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28. Where in Canadia? Come on down to Fargo and I'll make ya some

Grits are one of Nature's Most Perfect Foods.

Unlike that nastry Cream of Wheat stuff they make up in Grand Forks (I discovered after moving here).

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yvr girl

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:57 PM
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30. I like Cream of Wheat

I live in Vancouver - a bit far off from Fargo I'm afraid.

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markus

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Wed Nov-24-04 07:00 PM
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32. If you like CoW, you'll love grits.

They're like Cream of Wheat with character.

The only thing I like about CoW was their old advertising character, who we will call Uncle Remus (cause I don't remember his name).

Favorite CoW advertising poster (in fact, second favorite slogan after that for Corn Dog Seven: Better than Good), was this, from a very long time ago:

"I don't know what vitamins is, but if dese bugs, dese none in Cream of Wheat."

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HalfManHalfBiscuit

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Wed Nov-24-04 06:56 PM
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29. I do, right after sex with my sister.

Better than smoking!

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markus

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Wed Nov-24-04 07:01 PM
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33. They're great while watcing NASCAR

too.

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Imalittleteapot

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Wed Nov-24-04 07:00 PM
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31. Lots of salt and pepper and butter.

Yum. I always get grits when I eat breakfast at a restaurant.

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ajacobson

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:08 PM
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34. I ate a mussel that had a little bit of grit in it

I wish I didn't, I got food poisoning and threw up.

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CBHagman

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:11 PM
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35. Born in Connecticut, but I still eat grits.

True story: When I was in the first grade, the nun asked us what we ate for breakfast. Just try explaining to a Polish-born nun what grits are. I finally brought an empty Quaker Oats grits box in to school to show Sister.

Neither of my parents was a Southerner, but we picked up the grits habit while living in South Carolina, and it took. Decades later, I still eat them occasionally.

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Bake

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:31 PM
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36. Mmmmm ... GRITS

With butter ... with red-eye gravy ... one of the perfect foods!

LOVE 'EM.

By the way, you can always tell a Yankee, because he/she will ask, "What's a grit?"

Bake

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AlFrankenFan

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Wed Nov-24-04 11:13 PM
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37. Grits and sweet tea on a weekend morning

Ah damn. :D

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Carson

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Wed Nov-24-04 11:19 PM
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38. Grits with a little butter and sugar. Just like Momma used to make. Mmmm.

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