Regional Differences

[Magic Mom]

So, would doing this basically make it taste like liquidy corn on the cob?? Next time we are in Missouri I might have to try grits. Is it safe to try them in most restaurants or would they used instant mostly??

No, it tastes like coarse polenta.

 

[golfgal]

No, nothing like corn on the cob. Hard to explain really. Cracker Barrel has pretty good ones, but you probably don't have one near you. I would bet most places serve real grits. Up there though, they may be sweet, just make sure they don't put sugar on them, totally different taste.

We have a Cracker Barrel not far from us but I don't think they have grits there. It's been a few years since I have been there so I don't know for sure. We might have to mosey on over there and see...

 

[SaraJayne]

Grits rock. With pepper and butter. Not at ALL like oatmeal or cream of wheat!

Now I'm hungry.

Grits rank right up there as one of the nastiest things I've ever eaten.

 

[cornflake]

No, it tastes like coarse polenta.

I had grits once and I found them way closer to cream of wheat than polenta, personally. Polenta has more flavour, imo. Grits aren't much on flavour of their own. Least the ones I had weren't, and they did purport to be real, not instant, grits.

 

[taylor3297]

They need lots of salt, if not, they are terrible. And if you like cheese that is yummy also. Just put some shredded cheese on while still hot. Man, I am hungry and I just ate.

I don't like salt on mine, just the pepper.

 

[golfgal]

No, it tastes like coarse polenta.

I've never had that either

 

[mhsjax]

With grits you either like them or don't. I know a lot of people up norht don't like them, I know some people in the souther don't like them. I like anything, really. Except Here comes the shocker. Sweet Tea, born and raised in the south, family from TN and MS. I can't stand that stuff.

 

[golfgal]

Grits rank right up there as one of the nastiest things I've ever eaten.

Maybe when we are in Missouri in October I will tell the waitress at the restaurant that I am from the north and can I just sample some grits--just in case

 

[mhsjax]

I don't like salt on mine, just the pepper.

Really. I just can't eat them without salt. But then again, I can't stand pepper.

 

[taylor3297]

With grits you either like them or don't. I know a lot of people up norht don't like them, I know some people in the souther don't like them. I like anything, really. Except Here comes the shocker. Sweet Tea, born and raised in the south, family from TN and MS. I can't stand that stuff.

Oh my, I just may need my smellin' salts on that one.

 

[mhsjax]

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Oh my, I just may need my smellin' salts on that one.

I have one better for you. I do love tea, I just use Sweet n Low, my mom, the one from MS and later TN, couldn't stand tea period. She tried and tried, but she just couldn't drink it.

For me, it is the sugar really, it makes my sick when I drink it, Blood sugar is a little wacky, plus they usually make it so sweet it is like syrup. I have been told by many people, that I do make great sweat tea.

 

[doxdogy]

With grits you either like them or don't. I know a lot of people up norht don't like them, I know some people in the souther don't like them. I like anything, really. Except Here comes the shocker. Sweet Tea, born and raised in the south, family from TN and MS. I can't stand that stuff.

Please tell me you at least eat boiled peanuts. How can you call yourself a southerner and not like sweet tea.

 

[mhsjax]

Please tell me you at least eat boiled peanuts. How can you call yourself a southerner and not like sweet tea.

I will make myself sick on boiled peanuts. Also, love biscuits, black eyed peas, sweet potatoes, collard greens, corn bread, fried okra. Hey, anyone else hungry?

 

[AshleyW]

They need lots of salt, if not, they are terrible. And if you like cheese that is yummy also. Just put some shredded cheese on while still hot. Man, I am hungry and I just ate.

Salt, shredded cheese and the magic ingredient... tobasco!!

 

[doxdogy]

I will make myself sick on boiled peanuts. Also, love biscuits, black eyed peas, sweet potatoes, collard greens, corn bread, fried okra. Hey, anyone else hungry?

Love everything but the fried okra. DH won't eat black eyed peas, so I don't get them very often. When I do make them I get a ham bone from Honey Baked Ham and cook it in the black eyes it is so yummy! Sadly the fresh green peanut crop around here (in Mandarin) has been slim to none in the grocery stores.

 

[LilyWDW]

I will make myself sick on boiled peanuts. Also, love biscuits, black eyed peas, sweet potatoes, collard greens, corn bread, fried okra. Hey, anyone else hungry?

We might not always agree mhsjax... but we can have dinner together anytime! I might be a transplant (from Chicago to NE TN) but that list sounds dang good!

 

[mhsjax]

Love everything but the fried okra. DH won't eat black eyed peas, so I don't get them very often. When I do make them I get a ham bone from Honey Baked Ham and cook it in the black eyes it is so yummy! Sadly the fresh green peanut crop around here (in Mandarin) has been slim to none in the grocery stores.

Wow, you are in Mandarin, I am just past Julington Creek. Small world.

 

[mhsjax]

We might not always agree mhsjax... but we can have dinner together anytime! I might be a transplant (from Chicago to NE TN) but that list sounds dang good!

Sure thing. One of my best friends in a transplant from Chicago.

 

[madge]

You Know You're From Indiana If...
You know several people who have hit a deer.
You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Terre Haute."
Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
You know what the phrase "Knee-high by the Fourth of July" means.
You've seen a running car, with nobody in it, in the parking lot of the grocery store no matter what time of year it is.
You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at? or "If you go to the mall I wanna go with."
Detassling was your! first job. Bailing hay, your second. Or you could stack hay, swim in the pond to clean off, and then have the strength to play a couple of games of hoops all in the same day.
You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day OR "Stoke the fire" and "fling open the windows" for the older version.
You say things like "catty-wumpus" and "kitty-corner".
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
You carry jumper cables in your car regularly.
You drink "pop".
You know that Bailin' wire was the predecessor to duct tape
You think nothing of it in spring and fall to be stuck behind a farm implement driving on the roads.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on 1 page, but requires 6 for local sports.
"Getting caught by a train" is a legitimate excuse for being late to school.
You know several different definitions as to what a Hoosier really is.
People at your high school chewed tobacco. **
Everyone knows who the town cop is, where he lives, whether he is at home or on duty.
To get to school you had to drive on a gravel road, a road with several right-angle turns in it, or if you were really lucky, over a covered bridge.
People in your neighborhood, really, REALLY like Nascar.
You've been to the Covered Bridge Festival.
You took backroads to get there - why sit in traffic?
To you, a tenderloin is not an expensive cut of beef, but a big, salty, breaded piece of pork served on a bun with pickles.
In the fall, one of your favorite pranks was corning cars.
You know what corning is.
Wal-mart is the most exciting place in your hometown.
Technically, you don't even live in a town.
You know what FFA and 4H stand for and how to spell them.
A typical party at your high school consisted of a bunch of people driving trucks into the woods or an empty field, lighting a bonfire, and staring at it while drinking a few beers.
You have all the same teachers in high school that your parents had.
You know what chip-and-seal is, and your high school was located on just such a road.
You think that Notre Dame is a college in South Bend, and not a cathedral in France.
You know people who own belt buckles with their initials on them. These buckles are the size of a dinner plate.
You go to the county fair every night of it's week-long duration.

many of these are true for Kentucky ...

and not only did I know people who chewed tobacco, they grew it, too!

 

[madge]

Geotta is better than scrapple.

Oh, Lord ... my mom loves goetta. (grew up near Cincinnati)

Not me. I never acquired that taste.