ChickenOfTheSea
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ORIGINAL: ChickenOfTheSea My mother used to take day-old grits, fry it in butter and pour syrup over it. Despite that my father is almost 91 and still going. By the way, he is a veteran of the 1944 New Guinea campaign so I don't think buttery grits is enough to take him down. I'm confused here and need help from a southerner. I'm not sure if grits is singular or plural. Plural. What would you do with one grit? Use the word as you would rice. Frying it in butter is common , but I'm surprised about the syrup...what kind of syrup? I recall New Englanders treating grits like oatmeal , when in reality the consistancy is more like that of pasta, and you usually eat it like such. Salt,pepper,butter and sometimes cheese. I may have been born in Maine, but I'm extremely fond of southern cooking. Properly made grits really is one of lifes little pleasures. Fresh grits got that treatment. It was the day-old leftovers that got the frying and syrup treatment. First stop after leaving home was Gainesville, Florida. Had a colleague there that traveled to Chicago where he ordered a breakfast of eggs, bacon, and grits. The reaction from the waitress was "Eggs, bacon, and WHAT???".
< Message edited by ChickenOfTheSea -- 2/19/2010 3:30:44 AM >
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