Elaine Parrish wrote:

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> On Sun, 29 Jan 2006, jake wrote:
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>>Elaine Parrish wrote:
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>>>Grits are made from dried hominy. Hominy is made from corn. Hominy and
>>>grits are not the same consumer item. Un-dried hominy comes in a can.
>>>Dried hominy is ground into grits, which reconstituted, makes a cereal
>>>like cream of wheat.
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>>>Elaine, too
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>>Then I have dried hominy which I could grind into grits. So I have 2 in
>>1. Kewl. Plus, now I have an extra excuse for buying a food processor
>>(which I haven't bought so far because I wasn't convinced I'd actually
>>use it).
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> Any excuse to buy a new foodie play toy! haha
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> Yes, you can grind up the dried ones. They should be like sand or salt.
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> 1 cup water
> 3 tablespoons of grits
> 1 tablespoon butter.
> Salt and pepper to taste
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> bring water to boil in a pot bigger than 1 cup.
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> add butter and salt, pepper and grits.
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> stir well to incorporate
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> Turn heat to medium or a little less. Gently boil for 20 minutes, stirring
> frequently.
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> They are done when they aren't gritty like sand anymore.
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> They are creamy, not soupy.
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> You can add more butter or cheese to the finished product.
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> There are numerous casseroles out there, too.
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> Elaine, too
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Thank you so much for the explanation. It sounds like the 500 grams will
lead to a huge amount of cooked hominy, so there are plenty of batches
ion that bag.

I'll be phoning one or two stores to see whether they stock the
particular FOP I want. I am looking forward to it.