Peter Aitken wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> 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)
Okay, perhaps the corn is not white but I've never found grits that were not
white. Nor with the bran still intact.
.. 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.
No, you seem to mistake grits for hominy. There is a difference but grits
are white and bran-free. Hominy can be yellow or white corn and with or
without the bran. Grits are the center of the corn kernel, which is white
no matter which way you play it.
Regardless, instant 1 minute grits are a bad move. Heh, I get stomped on
for using instant ramen noodles and yet you're thinking instant grits are
just fine. I do not agree.
Hominy is corn which has been treated
> with an alkali to remove the outer skin and it can be white or
> yellow.
The alkali is called lye. Used to be used to make soap and to clean out
clogged drains. You really don't want to splash this stuff on your face.
> Hominy grits are indeed different from polenta, but they are
> only one kind of grits.
LOL I've never ever seen anything called "hominy grits". Go to a grocery
store in west TN or even a whole foods store in Tennessee and try to find
"yellow grits". It's hard to find them. Out further west, towards Texas
and Arizona, it's available. That's where they use them to turn them into
corn tortillas.
I'm not arguing by any means. Just saying how they are used and how they
are available here. And 1 minute "instant grits" is an abomination!
Jill