Grits

green1 · Post by **green1** » May 29, 2007 2:45 pm

12vmanRick wrote:Girls Raised In The South ....

This was what I thought the topic was about too.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » May 29, 2007 2:47 pm

Conolulu wrote:Ok...not everyone loves , or even likes , grits..

I've lived in the South all my life..and I love them.

A lot of people in the south probably don't like bagels. They probably never had a real bagel either.

7lords · Post by **7lords** » May 29, 2007 2:48 pm

12vmanRick wrote:Shrimp goes great with grits

Garlic spiced shrimp and cheesy grits with hot sauce

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » May 29, 2007 2:50 pm

Tequila Revenge wrote:
buffettbride wrote:On a similar note, we tried polenta this weekend which is a corn meal loaf thing seasoned with Italian spices. It was WAY yummy. It comes in a roll like Jimmy Dean sausage and you slice it and saute it and yumm! We put parmesan and marinara on top and it was so good!

We thought it would be good for breakfast with some sausage and an egg, so I figured that would be kinda what grits was like.
A winery served polenta with a pork stew this weekend. It was AWESOME! It was I would have gladly paid over $20.00 a plate at a nice restaurant good. Polenta's become a trendy California specialty over the past few years.

Polenta freaking rocks! $20 a plate??? You can buy a whole roll of the stuff for less than $3!!!

Suckers!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » May 29, 2007 2:51 pm

LIPH wrote:
Conolulu wrote:Ok...not everyone loves , or even likes , grits..

I've lived in the South all my life..and I love them.
A lot of people in the south probably don't like bagels. They probably never had a real bagel either.

I <heart> bagels, but right now, the flour to make them is the devil.

Tequila Revenge · Post by **Tequila Revenge** » May 29, 2007 2:53 pm

buffettbride wrote:
Tequila Revenge wrote:
buffettbride wrote:On a similar note, we tried polenta this weekend which is a corn meal loaf thing seasoned with Italian spices. It was WAY yummy. It comes in a roll like Jimmy Dean sausage and you slice it and saute it and yumm! We put parmesan and marinara on top and it was so good!

We thought it would be good for breakfast with some sausage and an egg, so I figured that would be kinda what grits was like.
A winery served polenta with a pork stew this weekend. It was AWESOME! It was I would have gladly paid over $20.00 a plate at a nice restaurant good. Polenta's become a trendy California specialty over the past few years.
Polenta freaking rocks! $20 a plate??? You can buy a whole roll of the stuff for less than $3!!! Suckers!

Ummmmmm.... it was the polenta AND THE PORK dish that was worth $20.00 a plate....and the Syrah too

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » May 29, 2007 2:55 pm

buffettbride wrote:
LIPH wrote:
Conolulu wrote:Ok...not everyone loves , or even likes , grits..

I've lived in the South all my life..and I love them.
A lot of people in the south probably don't like bagels. They probably never had a real bagel either.
I <heart> bagels, but right now, the flour to make them is the devil.

The only bad thing about bagels is they don't age well. If you buy bagels today you have to eat them today. By tomorrow morning you can throw them at someone and if it hits them in the head they'll probably die.

Tequila Revenge · Post by **Tequila Revenge** » May 29, 2007 2:55 pm

Is Risotto on the list of OK foods? Italian rice with cheese? YUMMY!!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » May 29, 2007 2:56 pm

LIPH wrote:
buffettbride wrote:
LIPH wrote:
Conolulu wrote:Ok...not everyone loves , or even likes , grits..

I've lived in the South all my life..and I love them.
A lot of people in the south probably don't like bagels. They probably never had a real bagel either.
I <heart> bagels, but right now, the flour to make them is the devil.
The only bad thing about bagels is they don't age well. If you buy bagels today you have to eat them today. By tomorrow morning you can throw them at someone and if it hits them in the head they'll probably die.

Explain to me why that is a bad thing.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » May 29, 2007 2:56 pm

Tequila Revenge wrote:Is Risotto on the list of OK foods? Italian rice with cheese? YUMMY!!

Yep. Risotto is A-OK as well. I think we're trying some this week.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » May 29, 2007 2:57 pm

Tequila Revenge wrote:
buffettbride wrote:
Tequila Revenge wrote:
buffettbride wrote:On a similar note, we tried polenta this weekend which is a corn meal loaf thing seasoned with Italian spices. It was WAY yummy. It comes in a roll like Jimmy Dean sausage and you slice it and saute it and yumm! We put parmesan and marinara on top and it was so good!

We thought it would be good for breakfast with some sausage and an egg, so I figured that would be kinda what grits was like.
A winery served polenta with a pork stew this weekend. It was AWESOME! It was I would have gladly paid over $20.00 a plate at a nice restaurant good. Polenta's become a trendy California specialty over the past few years.
Polenta freaking rocks! $20 a plate??? You can buy a whole roll of the stuff for less than $3!!! Suckers!

Ummmmmm.... it was the polenta AND THE PORK dish that was worth $20.00 a plate....and the Syrah too

Heck, I'd pay $20 just for the wine.

Conolulu · Post by **Conolulu** » May 29, 2007 2:58 pm

LIPH wrote:
Conolulu wrote:Ok...not everyone loves , or even likes , grits..

I've lived in the South all my life..and I love them.
A lot of people in the south probably don't like bagels. They probably never had a real bagel either.

Yep...I have had real bagels, in NY, and a little place called "The Bagelry" in NH.....I love the ones with salt on them....They're wonderful!

Then again, I have spent a lot of time traveling up North...and eaten a lot of different foods...

(I didn't know Pizza was called "Tomato Pie" or that it was square , until I ate it at a little Italian place in upstate NY.....

)

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » May 29, 2007 3:09 pm

Conolulu wrote:(I didn't know Pizza was called "Tomato Pie" or that it was square , until I ate it at a little Italian place in upstate NY..... )

Pizza isn't called tomato pie and if it's square it's Sicilian. That couldn't have been a real Italian place, the owner's name was probably Billy Bob or something like that.

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » May 29, 2007 3:10 pm

7lords wrote:
12vmanRick wrote:Shrimp goes great with grits
Garlic spiced shrimp and cheesy grits with hot sauce

As long as the "hot sauce" is TOBACSO

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » May 29, 2007 3:11 pm

Tomato pie?

Conolulu · Post by **Conolulu** » May 29, 2007 3:11 pm

LIPH wrote:
Conolulu wrote:(I didn't know Pizza was called "Tomato Pie" or that it was square , until I ate it at a little Italian place in upstate NY..... )
Pizza isn't called tomato pie and if it's square it's Sicilian. That couldn't have been a real Italian place, the owner's name was probably Billy Bob or something like that.

Joe DeRocko....upstate NY....

when I said I'd never seen it like that , he said...

"Ain't you ever heard Pi R Square???"

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » May 29, 2007 3:13 pm

12vmanRick wrote:
7lords wrote:
12vmanRick wrote:Shrimp goes great with grits
Garlic spiced shrimp and cheesy grits with hot sauce
As long as the "hot sauce" is TOBACSO

Tobasco should not be allowed to use the word "hot" to describe their product. It's tasty, no doubt...but it is not even remotely hot.

7lords · Post by **7lords** » May 29, 2007 3:15 pm

rednekkPH wrote:
12vmanRick wrote:
7lords wrote:
12vmanRick wrote:Shrimp goes great with grits
Garlic spiced shrimp and cheesy grits with hot sauce
As long as the "hot sauce" is TOBACSO
Tobasco should not be allowed to use the word "hot" to describe their product. It's tasty, no doubt...but it is not even remotely hot.

My thoughts exactly.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » May 29, 2007 3:19 pm

7lords wrote:
rednekkPH wrote:
12vmanRick wrote:
7lords wrote:
12vmanRick wrote:Shrimp goes great with grits
Garlic spiced shrimp and cheesy grits with hot sauce
As long as the "hot sauce" is TOBACSO
Tobasco should not be allowed to use the word "hot" to describe their product. It's tasty, no doubt...but it is not even remotely hot.
My thoughts exactly.

Hubby was just in Vegas for a conference for work. He got little, itty-bitty bottles of Tobasco every day. They are precious.

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » May 29, 2007 3:20 pm

Raised in the South by Northern parents, I didn't eat grits till I went to college. Someone there told me think of popcorn when you eat them, salty and buttery and made of corn. It's the same kind of flavor. I wouldn't like them sweet.

Mallory, try the Quaker Instant Grits, cheese flavored. They microwave in a minute and a half. My son grew up on them... We used milk instead of water when he was little. No need to have bacon or anything else on the side.

My 90-year-old mother tasted grits for the first time a couple weeks ago and liked them. After all those years of "Ewwww yuck, who could eat grits?" I wished I had a camera to take a picture of her eating them. She had them with fried oysters. I had mine with catfish. YUMMM!