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Peter Aitken

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> wrote:
>> All you Foodie Guru's, Listen Up. Palento and
>> Grits...One and the same !! Instant Grits will cook in 1 minute,
>> regular about 10 add whatever you want . It will be great !
>> Also WE do not put sugar in our cornbread Yuk ! Try it you will like
>> it ! My hints for today.. By The by I live in Paradise (Florida that
>> is !)
>>
>> Have A Wonderful Day !
>
> Back from whence you came, blasphemer! Grits are not the same as
> "palento"
> (by which I assume you mean 'polenta'). Ahem... instant grits are like
> instant oatmeal or Minute rice - already cooked then dehydrated so they
> can
> be reconstituted with just hot water. It's like camping food. It's not
> the
> real thing. Not to say it's a bad thing, but you're the one who came in
> here all confrontational, so there you have it.
>
> Grits are made from dried white corn from which the bran has been removed.
> Polenta is made from ground yellow corn. Both cooked grits and cooked
> polenta can be chilled and sliced and pan fried into "cakes" of sorts, but
> they are vastly different in taste and texture. So to *you*, go back
> where
> you came from until you figure out the difference.
>

This information is incorrect. Grits is not necessarily white corn, nor has
the bran been removed (although it sometimes is). Some grits are in fact the
same as polenta - ground yellow corn cooked to a mush. Of course the
traditional seasonings are different. You seem to mistake hominy grits for
grits. Hominy is corn which has been treated with an alkali to remove the
outer skin and it can be white or yellow. Hominy grits are indeed different
from polenta, but they are only one kind of grits.

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Peter Aitken