What food is your weakness?

[baldOUfan]

Hot n Spicy cheese its I cannot buy them
Thin mints I'll eat the whole box

[Frontier Guy]

OK, I'm in .... GRITS.  Don't knock 'em if you haven't tried them, and don't knock 'em if you haven't tried them several ways. "Plain" is an acquired taste. But they provide a great foundation to build on. Last night ... small cakes of grits with cheese and chives, fried.

Some American Southern foods are really exquisite.

Though, Central Florida is a bit too far south to be really "Southern."

If you are confused now, you don't live in "The South."

[Bluebriz]

I have to ask,  what are grits?

[Frontier Guy]

Grits are very polarizing - you either like 'em or you don't.

Grits (also sometimes called sofkee or sofkey from the Muskogee word) are a food of Native American origin common in the Southern United States and mainly eaten at breakfast. They consist of coarsely ground corn, or sometimes alkali-treated corn (hominy). Grits are similar to other thick maize-based porridges from around the world, such as polenta, or the thinner farina.
They may be served with grated cheese, butter, sausage or country ham red-eye gravy. Grits have also been known to be served with fish such as fried catfish or salmon croquettes. Shrimp and grits is considered a breakfast delicacy in the Low Country of coastal South Carolina and Georgia. Another popular variant is Charleston-style grits, where the grits are boiled in milk, instead of water, to give them a creamy consistency.

Grits can also be fried in a pan or molded to create a firm block; the resulting block can be cut with a knife or wire, and the slices fried in a fat such as vegetable oil, butter, or bacon grease. The word "grits" derives from the Old English word "grytt," meaning coarse meal. This word originally referred to wheat and other porridges now known as groats in parts of the U.K., maize being unknown in Europe in the Middle Ages. The word "grits" is one of the few words that may properly be used as either singular or plural in writing or speech and can be used with a singular or plural verb.

[waine]

Hmm, interesting FrontierGuy...

I enjoy learning about different foods around the world...

 

[Slynito]

FrontierGuy, sure knows about grits and said a mouthful...I've been eatin' then ever since I bit down on Mama. Back years ago they came from the mill in a much coarser grind than now...took longer to cook but they were, slap your Grandma good. Go to a country grocery store and see if'n you can find, "Coarse Ground Grits". 

[Slyfive]

I may not be from the U.S (although I lived in Detroit as a kid) but I love grits, such a heartwarming food.

[mahaw90]

Toast

[Sir Harry]

Guys....just go ahead and mess up my diet, why dontcha

[Frontier Guy]

Guys....just go ahead and mess up my diet, why dontcha

I don't recall anyone mentioning beignets ... fresh out of the fryer with a light dusting of powdered sugar.

Perhaps that wasn't the most "diet friendly" remark I could have made. Sorry SlySirHarry.

[Sir Harry]

Guys....just go ahead and mess up my diet, why dontcha

I don't recall anyone mentioning beignets ... fresh out of the fryer with a light dusting of powdered sugar.

Perhaps that wasn't the most "diet friendly" remark I could have made. Sorry SlySirHarry.

It's all good FrontierGuy....seems like out of towners appreciate our foods more than we do....I guess when you can get something anytime you want, it loses some of its appeal....(sex being the exception )

[Slynito]

I never had any food in LA that wasn't delicious!

 

[Frontier Guy]

I never had any food in LA that wasn't delicious!

 

Ain't that the truth. So many places claim their gumbo is "award winning" and "just like you'd get" and "tastes like home" ... but they're not.

Gumbo is probably the single item I miss the most after a (far too infrequent) visit to LA.

[Slynito]

I never had any food in LA that wasn't delicious!

 

Ain't that the truth. So many places claim their gumbo is "award winning" and "just like you'd get" and "tastes like home" ... but they're not.

Gumbo is probably the single item I miss the most after a (far too infrequent) visit to LA.

You don't burn the roux and add the file after cooking, right Harry?
(that's what my old g/f from Lafayette always told me)
 

[tomgallagher]

Tex-Mex will do in a pinch..(slurp)