Favorite grain-based hot breakfast cereal?

but my wife has me on a low carb regimin. All other hot cereals pale.
Cream of wheat used to be served to slaves on the passage from Africa.
There is a bad connotation there... I don't suppose grits is any different but I would not turn away a serving or two.

Very tasty. Good for ya.

them being better than my wonderful oatmeal. :)

Although grits cook right are darn good.

I don't even add milk to cold cereal - too mushy. My current favorite is Kashi's Strawberry Fields. Crunchy and yummy! :)

You must be kidding. :)

Cold cereals are the modern upstart of the cereal family. Don't get me wrong...I love 'em.

But come cold weather...cold cereal loses its allure.

Cold weather in Houston, is, er, not cold. Mostly.

(I still wouldn't eat hot cereal when I lived in Canada, though. :))

And since I don't eat breakfast all that often (more likely to have cereal as a snack), I'll warm up with a hot chocolate instead.

Have you tried it with Rum yet? Not at breakfast, of course, but DAMN it's good!. :)

Not at breakfast, unless it's a holiday. :evilgrin:

Even if it's just the first Wednesday in February. :)

the killing of fire ant mounds.

Just because you haven't tried them, don't go bad mouthing them.

:-)

what makes you think I don't know what I'm talking about?

I suppose you also like okra?

You sayin' you don't? :mad:

:-)

First you denigrate grits, and now okra? What atrocitity are you next willing to satisfy your Moscow masters -- not eating collards?

Monster! Shame on you!
:D
(I just wish I still lived in the South so that I could get food like grandpa used to cook. Up North and Out West they call it "soul food." I call it "dinner.")

not that hoppin' John crap.

though they look kind of like dandruff...

Edited for better comparison.

I'm a lover of hot cereal anyway. I love oatmeal and cream of wheat and we used to eat this stuff called Maypo when I was a kid that had a maple flavor to it. But Maltex was always my favorite though I haven't had it in years. I wonder if they still make it.

Maltex is still manufactured in Highspire, PA and continues to start many a good morning for people throughout the country.

But I can get grits easily and they come in a close second.

week. I buy Silver Palate's "Thick and Rough" which is quite hearty and satisfying. If I can't get that, then I buy Quaker Old Fashioned.

The slow cooking kinds are the best. I have not tried the Irish Oatmeal in the can yet, however..it is even pricier than the Thick and Rough.

I cook it in the microwave while I am doing my shower etc. and I put brown sugar and extra light olive oil, and some salt of course. It is yummy, filling, and good for the cholesterol too.

Cream of Wheat and Cream of Rice are lovely to eat and I enjoy them on occasion.

I used to love Ralston, a sort of whole wheat hot cereal, which I can't seem to find anymore.

I don't like grits as a cereal, I do like them on the plate with fried eggs etc. but the best way of all to eat grits is in a cheese grits souffle!!!!!!!!!!!! Garlic, cayenne pepper, cheddar cheese, eggs, butter and cooked grits. Baked in the oven until it is golden brown and puffy from the eggs. YUM YUM YUM

PS I am a G.R.I.T.S. member, too!!!!!

Isn't exactly oatmeal, it's Irish porridge. The oats aren't rolled, they are steel cut. It takes about forty minutes to prepare, and is much better than plain oatmeal, especially with buttermilk, or, if you don't like milk, with soymilk curdled with a tablespoon of vinegar (It's a good cooking substitute for buttermilk in just about everything.)

I agree with you on Silver Palate. I also buy Bob's Red Mill. I give the Quaker stuff to my kids because it's cheaper and they don't know any better.

But it has no real flavor compared to grits. Irish porridge is closer to grits, actually, than regular oatmeal. I think it's because the oats aren't mushed flat, they are chopped, the way grits are, so they still have some flavor.

are just ground up hominy anyway. Bob's Red Mill is the "house brand" in Central Market's bulk foods area, and I do buy that sometimes but I like the Silver Palate better, partly because it has much more body than the Red Mill.

So versatile, and healthy. I like a smattering of turbinado sugar and skim milk with it. But apples, bananas, or raisins on it are also good.

I haven't tried 'em yet...but I will. :)

Mmmmpeachesnoatmeal.... :9

Yum!

Oh well, I guess it's enough that you like Moon Pies.

But to diss grits like that?

:cry:

but only because you have exceptional taste in music. :toast:

:puke:

Grits, of course.

But WTF? Where did this poll go wrong? I will be checking back in later, and saner minds better have weighed in and tipped the scales in the favor of grits, or I'm getting redneck in here!

:evilgrin:

Just might have to. We need DU litmus tests, I think. Must prefer Jimmy Buffet to Vanilla Ice, and better not diss grits.

And having the letter O as the second in your handle should be a requirement, too! Don't you agree, Southlandshari, NothingShocksMeAnymore, GOPisEvil, Zombywoof?

(On second thought, it's probably good that I'm not God. The Ten Commandments are weird enough as it is.)

;)

that being the case... :think:

Has it been that long?

:hide:

:evilfrown:

Unfortunately, I don't think a Moon Pie will fix this problem.

And I suppose I'd better not try to brainstorm anything else to offer you in hopes of cheering you up. This could very quickly turn into a you-know-what thread!

:blush:

An RC Cola thread!! :woohoo:


:yoiks:

As grits is not only a breakfast cereal, but an acronym for Girls Raised In the South!

Hint, hint to those who have yet to vote!

:P

Nobody better bash us girls raised in the south!

LOL!

Didja sleep well? I promise I behaved. :D

when I come back from the pool!

Yes, I slept well, and I certainly do appreciate the good behavior while I was away. Maybe we'll actually let you out of this place at some point in the future!

:rofl:

What the HELL is THAT? I'll never sleep again!
:scared:

Grits or Southern girls, how can you go wrong lol!?

But it is wonderful and delicious! Cream of the West...

It's the name of two good songs!

I can't think of any songs about it.

I eat it almost every day. Oatmeal is a close second. Yum.

Cream of Rice?

The only hot cereal I can stand.

Who hasn't voted yet?

And choose your vote wisely. The path to salvation may depend on it.

I keep both on hand.

Now, if I'm eating out, grits by a mile. :9

Answer carefully - I still have some firewood in the truck!

:evilgrin:

known as steel cut or Scotch oats?

If so, that gets my vote...I cut up some apples and cook it in along with soy milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger - then serve it with ground up almonds/pecans/walnuts and flax seeds.

That is my oatmeal of choice.

Although the can says oat meal. It shouldn't. Oatmeal is dull, Irish porridge is great!

I shall vote for it then, since I have yet to cast a vote.

I find it far tastier and better textured than rolled/quick/instant oats.

I love your sig cartoon!

my other one, Ralph Klein getting pied, was making me hungry all the time...

nuked in the microwave. mmmmmmmmmmmm

but I like oatmeal, cream of wheat and malt o meal so I can't pick.

Can't count grits since I use it as a side at supper sometimes(besides hot at breakfast).

I used it as a midnight snack not half and hour ago!

But I know that not everyone does.

It's even good for dinner in a crunch!

Mmmmm. :7

However, when I lived on the East Coast in the 1970s, I had to import it from Minnesota.

That's the one I was trying to remember when I made the poll, but couldn't. Sorry.

It's all about the grits. Now VOTE!

:evilgrin:


If you have no favorite breakfast cereal, consider voting for GRITS - Girls Raised In the South!

I can eat any time of day. Yum. AND good for you!

Something about the nuttiness taste that I gotta have in the winter. A dash of maple syrup, a spoonful of cream. Yum...