We had a 10 minute dinner tonight......Yummy!

[SoCalDem]

I always ask my husband how hungry he is..That determines what I will make and when:)

Tonight was a 6, so we had

bacon
grits
runny eggs
fresh coffee

I have a million 10-minute meals :)

can you tell I get lazy?:)

[NMDemDist2]

1. i serve that regularly

except the grits.

Mr K says he doesn't like grits but he told me that about redbeansandrice too until he tried mine.............


hmmmmm :think:

[Sparkly]

2. Grits!

I grew up in New England, but my Dad was from Florida (and HIS Dad was from North Carolina) so we had grits all the time -- not very common in Connecticut!

The best thing was when he purposely made enough for leftovers, chilled it in a loaf pan, and the next morning for breakfast he'd slice it, fry it in butter until the edges got crispy, and we ate it with honey. Haven't had that in years!!

[SoCalDem]

3. My grandfather called it Cornmeal mush, and he fried it in bacon grease

:)

Italians call it polenta :)

we all eat the same stuff. we just call it by different names :)

[Sparkly]

5. What's the difference between yellow and white, though?

I remember cornmeal mush and my one (lame) attempt at polenta as being yellow cornmeal; his grits were always white. Is there a difference?

That reminds me -- he also made spoonbread! Something else I haven't had in ages and should make sometime. (I think that has yellow cornmeal in it, but you foodies would know better than me!)

[NMDemDist2]

6. cornmeal is yellow and from the kernel, grits are the tiny bit that sticks

into the "ear" at the bottom of the kernel

a real corn lover eats his ear all the way to the grit, the dilettante just nibbles the kernel

make sense?

[Sparkly]

8. Oooooohh!!!

I never knew that!! (Don't tell H2S.) I thought it was two types of corn or something. :dunce:

[NMDemDist2]

10. hard to hide much from H2S in C&B yanno

he keeps a pretty close eye on us down here

and hell, I could be all wrong (but that's what I was told)

you can be sure if I'm wrong, it will be put straight though... :hide:

[Sparkly]

11. Huh?

[mike_c]

15. I love grits....

Personally, I find most yellow grits more flavorful, but that's not always guaranteed. Maybe it's just my imagination, but side-by-side I tend to prefer yellow grits. On the other hand, that's what I mostly ate as a child.

[Dora]

18. funny this topic should come up....

I was just reading The Way to Cook tonight. According to Julia, grits comes from dried hominy, which is corn that's been processed to remove the seed-germ and outer skin. Polenta is cornmeal.

I felt informed, and had to share.

[NMDemDist2]

22. hmmm so I am wrong then

what's funny is Mr. K likes hominy but claims not to like grits :shrug:

[Dora]

23. I'm like that too.

I don't like grits. Maybe I've never had good grits, but I don't like them. But I like hominy in green chile and posole, and these are the only ways I've ever tried it.

[SoCalDem]

14. My grandparents always used yellow cornmeal

:)

they also made spoon bread..and corn bread sticks that were shaped like an ear of corn:)

[Sparkly]

16. Okay, question for SoCalDem and mikec...

Were you raised in the south, or were your parents? Or do the same influences occur in California?

I always thought grits (along with blackeyed peas and biscuits and the other things) were strictly "southern," but what do I know? :dunce:

[SoCalDem]

19. I was "raised" in Panama..go figure

my grandparents lived in Kansas (maternal)..Havana (paternal)

[NMDemDist2]

4. dang! that sounds good

but not nearly as entertaining as watching the dogs try to eat the cold leftover grits

:rofl:

[Sparkly]

7. Hah!

Our cat isn't interested in anything that doesn't smell like fish!

[The empressof all]

9. God....I love Grits and I love Polenta

I just a happy camper with a bowl of Grits with a huge pat of melty butter puddled up in the middle. But I love all hot cereals.

[Sparkly]

12. Hot cereals -- Anybody here remember "Maypo?"

Maypo was a popular hot cereal when I was a kid -- I can't find it now, don't even know if they make it anymore. Now it's all instant packets in 600 varieties.

[NMDemDist2]

13. I do, maple flavored yes?

i really didn't care for it but I remember it

[Sparkly]

17. Yes!!

I LOVED that stuff!!! What happened to it? :(

[NMDemDist2]

20. here ya go...

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=5632&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=39&iSubCat=174&iProductID=5632&searchid=inceptor

[japple]

21. Nothing better than grits with cheese

and a touch of hot sauce. And bacon. Plus a couple of biscuits with homemade applesauce or cooked apples. Mmmmmhhhh. I'm hungry.

[wryter2000]

24. We used to eat that

Minus the grits. Neither of us liked hot cereal.

We called it Larry Schwartz, after the doctor who told us we had to cut back on cholesterol.