Subj : Re: StarNet
To   : Digital Man
From : richardw
Date : Fri Jul 08 2005 03:16 pm

  Re: Re: StarNet
  By: Digital Man to richardw on Fri Jul 08 2005 11:59 am

 >  >  >  >  >  >  > I didn't know you could fry an ear of roasted corn.....
 >  >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  >  > Who said anything about frying an ear of roasted corn?
 >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  > Well, you're frying everything else, so I just thought...
 >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  > So if you're not frying an ear of roasted corn I assume you're s
 >  >  >  >  > with grits?
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > Perhaps I'm not a true Texan after all... I don't do grits.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > I am not even too sure what a grit *is*, but I thought Texans had to h
 >  >  > 'em.  One day, I'll go to Texas, then maybe I'll go into a restaurant 
 >  >  > order a grit!
 >  >
 >  > According to Wiki, the article I linked to in the other reply is
 >  > incorrect.
 >  >
 >  > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits
 > 
 > Which matches my understanding that girst and hominy were closely related. I
 > eaten hominy (not bad), but can't remember ever eating grits (though I did l
 > in Texas for several years as a kid).

....and also explains why I don't like grits.  I can't stand hominy.

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