"l not -l" > wrote in message
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> On 21-Oct-2014, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>> >> On 10/20/2014 12:50 AM, sf wrote:
>> >>> On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 20:25:26 -0400, jmcquown >
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> On 10/19/2014 6:16 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> >>>>> On 2014-10-19 3:19 PM, Becca EmaNymton wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Grits is something I grew up eating, we had them for breakfast
>> >>>>>> this
>> >>>>>> morning, along with bacon, eggs and rolls. You will have to let us
>> >>>>>> know
>> >>>>>> how you liked grits, if you try them.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> I don't think I will ever forget that breakfast in Manassas VA
>> >>>>> about
>> >>>>> what grits is and ended up having it with bacon and eggs and loved
>> >>>>> it.
>> >>>>> My son was as impressed as I was. When I got back home I could not
>> >>>>> find
>> >>>>> grits and had to cross the border to get quick cooking grits...
>> >>>>> blech.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Speaking of which... my son is currently on a trip down the US west
>> >>>>> coast heading to San Francisco. I wonder what the chances are that
>> >>>>> he
>> >>>>> can buy real grits there. Maybe I should email him and ask him to
>> >>>>> pick
>> >>>>> some up if he sees them.... or... are the common in northern CA?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> That's doubtful.
>> >>>>
>> >>> You have no clue.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> Sorry, but I just don't think of San Francisco as a big grits eating
>> >> town. Safeway (as you pointed out) has them. But heck, even I have a
>> >> hard time finding Bob's Red Mill products on grocery store shelves and
>> >> I'm in the South.
>> >>
>> >> Jill
>> >
>> > Bob's Red Mill products are everywhere here, even in the smallest
>> > markets.
>> >
>> > Cheri
>>
>> Yes they are.
>
> Here (STL suburb), Bob's Red Mill Grits/Polenta can be found in most
> supermarkets. However, found is the keyword; they are not consistently
> located in store, even within the same chain. Sometimes in baking aisle,
> sometimes in cereal, other times in "specialty foods" (which has a huge
> selection of Bob's Red Mill products), sometimes in "Gluten Free" zone.
> In
> fact, the store I shop most often has Bob's Red Mill Grits/Polenta in
> three
> different areas. Also, found in at least two aisles in the local Big
> Lots!.
>
> I guess Grits/Polenta is very popular in this STL suburban area.

I agree. They sometimes scatter them in the same store. There is one little
market that has one big display for them which makes sense to me.

Cheri