Okay, southerners...

[Donn]

However, it seems to me it is still easy in the U.S. to obtain hominy grits.

If you look through the online retail options for grits, some say "hominy grits." Quaker's particularly. The ones that really describe what they did to make it, though, are apparently selling you plain corn, and the main question seems to be whether there's going to be any germ in it - with germ is claimed to be more traditional by those who do it. I'd love to know about a source for hominy grits that were explicitly made using lye or lime. I remain more than skeptical that Quaker's, Albers etc. are made that way, but surely someone makes the stuff?

[Uncle Buck]

I ate hominy two nights ago.

Before they moved away, a former neighbor family used to have dinner with my family pretty regularly. They often brought a wonderful spicy soup that included chicken and hominy. I miss it very much.

[Donn]

Again, Donn, you are guessing and presenting it as fact. In FACT we eat hominy here every week. Extinct here, maybe, but we still eat it all the time. Unless you actually ever drag yourself down here to see, you need to stop making pronouncements about life in the South until you live down here for a few years. It is not about what you find in books.

We were talking about grits. I do not doubt the existence of hominy, only that it's what grits are (is?) made of.

As a matter of fact, will be in Louisiana next month, but as my visit will last only a week, that's probably not enough time for the oral history approach to learning and I will remain without Southern credentials.

[Uncle Buck]

"Chick peas" on the salad bars at restaurants = "hominy".

Sorry, but I think those are garbanzo beans. The main ingredient in hummus, not grits.

[Donn]

Hush, dude! You're not in the South, what if they are putting hominy on their salad in restaurants? I'm not sure it sounds like a good idea, but it really depends on what else is in the salad.



Hominy salad with basil shallot vinaigrette

[THE TUBA]

This thread has reminded me... I need to run to the store and get some more grits.

[oldbandnerd]

Breakfast S.O.S. ( "Stuff" on a Shingle ). You former Army guys know what S.O.S is . This is my own recipe . You fry up some bacon, scramble some eggs , and make some toast and pot of grits. You mix the bacon and eggs into the grits and slop that "stuff" onto a piece of toast dripping with butter. MMMMMMMMMM ....... that's some good eating !

[bort]

This thread has reminded me... I need to run to the store and get some more grits.

Happy to help. You're almost out of beer, too.