Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Kswck wrote:
>
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I promise you they haven't had them all year at the regular grocery
>>> store. And they aren't in a box like I'm used to at home. But
>>> today I found Jim Dandy grits, the ones that cook in about 5
>>> minutes. Not instant grits.
>>>
>>> Thing is, I don't cook a ton of grits at once the way you seem to.
>>> I rarely eat grits and I haven't made cheese grits casserole
>>> (although it's very tasty) in at least 15 years. I pretty much
>>> only cook a bowl for my mother maybe once a week. And she likes
>>> her grits very wet (with lots of milk, I misspoke and said water).
>>> But the quick cook ones are definitely better than instant. But
>>> that's what she's been used to forever.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I'm sorry about getting snappish about this last night. But
>>> honestly, I never saw anything other than instant grits until the
>>> trip to the grocery store today. Grits apparently aren't a big
>>> thing for the transplanted northern & midwestern people who live
>>> down here in the winter. They're just here for the golf. And the
>>> shrimp
>>>
>>
>> I think Quaker Oats puts out an instant grits and a regular grits.
>> One is a red round package and the other is a blue package.
>
> I get Albers Quick Grits from my run-of-the-mill (heh) chain
> supermarket. I would think "quick" falls between "instant" and
> "regular".


Quick means about 5 minutes, not "just add hot water" Real grits take a
looong time to cook. My mother isn't that patient. And while I'd love to
order Falls Mills stone ground grits I don't need 10 lbs of them.

Jill