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Grits? That sounds disgusting... Silly name!
I love cereal, eat it all the time. The key is to not but much milk on it.
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Posted 11 July 2007 - 04:14 PM
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Posted 11 July 2007 - 06:03 PM
And this is what Gritz actually looks like:
Good ol' Southern food. Not too fond of it myself.
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Posted 11 July 2007 - 07:11 PM
Grits > cereal. For one, they aren't cold.
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Posted 11 July 2007 - 09:05 PM
Cereal > Grits
I mean, how many kinds of grits are there.
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I mean, how many kinds of grits are there.
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Posted 11 July 2007 - 09:23 PM
There are many types of grits if you look hard enough for the recipes, maybe not as many types as cereal, but something with poor flavor and a large variety, in my book, just cannot beat something with a great flavor and a mediocre variety. Therefore grits > cereal.
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Posted 12 July 2007 - 12:59 PM
Proberly made grits do not look like cat vomit and even poorly made grits look better than a bowl of soggy cereal. Therefore grits > cereal.
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Posted 12 July 2007 - 11:14 PM
Manta, on Jul 11 2007, 08:23 PM, said:
There are many types of grits if you look hard enough for the recipes, maybe not as many types as cereal, but something with poor flavor and a large variety, in my book, just cannot beat something with a great flavor and a mediocre variety. Therefore grits > cereal.
You don't need a recipe to eat cereal, all you need to do is to be able to open a box. Add that to my contention that eating anything, regardless of how good it is, every day gets old after a while and, thus, variety is necessary. Therefore cereal > grits.
Manta, on Jul 12 2007, 11:59 AM, said:
Proberly made grits do not look like cat vomit and even poorly made grits look better than a bowl of soggy cereal. Therefore grits > cereal.
A real bowl of cereal will be eaten well before it is soggy, so your argument is baseless.
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Posted 13 July 2007 - 12:37 AM
Maybe try two small bowls of cereal. Add milk to one, finish, add milk to other, repeat.
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Its like what happens when you cross a phoenix with a super black hole; it's powerful enough to destroy itself, only to be reborn in a vicious cycle of torment and pain. Or in this case, nonsense.
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Its like what happens when you cross a phoenix with a super black hole; it's powerful enough to destroy itself, only to be reborn in a vicious cycle of torment and pain. Or in this case, nonsense.
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Posted 13 July 2007 - 01:29 AM
Pufer, on Jul 12 2007, 09:14 PM, said:
You don't need a recipe to eat cereal, all you need to do is to be able to open a box. Add that to my contention that eating anything, regardless of how good it is, every day gets old after a while and, thus, variety is necessary. Therefore cereal > grits.
A real bowl of cereal will be eaten well before it is soggy, so your argument is baseless.
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A real bowl of cereal will be eaten well before it is soggy, so your argument is baseless.
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how many cereals do you actually know of that fit the description of "real bowl of cereal?" Because, I know none. They all sog just as fast.
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Posted 13 July 2007 - 06:53 AM
Ahh, so grit is basically porridge?
Good, glad we sorted that out. I hate porridge.
And I agree with Pufer, calling all cereal soggy is like calling all food cold. It's only like that if left for too long...
Good, glad we sorted that out. I hate porridge.
And I agree with Pufer, calling all cereal soggy is like calling all food cold. It's only like that if left for too long...
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Posted 13 July 2007 - 12:12 PM
Pufer, on Jul 12 2007, 10:14 PM, said:
You don't need a recipe to eat cereal, all you need to do is to be able to open a box. Add that to my contention that eating anything, regardless of how good it is, every day gets old after a while and, thus, variety is necessary. Therefore cereal > grits.
A real bowl of cereal will be eaten well before it is soggy, so your argument is baseless.
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A real bowl of cereal will be eaten well before it is soggy, so your argument is baseless.
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Also, don't grits technically qualify as a cereal? Cereal is actually named "cereal", therefore it is a superior cereal. Cereal > grits.
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Posted 13 July 2007 - 12:23 PM
Grits, I'm assuming, are made from some sort of grain, therefore they are a "cereal".
Cereal is also made form some sort of grain, but they actually inherited the food group's name, so they must be more important in that group than "grits". Therefore cereal > grits.
Cereal is also made form some sort of grain, but they actually inherited the food group's name, so they must be more important in that group than "grits". Therefore cereal > grits.
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Posted 13 July 2007 - 01:19 PM
I'd love to criticise your logic, but you're arguing for the same side as me, so I'll let it pass 
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Posted 13 July 2007 - 11:27 PM
Lektor, on Jul 13 2007, 06:53 AM, said:
Ahh, so grit is basically porridge?
Good, glad we sorted that out. I hate porridge.
Good, glad we sorted that out. I hate porridge.
Basically extremely good maize porridge that has had most of the water boiled out of it causing it to form a tasty semi-solid mass that can be served well as part of any meal, not just breakfast. Hate it all you want because it is still good.
wolfman_rec, on Jul 13 2007, 12:12 PM, said:
Also, don't grits technically qualify as a cereal? Cereal is actually named "cereal", therefore it is a superior cereal. Cereal > grits.
The word grits comes from the Old English word grytta which means a coarse ground meal, which describes basic grits better than the general term cereal which refers to grains that come form grasses. Cereal is used as a catch all term for all those foods of this type that just are not good enough to be better classified. Therefore grits > cereal.
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Posted 13 July 2007 - 11:48 PM
moonunit4eva, on Jul 13 2007, 12:29 AM, said:
how many cereals do you actually know of that fit the description of "real bowl of cereal?" Because, I know none. They all sog just as fast.
You actually caught me using a phrase that I hadn't actually thought about before saying, a rather rare occurance for me. I don't really know what I mean by a real bowl of cereal. As to your question, grape nuts hold up for quite a while longer in milk (or rice milk) than most other cereals.
Manta, on Jul 13 2007, 10:27 PM, said:
Basically extremely good maize porridge that has had most of the water boiled out of it causing it to form a tasty semi-solid mass that can be served well as part of any meal, not just breakfast. Hate it all you want because it is still good.
It's rather more drab than tasty, and I'm not sure why anyone would really get into the idea of eating a "semi-solid mass" for breakfast.
Manta, on Jul 13 2007, 10:27 PM, said:
The word grits comes from the Old English word grytta which means a coarse ground meal, which describes basic grits better than the general term cereal which refers to grains that come form grasses. Cereal is used as a catch all term for all those foods of this type that just are not good enough to be better classified. Therefore grits > cereal.
In common usage, cereal does not actually mean cereal and defines a very specific genre of foodstuffs that use a variety of different forms of meal, including grits. As to the pure meal cereals, the order goes (from best to worst) oat, farina, grits. As cereal (common usage) incorporates grits along with examples of the finer meals, it represents the better features of all of its parts. Therefore cereal > grits.
And Lek, everyone not from America's deep south would know grits as "thick, coarse cornmeal porridge." Basically polenta.
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Posted 14 July 2007 - 04:34 AM
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