On 10/20/2014 5:01 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-10-20 5:58 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 10/20/2014 12:33 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 21:49:18 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>>>
>>>>>> I doubt I will because someone said they taste like polenta
>>>>>> What do
>>>>>> you think of 'Cream of Wheat'?
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you like wallpaper paste?
>>>>
>>>> I loved Cream of Wheat when I was a kid. Different tastes.
>>>>
>>> Me too, still do - with butter and brown sugar.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I liked Farina better. It was a little less soupy than Cream of Wheat.
>> I liked butter and brown sugar and sometimes just maple syrup.
>
> Cream of Wheat is Farina.

Cream of Wheat is a brand name. It was "looser" than the Farina I bought
and probably the Farina was cheaper since I didn't have to pay for
advertising.
>>
>> I used to make it for the kids in the microwave every morning before I
>> sent them off to school or the sitters and I left for work. Without
>> fail, every single morning, no matter how careful and attentive I was,
>> the s--t boiled over.
>
>
> Why the microwave? Cream of Wheat (Farina) cooks in three minutes.
>

Who the heck had three minutes to spare? BTW, it took longer than three
minutes from start to finish.
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On 10/20/2014 12:49 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 20:46:29 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 10/19/2014 6:44 PM, sf wrote:
>>> He can buy regular grits here, but they'll be plain. AFAIK, he won't
>>> find the fancy ones like Gary posted.
>>
>> Fancy? The "fancy ones" like Gary posted are not what people who
>> actually cook grits call grits. It says right on the image it's Dinner
>> Grits. I've never heard of Dinner Grits. (There is no designation as
>> to breakfast, lunch or dinner.) It further says "just add shrimp or
>> scallops."
>>
>> http://www.house-autry.com/_resource...tter-large.jpg
>>
>> It's quick fix food in a packet.
>>
>> I don't understand it. Real grits do not take long to cook. 20-25
>> minutes out of your life. And if you want to make it into a different
>> dish, it's no big deal to add garlic or anything else you want to it
>> while they're cooking. There are a myriad of recipes for shrimp &
>> grits, which is what Gary bought was certainly suggesting. (I never
>> found shrimp & grits to be particularly interesting.)
>>
> I didn't know anything like what Gary posted even existed until he
> posted it. I have no idea what your problem is.
>
>
I don't have a problem. I just don't buy preformulated grits when
they're perfectly easy to cook and add things to.

Jill

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

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:19:31 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> 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.

It's very easy to find Bob's Red Mill products here, they are even
sold in the bulk section. However, the only Bob's grits I see are the
yellow cornmeal type, which is labeled polenta too. I don't know if
it's flint corn or dent corn. My idea of what makes grits Southern is
hominy (grits) and that's why I think Quaker is the national brand to
look for, not Bob's Red Mill. Cornmeal is used for mush and polenta.
Hominy is used for grits.
<http://www.vitacost.com/Images/Products/1000/Bobs-Red-Mill/Bobs-Red-Mill-Organic-Corn-Grits-Polenta-039978009197.jpg>


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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:58:13 -0500, Janet Wilder >
> wrote:
>
>> I liked Farina better. It was a little less soupy than Cream of Wheat.
>
> I've never tried farina, but I don't think Cream of Wheat is soupy
> either.

Me either.

Cheri

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> 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

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.

"l not -l" > wrote in message
eb.com...
>
> 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

Ophelia wrote:
>
> "Gary" > wrote:
> > My "UK section" of food is very small.
>
> What can you get?

I think they discontinued it. Didn't see it this weekend. :-(

sf wrote:
>
> I've never seen anything other than plain grits. What did you think
> of it? Did you add shrimp or put an egg on yours?

I bought it when hungry but I haven't tried it yet. You don't have to
add anything to it. Box even says use it plain as a side. The garlic
sounded good. I'll probably add some chicken to it.

G.

On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:02:44 -0400, Gary > wrote:

> Ophelia wrote:
> >
> > "Gary" > wrote:
> > > My "UK section" of food is very small.
> >
> > What can you get?
>
> I think they discontinued it. Didn't see it this weekend. :-(

Come to think of it, I didn't see one in my regular store either. The
Mexican and Asian sections expanded and the Jewish/Kosher section was
smaller, but there's a special Kosher frozen foods section that's
fairly new. Honestly, I don't understand the purpose of a special
section because manufacturers put a symbol on the package to look for
if you want a Kosher product and they are scattered throughout the
regular aisles.


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On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:10:09 -0400, Gary > wrote:

> sf wrote:
> >
> > I've never seen anything other than plain grits. What did you think
> > of it? Did you add shrimp or put an egg on yours?
>
> I bought it when hungry but I haven't tried it yet. You don't have to
> add anything to it. Box even says use it plain as a side. The garlic
> sounded good. I'll probably add some chicken to it.
>
Chicken sounds good too.



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On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 3:17:31 PM UTC-7, sf wrote:

>
> Come to think of it, I didn't see one in my regular store either. The
> Mexican and Asian sections expanded and the Jewish/Kosher section was
> smaller, but there's a special Kosher frozen foods section that's
> fairly new. Honestly, I don't understand the purpose of a special
> section because manufacturers put a symbol on the package to look for
> if you want a Kosher product and they are scattered throughout the
> regular aisles.

There are two types of kosher products: Mass market products that happen
to be kosher, and kosher products targeted to observant Jews. If you're
shopping, it's more convenient to start with the targeted products in
the targeted section, and then fill in with the mass market products.

Plus not everyone thinks every hecksher is equally reliable. The ones
on products that are in that special section -- brands you never heard
of, brands targeted to observant Jews -- are more likely to be the "more
reliable" ones.

On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 21:43:11 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

> On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 3:17:31 PM UTC-7, sf wrote:
>
> >
> > Come to think of it, I didn't see one in my regular store either. The
> > Mexican and Asian sections expanded and the Jewish/Kosher section was
> > smaller, but there's a special Kosher frozen foods section that's
> > fairly new. Honestly, I don't understand the purpose of a special
> > section because manufacturers put a symbol on the package to look for
> > if you want a Kosher product and they are scattered throughout the
> > regular aisles.
>
> There are two types of kosher products: Mass market products that happen
> to be kosher, and kosher products targeted to observant Jews. If you're
> shopping, it's more convenient to start with the targeted products in
> the targeted section, and then fill in with the mass market products.
>
> Plus not everyone thinks every hecksher is equally reliable. The ones
> on products that are in that special section -- brands you never heard
> of, brands targeted to observant Jews -- are more likely to be the "more
> reliable" ones.

Thanks!


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"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> "Gary" > wrote:
>> > My "UK section" of food is very small.
>>
>> What can you get?
>
> I think they discontinued it. Didn't see it this weekend. :-(

Ahh, ok. What kind of things did they have, did you buy any?

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Ophelia wrote:
>
> "Gary" > wrote in message ...
> > Ophelia wrote:
> >>
> >> "Gary" > wrote:
> >> > My "UK section" of food is very small.
> >>
> >> What can you get?
> >
> > I think they discontinued it. Didn't see it this weekend. :-(
>
> Ahh, ok. What kind of things did they have, did you buy any?

I only glanced at it as I walked by so I don't know what was there. My
daughter's old babysitter is the one that pointed it out to me. She
grew up in Manchester and was surprised that they sold some things.

G.