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2024-03-25 -Short Attention Span Theater-

The Grits Belt is an unmarked but undeniable demarcation of American culinary cultures

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-03-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11152 views ] Top

#1 I am proudly South Carolinian by adoption - but I have never had grits and will not until somebody can tell me what wine goes with them.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-03-25 07:07|| 2024-03-25 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Boone's Farm.
Any flavor.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-03-25 08:26|| 2024-03-25 08:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Iced tea goes with grits. And everything.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-03-25 08:44|| 2024-03-25 08:44|| Front Page Top

#4 I developed a taste for grits at Coastal Flats in Fairfax - "Sauteed Shrimp & Creamy Grit Cakes, with Smithfield ham, roasted corn,
asparagus, peppers, sweet onion & cajun cream".

But there ain't nothin' like that in these here North Texas parts.

Posted by Bobby 2024-03-25 08:52|| 2024-03-25 08:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Way back when I was working in Cambridge, Massachusetts I lived in a town outside of Cambridge. There was a small restaurant named Betty's Breakfast Kitchen. I had breakfast there every Saturday morning. One Saturday I was sitting at the counter. The waitress asked me what I wanted and I said, "I don't suppose you have grits do you?" She said yes. Betty's husband is from Alabama and he likes grits so I ordered them. Just before my breakfast came a black gentleman sat down next to me. When my breakfast came he looked over and literally did a double take. He said, "Is those grits?" I said yes, they are. He yelled back to the kitchen, "Betty! You didn't tell me you had grits!" We had a nice conversation after that.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2024-03-25 08:55|| 2024-03-25 08:55|| Front Page Top

#6 I think my first solid food when I was a baby was grit!

White Zinfandel goes well with grits!

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2024-03-25 09:12|| 2024-03-25 09:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Breakfast polenta.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-03-25 09:14|| 2024-03-25 09:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Hummmmmmmmm!
2 x 1/2" thick Fried Pork Chops smothered in Brown Gravy, with White Rice and Black-eye peas. Desserts: Pecan Pie, Apple or Cherry pie.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-03-25 09:15|| 2024-03-25 09:15|| Front Page Top

#9 Since moving to Texas, I have been surprised by the paucity of grits in the central part of the state. Several places don't even have them on the menu.

I really have to learn how to cook them for myself.

Posted by Too Old To Work 2024-03-25 10:12|| 2024-03-25 10:12|| Front Page Top

#10 Grits

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-03-25 11:04|| 2024-03-25 11:04|| Front Page Top

#11 They're a pretty good medium for flavor.

Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese Grits

Posted by Skidmark 2024-03-25 13:03|| 2024-03-25 13:03|| Front Page Top

#12 Polenta is essentially yellow grits. In Vicenza we’d top polenta with either rehydrated dried cod (baccala) or mushrooms atop Gorgonzola.

Posted by Joluger Omeremble1257 2024-03-25 14:27|| 2024-03-25 14:27|| Front Page Top

#13 I strayed into the belt many decades ago unawares. When I saw an unknown entry on the menu, I asked the waitress, “What are grits?”

She reared back and mortified me by yelling out, “Griates, whas griates??”

Posted by KBK 2024-03-25 23:07|| 2024-03-25 23:07|| Front Page Top

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