Do you eat 'grits' where you live?

Poll - Total Votes: 16

Yes, can't live without `em.

No, the name is too gross to even consider putting that stuff in my mouth

Maybe, if I'm around my southern relatives so they think I'm one of them.

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Grits are not known in Canada nor are they ever served at home or in restaurants anywhere in Canada, therefore to a Canadian, grits are what we throw under a spinning car tire that's hung up on a patch of ice in a parking lot and we buy grit at Home Depot by the bag full!

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sp1dwoOfe221 · 31-35, M

as a canadian, the culinary appeal of salt AND grits does sound appetizing just sitting here thinking about it tho..

edit: keeping in mind there isn't much that hasn't yet been thrown under a spinning tire during winter to improve traction in this country

swirlie · F

@sp1dwoOfe221
But do you actually know what grits really are?

sp1dwoOfe221 · 31-35, M

@swirlie ...no.

swirlie · F

@sp1dwoOfe221
Do you know what corn meal is?

sp1dwoOfe221 · 31-35, M

@swirlie and dont ruin it for me, now

sp1dwoOfe221 · 31-35, M

@swirlie 🙄

no.

swirlie · F

@sp1dwoOfe221
Do you know where you are right now?

sp1dwoOfe221 · 31-35, M

@swirlie NEW BRUNSWICK

swirlie · F

@sp1dwoOfe221
That explains it. Near St John?

sp1dwoOfe221 · 31-35, M

@swirlie it's...much more rural and NW than St. John

swirlie · F

@sp1dwoOfe221
Okay, I know the general area! I use to go to YSJ a lot on business.

So then, grits are made of cornmeal which looks like dried corn that's ground into a coarse powder. Then it's mixed with water and cooked on the stove like porridge. When you eat grits, it has the consistency of hot, grainy porridge that has the taste of dried corn and I'm not really sure why Americans are attracted to it, other than old habits carried forward from another time.

sp1dwoOfe221 · 31-35, M

@swirlie idk about you but this sorta made me realize there might be an entirely untapped market up here for HOT, grainy, porridge-like traction aids as of yet..

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swirlie · F

@sp1dwoOfe221
I always carry a pail full of grits in my trunk just in case...

sp1dwoOfe221 · 31-35, M

@swirlie ..now imagine those, but WARMED over...

swirlie · F

@sp1dwoOfe221
...oh stop, you're making me hungry before I go to bed!