Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
You sir, win the stogie :-) ann On 3/25/2015 01:05, Paul Sorenson wrote: Let's see...Tom Mix was sponsored by Instant Ralston; Let's Pretend by Cream of Wheat... -p Sent from my iPad On Mar 24, 2015, at 12:25 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Now children of another age, in the

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
-0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Shrimp Grits Since I wasn't around back in 40s, I had to consult Uncle Google. The answer is Nila Mack's Let's Pretend on Saturday mornings (9am) :-) http://goo.gl/2qHFvO (and scroll to the previous page, p.43) And here is an image of the product: http://www.reminisce.com

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-25 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
As a child, I ate cream of wheat as a more palatable alternative to oatmeal. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Now children of another age, in the USA, where do you remember hearing Cream of

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
Let's see...Tom Mix was sponsored by Instant Ralston; Let's Pretend by Cream of Wheat... -p Sent from my iPad On Mar 24, 2015, at 12:25 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Now children of another age, in the USA, where do you remember hearing Cream of Wheat is so good to eat and

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-24 Thread Igor PDML-StR
What other list would give you culinary information about simple food from around the world?! On a serious note, I had never noted that polenta is made with corn. (You can tell, I am not a big fun of polenta.) I've heard of mamalyga (mamaliga) which is traditional for Moldavia, Romania and

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-24 Thread Yolanda Rowe
My grits belong on some other person's plate. Yes, I'm southern; I will cook them for hubby, but I won't eat them. Yonnie On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: In Romania their version of polenta is called mamaliga. I had some one evening at a restaurant in

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-24 Thread Yolanda Rowe
I'll eat semolina (cream of wheat). I love it and oatmeal. No accounting for taste. Yonnie On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: Oops... I forgot to add the link to that story. While it is in Russian, the pictures describe tell the story well:

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-24 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Oops... I forgot to add the link to that story. While it is in Russian, the pictures describe tell the story well: http://www.planetaskazok.ru/vdragunsky/deniskinyrasskazytajnoestanovitsjajavnym Cheers, Igor On Tue, 24 Mar 2015, Igor PDML-StR wrote: What other list would give you

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-24 Thread Jack Davis
Have always preferred warm/hot Malt-O-Meal with a ton of brown sugar stirred in. OH Yeah!! Jack *YUM* - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:25:41 PM Subject: Re: Shrimp Grits Now children

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Now children of another age, in the USA, where do you remember hearing Cream of Wheat is so good to eat and we eat it every day... la lala being sung? hint: radio I never met a porridge I didn't like - as long as it is the real thing, not quick or instant ann On 3/24/2015 12:50, Yolanda

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Tom Reese wrote: grits are okay if served infrequently in small quantities ...and to someone else. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Alan traditional hominy grits are white here as well. stone ground and truly gritty is best. ann On 3/23/2015 13:52, Alan C wrote: An interesting discussion. I had never heard the term grits before. Here, mieliepap is the staple diet of the masses and a popular side dish with tomato relish

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
actually, I eat oatmeal the same way I eat grits... butter , salt pepper and bacon crumbled on it occasionally. would'nt dream of putting anything sweet on any porridge (My father was born in Atlanta GA) ann On 3/23/2015 14:45, John wrote: Most southerners would be horrified at the idea,

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-23 Thread Brian Walters
Sampling regional delicacies is very educational. While I never got to try grits when we were in the USA in 2013, I did taste my first Gumbo (chicken hot sausage) and my wife had a Shrimp Po?boy Sandwich. Both were delicious! Yes, we were at a Cajun restaurant but not, as you may

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I'm not fond of grits, but I love good polenta. As part of a private tour of the Uffizi, my wife and I had dinner at what was said to be one of the best neighborhood restaurants in Florence. Everything was wonderful, but the polenta was simply spectacular. I have never been able to find any up

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-23 Thread Tom Reese
grits are okay if served infrequently in small quantities On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: An interesting discussion. I had never heard the term grits before. Here, mieliepap is the staple diet of the masses and a popular side dish with tomato relish at a

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-23 Thread Alan C
An interesting discussion. I had never heard the term grits before. Here, mieliepap is the staple diet of the masses and a popular side dish with tomato relish at a braaivleis (barbeque to you Westerners!). Commercial maize meal is finely ground but the rural variety is hand ground quite

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-23 Thread John
Most southerners would be horrified at the idea, but you can always add a bit of cream sugar eat them like oatmeal. On 3/23/2015 2:05 PM, Tom Reese wrote: grits are okay if served infrequently in small quantities On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: An interesting

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yellow grits and polenta start out as the same thing-- yellow milled corn. Of course they're prepared in a different manner, but I tend to use polenta- style seasoning in my yellow grits. Paul via phone On Mar 23, 2015, at 6:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not fond

Re: Shrimp Grits

2015-03-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
In Romania their version of polenta is called mamaliga. I had some one evening at a restaurant in Bucarest and it was better than any polenta I've ever had, although I admit I've never had any in Florence. B On 23 Mar 2015, at 22:18, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not