Forget Halle - Southern men lust after grits

via Internet | July 10, 2003 | Tammy Carter

[CobaltBlue]

I won't eat full grown okra but the little ones are really good. Maybe you had to grow up with it, like scrapple.

[CobaltBlue]

I never had shrimp with grits, I guess you peel them first? Sounds like a variation on jambalaya.

[MHGinTN]

It sure is and yes, peel them first. Ever had Alabama hot-cheese pones?

[an amused spectator]

A grits potboiler: Salt vanishes Published: Aug. 16, 2001 Author: TRACY W. DOTSON JR.

[Eala]

A nice Alabama recipe with grits is grits and shrimp.

I've been away from the South for too long, I fear (it's measured in decades), my tastes are skewed to other fare. (I find Persian food delicious, for example). All I remember is grits at breakfast. But at least the wife makes them for me from time to time -- and I try not to make a face when she pours Connecticut/Vermont maple syrup on them.

[carlo3b]

I am a strong advocate of the ""stick-it-in-your-ear, healthy food nannies"", but I take great care to promote as many great tasting foods, that are NOT unhealthy.  Because of this indefensible tightrope, I have no difficulty encouraging the eating of grits.
They are low fat, nutritious, low-sodium, high-fiber, lower-cholesterol in the main, but it's what you add to them, that can get you in trouble. That said, I ate grits only once, and that was in basic training in San Antonio, &(%^&# years ago.  Once was quite enough for this transplanted Yankee! Truth be known, I have never given grits a real chance, perhaps I will.. soon... gulp!

[Pukin Dog]

I make mine in a heavy four cup pyrex measuring cup in the microwave, 15 seconds, then stir, 15 seconds

Damn, I was just starting to like you. The Roux Gods will smite you down.

A proper roux, is done in a skillet, stirred continuously until it gets that dark golden burn with NO LUMPS. Only then, will you have a proper Gumbo.

There are some very Fat men in Louisiana who would burn your house down, if they knew you did your roux in a Microwave.

[stands2reason]

Wrong Thread Alert....

[stands2reason]

When done, pour onto picnic tables that have been covered with newspaper, and dig in.

Don't forget corn-in-the-cob and taters boiled with the crawfish....

[xJones]

Truth be known, I have never given grits a real chance

Don't worry, Carlo, grits will always be there for you. Think of them as mashed potatoes with more character. It's true that hedonists can load the pristine grits with all kinds of artery assassins, but a little salt and a smidgen of butter is all that is needed, except for an accompanying side dish of fried eggs, bacon, hash browns, etc.:)

[FreedomPoster]

I use a regular rice cooking setting, not a rice pudding setting like I think I remember the manual says to use. I use the amount of water the grits people recommend.

[kitkat]

***What's a grit?***

http://www.grits.com/discript.htm

Explains hominy, too.

[Husker24]

Scrapple is a processed meat product composed of cuts and pieces of meat which -- for one reason or another -- will not make meals in themselves. The bulk of these come to us courtesy of the face, head, and chest cavity of the common hog. "Scrapple should never be confused with Spam. A product of the Hormel Foods Corporation, Spam is spiced ham in a can - ham being the upper portion of a pig's hind leg. Scrapple, on the other hand, is an amalgamation of tendons, cartilage, feet, skin, ears, nose, gums and more. In short, it's all the garbage that should be thrown away. Some people eat it. Really."

Where im from, they call that a "hotdog"

[CobaltBlue]

>>The Roux Gods will smite you down.<<

Yeah, yeah, but it works. There are, as far as I can tell, three things to do in a microwave: microwave popcorn, heat coffee, and make dark roux.

You will never burn microwaved roux, as long as you follow my directions.

I make blond roux and medium roux directly in the pan, but dark roux, no.

Paul Proudhomme makes his dark roux over high heat, for goodness' sake. He's a coonass maniac.

[CobaltBlue]

I should admit that I only have an electric stove, not a gas stove, so have to make do. Gas stoves are infinitely superior for making things that need to get dark (caramelize) but not burn.

[patton]

I feel fine, now. hic.

[jlogajan]

are you telling me that, one day she makes that ridiculous speech about blacks in movies at the oscars, and suddenly she gets the part in the Bond flick?? That's a coincidence!? A little naieve aren't we? That whole thing was a Hollywood-sponsored quota system to promote black women as attractive.

I'm telling you that you don't know what the h*ll you are talking about. Variety had already reported Halle Berry was going to be the next Bond girl as early as Nov 2001 -- four months before she won her Oscar. She was injured on the Bond set less than three weeks after winning her Oscar.

She'd already been in 6 TV series and 17 movies before she played her Oscar winning role.

She was Miss Teen All American 1985, Miss Ohio 1986, Miss USA first runner-up 1986, in People's 50 Most Beautiful People 1998.

Oh, and she was an honor society member in HS, editor of her school newspaper, class president, and prom queen.

And Halle certainly does not meet any definition of a standard of beauty

There is no such thing.

[jlogajan]

Oops, never mind, I see you have been "banned or suspended."

[sweetliberty]

"Thinking of you..."

[pt17]

Go away, you traitor, you.

OK, I promise to go away and never to mention hominy again if you don't. :-)