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What are grits? :S
Lord Refa
Creepy, but in a good way
in Zocalo v2.0
Finished reading the Stormwatch: Team Achilles a while ago, and the biggest question left unanswered was.. what the hell are grits?
There was a mysterious remark from a blonde freak that was "grits are dollar fifty" or something to that extent.. now.. I know there's a few from NYC or close enough here. Is it just some scrambled words, or is there some deeper secret to the meaning of Grits?
There was a mysterious remark from a blonde freak that was "grits are dollar fifty" or something to that extent.. now.. I know there's a few from NYC or close enough here. Is it just some scrambled words, or is there some deeper secret to the meaning of Grits?
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[B][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits[/url] [/B][/QUOTE]
Girls raised in south?
Wouldnt mind tasting a few indeed..
[B]You gotta watch My Cousin Vinny. Grits comes up several times in that movie. [/B][/QUOTE]
as do Youts
Anyway, grits are a really good thing. They're relatively tasteless on their own, but they have such a nice texture and can be mixed with almost anything.
Or, hominy (white corn) ground up into small pieces, that when cooked with water, then mixed with butter, tastes wonderful. In the U.S of A., its mostly a Southern thing.
Many people confuse grits with cream-of-wheat; they are [i]not[/i] the same thing.
And I swear, youts this day don't know nuttin. "What are [i]grits[/i]"? Fugetaboutit!!
Jake
[B](excluding Florida).[/B][/QUOTE]
Damn straight. I could never get myself behind grits, be they salted, buttered, or mixed with enough gravy to flavor a thanksgiving dinner for a thousand. Now Eggs Benedict, that's a fine breakfast meal. You've got your canadian bacon, your eggs, and your english muffins, all stacked in a handy format and doused with a delicious sauce. Then there are all the variations, substituting the meat for such things as salmon, or corned beef hash, or spinich. Me, I'm a traditionalist. None of those others are as good as the original, as far as I'm concerned, but choice during breakfast is always something to be prefered.
Wow. I just wandered quite the ways away from the topic, didn't I?
Jake
I have a ground rule about not eating anything if it looks significantly like it did when it was alive. Excepting fruits, except for the tomato, which is a vegetable anyhow, or should be, which I prefer to eat sliced, diced, or, in one specific dish, split into wedges and stuffed with shrimp salad. That's yummy.
[B]Depends what it is and [url=http://www.killbots.net/gallery/japan05/img_2622]how it's cooked[/url]. Or if it's cooked at all, in some cases. :) [/B][/QUOTE]
Cool, stayed at a roykan for several nights when I visited Japan in my younger days. I remember the dinner being much like what you described, just kept bringing in this delicous seafood. It was also in a communial dining hall, no?
I love sashimi, though my wife thinks I'm crazy to eat it.
The whole fish in the upper corner looks to be a dried fish, I remember seeing racks of those split and drying in the sun in several small towns along the cost, not sure what species they were.
Oh and true futons (not the americanized crap) are just heaven to sleep on.
Jake
Fish, once frozen = YUK. If it is fresh, like, same day or previous day FRESH, it can be awesome.
Shark on the other hand, is ALWAYS good.
[B]Cool, stayed at a roykan for several nights when I visited Japan in my younger days. I remember the dinner being much like what you described, just kept bringing in this delicous seafood. It was also in a communial dining hall, no? [/b][/quote]
At the one we stayed at, dinner was brought to our room. Breakfast was in the dining hall, though.
[quote][b]I love sashimi, though my wife thinks I'm crazy to eat it. [/b][/quote]
Sashimi is great. :)
[quote][b]The whole fish in the upper corner looks to be a dried fish, I remember seeing racks of those split and drying in the sun in several small towns along the cost, not sure what species they were.[/b][/quote]
This one wasn't dried, at least not when I ate it. It looked like it had been cooked by steaming. The breakfast one was dried, though.
[quote][b]Oh and true futons (not the americanized crap) are just heaven to sleep on.[/B][/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.killbots.net/gallery/japan05/img_2627]Oh hell yes.[/url]
[B]Depends what it is and [url=http://www.killbots.net/gallery/japan05/img_2622]how it's cooked[/url]. Or if it's cooked at all, in some cases. :) [/B][/QUOTE]
Curious gaijin wants to know: exactly how do you eat the fish? Is it a finger food (guessing not), do you pick it up with your chop sticks and take a bite, or do you use your utensils to pull the meat off in the bowl?
And how much is normally eaten? Head and tail included?