Forget Halle - Southern men lust after grits

via Internet | July 10, 2003 | Tammy Carter

[My2Cents]

I think scrapple is the reason there are dietary laws in the Bible.

[Senator Pardek]

a rare T-Bone with a Baked potato with tons of butter and sour cream and corn on the cob again slathered with butter and perhaps some peas.

I'm from the NE, but that's REAL FOOD, not this "grits" garbage which is warmed up baby food.

[Positive]

Some of the California grocery chains place the grits in the same section as pancake mix and such...go figure.

[Senator Pardek]

Actually - closer to pig slop.

[e_engineer]

Okra tastes great if you cook it properly.

Buy frozen cut okra from the supermarket.
Thaw it in a tupperware bowl in the microwave for 2 - 3 minutes.
Dump 1/2 cup of flour into the bowl with salt, pepper and paprika.
If you like spicy food add some Old Bay seafood seasoning
Put the lid on the bowl, and shake it to coat all the slices.
Fry it for about 10 minutes in a nonstick pan with a few tablespoons of oil.

[CobaltBlue]

My poor mama, who is a horrible cook, used to serve us fried spam. I wouldn't ever eat spam again in my life unless there was nothing else.

As for scrapple, well, I guess I'll give it a miss.

Oh, anybody eat polenta? That's a lot like grits.

[patton]

See, you take all the pig-parts nobody wants after a pig-killin'. Chuck 'em in a renderin' pot with water, and boil 'till nothin' but broth is left. Add cornmeal. Pour into cake pans, and refigerate untill gelled.

Slice into 4X4 squares (optimally, 1/4 inch thick), and fry in bacon grease.

Considered a breakfast (or supper, or dinner) entree in the south.

Especially in my house.

[FreedomPoster]

Why would anyone salivate over Quaker Old Fashioned Grits?

http://www.noramill.com/gritproductpage.html

[FairWitness]

Halle Berry or Grits? What to do! Hmmmmmmm.

[CobaltBlue]

>>you take all the pig-parts nobody wants after a pig-killin'<<

Given that some think chitlins are a delicacy, I shudder to think what parts nobody might want. ;^)

[patton]

Virginians are the perfect enviromentalists - when we kill a hog, we use everything. As God would wish, don't you think?

[dogbyte12]

I do put a wee bit of molasses in my cornbread, only to balance out the jalapenos that is. I do a thick chunky corn bread with red bell peppers, red jalapenos, and fresh corn kernels, with just a dash of molasses to give a little refreshment after biting down on the jalapeno. mmmm mmm mmm.

[FreedomPoster]

And a grits story. 17-18 years ago, my wife was on an audit in a small town in north Georgia, far enough out of town that they'd spend the night. She was the audit senior or manager, and had a first year person (a FYP, or "fip") working for her, who was from outside of Baltimore. One little restaurant in the whole town, where they'd be the only two in business attire at breakfast.

Waitress arrives to take order.
Wife: Two eggs scrambled, bacon, biscuits, grits.
FYP: I'll have two eggs, toast, bacon, and lemme try one of those grits.

[FreedomPoster]

You don't want to hear the Homer Simpson quote that comes to mind on that.

[FreedomPoster]

Sign me up. When are they coming out of the oven?

[stands2reason]

And no mention of hominy grits????

Grits *are* hominy grits. Are there some other kind?

[Thumper1960]

By God!!! You haven't LIVED until you've had Black Bear scrapple!

Yum Yum!!

[lib-r-teri-ann]

That's nonsense. Beauty is subjective. Everyone has different tastes. Two guys out on the town will debate all evening which chicks are 10's and which aren't. Reading anything more into it is misguided.

Your comment is misleading; beauty is subjectibve but only within limits, like food is. You can like hamburgers and I like tofu BUT we both agree that objectively glue and wood chips tastes like shite right? Well the same goes for beauty. Cross-cultural studies of beauty determine that there are certain general standards of beauty based on deep genetic and physiological reasons.

And Halle certainly does not meet any definition of a standard of beauty; too short, not enough hair, relatively ordinary though nice features, too small, wrong hip to waist ratio and myriad other reasons.

And 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.

[Pukin Dog]

Any man with the patience to make gumbo is worth having.

I have found that to be true, at least until the gumbo is gone. I make mine VERY VERY hot. Nothing works better to get a woman drinking cold beer until she is silly enough to spend quality time with me.

;-)

[4mycountry]

I am from Texas, born and (being) raised. Once a week we have grits, without fail. And there ARE rules.

Rule # ...

1. NO insant grits. NONE. That is fake grits, sacrilige!!

2. NO sugar, syrup, sweet ANYTHING on grits. You want sweet, get cream of wheat, wimpy. Butter is somewhat OK on grits, salt as well. But NO sugar of any kind.

3. NO bowls unless you are eating it by itself AND cold. Hot grits MUST be served on a plate under all circumstances.

4. When served grits, eat them FIRST.

5. Grits are mostly a morning food. Serve them at night ONLY if accompanied by FISH, and nothing else.

6. Grits CANNOT BE RUNNY. They must be SOLID. Not so solid that they are bricks, but not like water, either. Think mollassus speed meets mashed potato speed.

7. (note : this is a personal rule) NO cold grits, EVER!!

8. Do NOT tell someone you do not like grits unless you are deathly allergic to them. If you do, you will be considered a yankee liberal and will be whipped out of the state faster than you can say "Mommy!" .

9. NO cheese on grits, unless you are a yankee. Then we will shake our heads and give you cheese while we ask God what we did to deserve you.

10. Grits are immortal and MUST be treated with RESPECT. No picking at them, no playing with them. EAT THEM! THEY ARE GOD'S GIFT TO YOU! IF HE WANTED YOU TO PLAY, HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU A PUPPY!! EAT!!!