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On 2017-12-31 08:46, Pimpom wrote:
> On 12/31/2017 9:17 PM, Joerg wrote:
>> On 2017-12-31 05:03, bitrex wrote:
>>> I've disparaged grits before but I tried some at a diner in Rhode Island
>>> with cheese and bacon topping - maybe I was just really hungry that
>>> morning or these were prepared better than I'd had before but I gotta
>>> say prepared this way there's a lot to be said for this stuff.
>>>
>>> For the New Year I rescind my opinion on grits
>>
>>
>> Texan waitress who takes the order: "Hominy?"
>>
>> Non-Texan patrons: "Well, there's five of us and we all want grits".
>>
>
> :-) Took me a couple of seconds to get that.
>
> I first heard of grits in the comedy film 'My Cousin Vinnie'.


Wasn't Vinny an Italian-American with a thick accent?


>                                                       ... For quite
> some time I subconsciously associated it with parts of an animal that's
> eaten only by the less sophisticated class of Americans. Probably
> because of the word's similarity to gristle and the small-town setting
> of the movie.


People in the south or sometimes here in the wild west and their food 
are often assumed to be less sophisticated. Though in reality most 
aren't at all, they just have different tastes and stuff. That doesn't 
just go for food. I still remember the shock in the faces of some tourists:

Small town in the boonies, I was done with work, went to the saloon. 
Yep, they also served grits. The band was playing "Fire on the Mountain" 
at full tilt, loud. The dance floor was packed, everyone singing and 
hollering, stuff flying around, the rafters were shaking. That's when 
they came in, with the deer in the headlights looks, is everyone 
freaking nuts out here? I told them it's ok, to come in, that the beer 
ain't great but it's on tap, the music would be good and this is where 
they'd experience the real Americana. I didn't tell them about the 
saloon fight the other day in Mariposa though ...

In case someone doesn't know the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uMWbZj-gWg

"Do you also play other music?" ... "Oh yeah, sure. We play country 
_and_ western here". Often the highlight of the month out here is a 
rodeo. Or a parade with lots of horses. People have fun.

-- 
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

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OT: Grits bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-31 08:03 -0500
  Re: OT: Grits Bob Engelhardt <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> - 2017-12-31 08:45 -0500
    Re: OT: Grits bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-31 08:53 -0500
    Re: OT: Grits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-31 10:21 -0800
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        Re: OT: Grits krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-31 17:56 -0500
  Re: OT: Grits Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-31 07:47 -0800
    Re: OT: Grits Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-12-31 09:31 -0700
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        Re: OT: Grits Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-12-31 11:32 -0700
          Re: OT: Grits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-31 10:57 -0800
            Re: OT: Grits Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-12-31 14:20 -0700
            Re: OT: Grits Michael A Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-12-31 22:43 -0500
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                Re: OT: Grits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-01-03 16:57 -0800
                Re: OT: Grits Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2018-01-03 18:07 -0700
                Re: OT: Grits krw@notreal.com - 2018-01-03 21:39 -0500
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                Re: OT: Grits bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2018-01-03 14:03 -0500
                Re: OT: Grits bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2018-01-02 09:37 -0500
    Re: OT: Grits Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.com> - 2017-12-31 22:16 +0530
      Re: OT: Grits Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-31 12:13 -0800
        Re: OT: Grits Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.com> - 2018-01-01 03:15 +0530
    Re: OT: Grits Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-12-31 16:53 +0000
      Re: OT: Grits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-31 10:29 -0800
        Re: OT: Grits Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-12-31 19:03 +0000
          Re: OT: Grits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-31 11:28 -0800
            Re: OT: Grits Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-12-31 20:20 +0000
              Re: OT: Grits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-31 12:38 -0800
      Re: OT: Grits "dcaster@krl.org" <dcaster@krl.org> - 2017-12-31 14:10 -0800
        Re: OT: Grits Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-12-31 15:21 -0700
          Re: OT: Grits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-31 15:03 -0800
    Re: OT: Grits krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-31 16:57 -0500
  Re: OT: Grits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-31 10:20 -0800
    Re: OT: Grits bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2018-01-01 08:34 -0500

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