Grits, Yanks, bats

[absinthe at mad.scientist.com]

"Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Okay, my Southern compatriots:  never let it be said that a Yankee 
> refuses to learn.  Tell me how to eat grits!  That thing with the 
> fried eggs--can you do it with instant grits?  I am clueless!

Instant grits is a substitute (though the purists may kill me for 
that). Basically, you cook grits according to the package directions. 
You can eat grits such as you would cream of wheat. You can it in the 
place of rice. Mind you, grits is soft and creamy, so there isn't much 
in the way of texture. But you can certainly mix cheese into it.
  
> (BTW, the eggs in Green Eggs and Ham are fried, not scrambled.  That 
> must be a challenge to food-colorers.)
>
Most definitely, but I would have hated to see how my teacher would 
have gone about coloring the yolks of fried eggs....thankfully that 
trauma was avoided.
 
> And BTW to non-USans:  to you, "Yankee" means American.  To us, 
> "Yankee" means Northerner and/or Union side of the Civil War.  (And 
to 
> Boston Red Sox fans [that's baseball], "Yankee" means anathema.)
> 

"Civil War"...there was nothing "civil" about the War Between the 
States (AKA War of Northern Aggression) <wink>

:-)Milz