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Post by cpdad on Mar 15, 2008 1:01:59 GMT -5
to you northeners...or anyone that has never eaten a grit....im looking for 2 folks....that i can send grits to.....to try for themselfs....only a few things must apply.
you must follow instructions. you must like and eat...butter.... shredded cheese. salt and pepper. and maybe bacon bits...for texture{crunch}.....i use real bacon....but thats beside the point. ;D
anyone wanna give it a shot.....this is the short and common version....i will send them to you....you try and report back....hows that ;D
i got me a northener today.....and i gritted him ;D....he went back for another bowl ;D....so..... who wanna try?.....kev.
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Post by krazydiamond on Mar 15, 2008 8:40:04 GMT -5
i respectfully decline. thanks anyway, Kev!
KD
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Post by SteveHolmes on Mar 15, 2008 9:14:34 GMT -5
Are grits Pig Intestine??? If I remember correctly...I was watching Andrew Zimmern on the travel channel (Bizzare Foods) and he had a show on Southern Foods. It showed the guy cleaning out the intestines with a hose....but supposedly they are good. I just don't know that I could handle it. Is that Grits??? Steve
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Post by Tweetiepy on Mar 15, 2008 9:32:34 GMT -5
Are grits what some people (like martha stewart) are calling polenta? is it wheat based?
I just remember Flo sayin "Kiss my grits!"
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Post by akansan on Mar 15, 2008 10:10:39 GMT -5
Tweetie - yeah. Grits are almost the same thing as polenta, and you make them different, but it's basically the same thing. Polenta ends up a bit firmer than grits...at least my polenta does! It's basically just coarse ground corn. (Think like a larger kerneled corn meal.) Steve - you're thinking of chitlins, I think. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by krazydiamond on Mar 15, 2008 15:07:07 GMT -5
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Post by cpdad on Mar 15, 2008 16:55:29 GMT -5
i was just fixin to reply...but gotta go...just got the call a tornadoe is on the ground possibly headed yjis way
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Post by Bikerrandy on Mar 15, 2008 17:25:52 GMT -5
All of the grits that I've ever eaten were ground hominy. They're actually quite good, but you gotta use plenty of butter along with whatever your taste may be. Shredder cheese and bacon bits sounds yummy ;D
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Post by Roan on Mar 15, 2008 18:17:08 GMT -5
Not unless you waffle down a plate of poutine ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Eileen
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Post by cpdad on Mar 15, 2008 18:49:19 GMT -5
the word "hominy" was eventually joined with the word "grits" in the American South. In the rest of America, hominy referred to the whole kernels which were skinned but not ground; in most of the South, "hominy" came to mean the coarsely-ground skinned kernels used to make the dish known as "hominy grits" or plain "grits."
In New Orleans, the whole kernels are still called "big hominy" and the ground ones are known as "little hominy."
In the American Southeast, grits are eaten with everything--country ham, shrimp, fried fish, eggs, cheese, gravy, etc.--to this day.
In the Southwest, big hominy is called "posole," and it is used to make hearty stews of hominy, chile peppers, and pork. Southwesterners and Mexicans will also grind small hominy until it is very fine and use it for tamale and tortilla dough.
i copied and pasted that ;D....i had a guy from PA here...i was doing some work for his company....and we happen to be frying up some redbreast and grits for lunch....so i told him to come eat...he said he had heard of a grit....but never seen one....i laughed at that ;D...one.
i also had to show him how to eat a big ol bream ;D...as some call it. ;D....he really liked the grits a lot...and wants to take some back home to cook for other folks ;D
this will be the quick version of southern grits....the other version takes some getting used to....to cook ;D....i need a guinea pig ;D...kev.
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Post by krazydiamond on Mar 15, 2008 20:29:23 GMT -5
;Dain't gonna be me ;D ;D ;D ;D
KD
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Post by Bikerrandy on Mar 15, 2008 21:32:07 GMT -5
Silly yankees.
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Post by karenfh on Mar 16, 2008 14:50:13 GMT -5
Haha, can I enter the recipe I made when I cooked grits the first time? I have hominy grits... that's all I could find here. As a true Yankee, I used to make "cornmeal mush" which sound similar, and you can eat it with whatever you want. When it cools off, I think you can slice it and fry it or whatever and call it polenta? PS, I have always wondered what they did to corn to turn it into hominy? We grow a lot of corn, but those kernals are not that big off the ears!
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Post by cpdad on Mar 16, 2008 21:22:37 GMT -5
karen if i can get a taker....why not ;D....seems to me a simple dish such as grits ought have at least 1 taker.....just for experimental purposes...wouldnt ya think ;D
KD...why not?
someone want to get there andrew zimmerman on......ill put 2 other things i eat that most of america doesnt in the box.
grits pickled pigs feet tripe {cows stomach lining} fried like a breaded pork chop.
or someone step up and just try the grits ;D...kev.
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Post by joe on Mar 17, 2008 0:17:43 GMT -5
Kevin, I gotta agree wholeheartedly with KD. NO WAY!!! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I balked at the grits but then you added that other stuff... I'm not sure it's legal to transport hazardous material like that across state lines!!!! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Woodyrock on Mar 17, 2008 1:53:48 GMT -5
Maybe some one should start a lutefisk challenge like this on on grits...........if those that are squeamish about eating grits, the lutefisk should turn them green just thinking about it much less eating it. Those that know naught of lutefisk please understand it is salt cod prepared like hominy. This process results in fish the consistancy of jello. Like grits, it is great with butter. I am sure yankees will eat grits before lutefisk, and southerners would likely balk at grits with lutefisk. Lutefisk is really good, but it might help having some Norwegian blood to truely enjoy it. Woodyrock
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Post by darrad on Mar 17, 2008 5:37:59 GMT -5
I've never had Southern grits but I like hominy so it can't be bad. Pickled pigs feet? Love 'em! My other half gags every time I gnaw on one. I eat tripe in Menudo. (she gags at Menudo too) ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) Never had it fried but it sounds like it would be good. Woodyrock - Lutefisk. Never heard of it but it does sound interesting. ;D
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Post by larrywyland3 on Mar 17, 2008 7:00:51 GMT -5
I do it. I'll try almost anything once. I'll have to send you something unusual in return mestica, maple syrup candy, or something I'll have to put on my thinkin cap. Thank you for the offer.
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Post by Titania on Mar 17, 2008 7:33:51 GMT -5
I'd take you up on the offer, but I already love grits! ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) I like to make them with some shredded cheddar...bacon bits sounds fantastic, though! Oh, I adore hominy, too. I guess that makes me a weird Yankee. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by chassroc on Mar 17, 2008 11:57:23 GMT -5
I'm a grits lover too! My wife won't touch up and she won't touch biscuits with sausage gravy neither. I've never made them and probably only ate em at Dennys... csroc
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