Weird Special Regional Foods (Denny's, yolk, cream, soup)

[jim9251]

Moving to Colorado from the south I mentioned I would love to have a crawfish boil one day. That was met with a lot of EW!

[Teddy52]

Only regional food I can't hack is grits.

Reminds me of wallpaper paste.

[Teddy52]

I occasionally like to buy a ring of blood sausage from a great meat market in central MN.

I try not to dwell on the ingredients as I eat it.

[Dirt Grinder]

Originally Posted by cindersslipper

To this day I don't know what grits are...They sound disgusting.

They don't make much of a sound at all - someone could sneak up on you with a bowl of grits and you'd never know they were there.

[Dirt Grinder]

Originally Posted by TabulaRasa

They're essentially the same thing as polenta...

Grits are made from hominy (alkaline-treated corn), polenta is made from ground dried corn. The difference in flavor is as different as night and day.

[TabulaRasa]

I don't find it notable, myself, and cook both fairly regularly. Just me.

[EnricoV]

Originally Posted by Dirt Grinder

Grits are made from hominy (alkaline-treated corn), polenta is made from ground dried corn. The difference in flavor is as different as night and day.

I wouldn't call them night and day. Grits and, say, chili ... that would be night and day.

[mainebrokerman]

Originally Posted by cindersslipper

To this day I don't know what grits are, they are American.

They sound disgusting.

ive lived in u.s. all my life and never had a grit..

its a southern thing


not on any menus up north(not in maine)

[sskink]

Originally Posted by mainebrokerman

ive lived in u.s. all my life and never had a grit..

its a southern thing


not on any menus up north(not in maine)

There's a Cracker Barrel in So. Portland. And Becky's, in Portland.

[mainebrokerman]

Originally Posted by sskink

There's a Cracker Barrel in So. Portland. And Becky's, in Portland.

i said up north portland is known as north boston

ok , let me rephrase this, i havent been to any restaurant in maine thats had these on the menu
and i have never had them in my house, parents house, grandparents house, or friends house..

they (grits) just arent popular up here!