On Mon, 28 May 2012 20:32:44 GMT, "l, not -l" > wrote:

> I grew up in western Kentucky, in our little part of of the south we ate
> corn grits, not hominy grits; hominy grits are nasty. In travellling around
> the south, I found it best to ask whether hominy or corn grits are what is
> being served. Seems there's no amount of butter and pepper that can hide
> the taste of hominy.

Now I'm back to wondering what the difference is between them. As far
as I can tell, (corn) grits aren't cooked as long as polenta and
that's so they're crunchy/"gritty" and that's the only difference...
but like I said before, I'm not intimately familiar with grits so it's
just a guess.

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