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1. Big Mama’s blog has moved to a brand new location. And she has a mighty sassy new design courtesy of Jules. And I recognize that you probably know all of this already, but I always try to err on the side of redundancy.
(Attention! Big Mama’s blog has moved!)
(See what I mean?)
2. I have been doing a lot of cooking for the last couple of days, which is why you’ve had to look at the post about unfortunate bedtime smells for the last forty eight hours. But all the cooking has reminded me that this recipe? And this one? Gold.
3. I’ve also made a couple of batches of cheese grits. And as I made the cheese grits, I wondered how many of you have never eaten grits before. Because grits are a bit of a staple in these parts. So perhaps some kind of informal survey is in order. Oh thank you.
4. So I’ve tried to not talk too much about the basketball for the last couple of weeks because I know that many of you don’t enjoy it when I talk about the basketball. But the problem with that is that I really, really QUADRUPLE LOVE the basketball, especially when my beloved Bulldogs are in the NCAA tournament, and even moreso when my beloved Bulldogs win their first-round tournament game.
Up next? A little team called Memphis.
They are sort of good.
5. There’s a new podcast on the way.
I KNOW!
We probably won’t post it until Monday because, well, tomorrow is Easter, and somehow it seems wrong, all wrong to commemorate the day of Resurrection by asking you to listen to Big Mama, FryDaddy and me talk about American Idol.
So it’ll keep until Monday.
And we haven’t stopped recording podcasts, I promise – but the last two just have not been up to our lofty standards of mediocrity. Believe me when I tell you that our heart’s desire is to be the highest quality of all the low-quality podcasts (bonus points if you can name that reference), and we will settle for nothing less.
So be patient with us while we shoot for the shrubs.
6. I don’t really have a number six. But for some reason I do not want to end on an even number. Odd numbers are so much more interesting, don’t you think?
7. Happy Easter, everybody.
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I’m sure you’ll be shocked – but I’ve never had grits! I don’t even know if they are available in the grocery store here (I live in western Canada)…not that I’ve ever looked for them…
I’ve read about them – they seem to show up in plenty of novels set in the south – but they’ve never crossed my lips. :)
HOORAY FOR THE DAWGS!!!
Cheese Grits? YUMMY!!! Did I mention that I LOVE grits? Grits of any flavor, but particularly cheesy ones. Now if said grits happen to be coupled with fried crawfish, then certainly it’s a holiday of some sort. There WILL be grits in heaven, I’m sure.
Beth
LOVE LOVE Grits, being from middle Georgia originally, you have to love them, otherwise you starve. Before I die I want to bathe in a bowl of warm grits with butter pats floating on top!
i love me the cheese grits – so tasty…Sometimes we even do the shrimp grits…that’s what happens when you take a girl from alabama to Texas :)
Even though I’m a Northern gal, I went to college in the panhandle of Florida, so I have had and loved many a grit.
That doesn’t really sound how I meant it. I meant to say I like cheese grits. Happy Easter!
I just have to say that I to am saying Go DAWGs as they are on my bracket, and I chose them just for you Boo…I told the 3 year old to yell Go BooMama when they were playing. It was so cute and Im so happy for you and me that they won!
Originally from Michigan, one summer my parents sent me to camp in the south and they served grits with breakfast! This Yankee thinks that was the most disgusting thing I’ve ever put in my mouth!!
Despite being an Arkansas girl I just can’t do grits. I’ve had them. Just don’t enjoy them. Malt O Meal, Cream of Wheat, Oatmeal, even white rice with butter, milk & sugar – I enjoy all these (that last one grosses out my hubby) but the grits? Ugh! Sorry. Please don’t ban me from your blog. = ) I’m very much into fried chicken, fried catfish, fried potatoes, fried hushpuppies…
I have never had any kind of grits, and I grew up in Dallas, TX. Honestly I don’t know if my family (and every family I knew) just wasn’t into them or if we don’t really have them there. Hope someone from Dallas responds so I can learn!
I love love love grits. And cheese grits too, but I’m really a fan of them with lots of butter and pepper.
Grew up in the South (sort-of) but to Yankee parents who don’t eat grits so I’m not sure where my adoration for them comes from. Sure not at home.
I’m from Saskatchewan, Canada (its in the middle-west-ish part of Canada) and I have never had grits, but would sure love to try them sometime. They sound awesome.
I don’t believe I have ever had grits… I think. Maybe when we were in Mississippi 2 years ago… maybe? But if I did I didn’t enjoy them because I don’t remember. Sorry! ;) I’m a picky eater!
We have cheese grits just about every Friday night for dinner.
Thanks for the blog announcement. Have I mentioned that my blog has moved?
Also, while I have had the cheese grits, it’s not a regular item in my diet.
Also, my bracket is just shot. SHOT.
This Canadian has had grits. I lived in Texas for a while and was happily fed them. I have come to the conclusion that you either have to
A) have been born blow the Mason Dixon line
or
b) Be a little crazy
To actually be able to swallow that nasty concoction.
But what do I know? I choose to live where it can snow all 12 months of the year. (this doesn’t happen often, but it can!)
I just put my cheese grits for Easter lunch tomorrow into the oven!!! Right before I sat down at my computer to look up your green bean recipe! We LOVE the cheese grits in my family and, as of this past Christmas, we LOVE the Boomama Green Beans, too! Off now to play Easter Bunny. Blessings to the Boo Family for Easter!
i love cheese grits!! i adore jalopeno cheese grits!! yummmmmm!!
and alicia, i grew up in dallas, where the grit was alive and well.
I’ve tried and tried grits over and over again, but I just canNOT make myself like them. Which makes me feel like an inadequate Southern girl! Oh well, at least I developed a taste for pecan pie after the birth of my firstborn!
I can’t say I even know what a grit is, let alone cheese grits.
Didn’t have grits until I married a Suthrn man. Mmm.
Never had grits. I’m not sure you can even get them in Canada… Can you?
Yes!!! We eat cheese grits (MUCH better ‘n plain, I MUST say) and have a stock in the pantry. Even though we no longer live in the South (*sniff… wipe tear…*)
I’ve had grits!!! I must admit, though, that I’ve never had cheese grits. I’m going to have to try those out.
I have had grits AND liver mush. But that’s a NC thing.
The real question is: how many of your readers have eaten polenta without knowing it was just grits?
Never had them (grits), but my husband has at church. :)
Mmmm-no to grits, (the southern family hates me for this).
And, I may get flogged here for this, but Memphis is my team. (My family’s team anyway.)
No grits here either. And frankly, I’m sorry, but they sound disgusting. Then again, I’m the Minnesotan who doesn’t like casserole (or as people here disgustingly call it- hotdish)- I didn’t have a casserole until I went to college and people made me try one. I wish I hadn’t. Seriously. Yuck.
My family is from North Carolina, so I have had grits of all varieties. My wife tells me that polenta is the same thing, but it’s made from corn, not hominy.
It’s hard to train a California girl about southern delicacies…
Love me some grits. And some basketball. Carolina is my team! Go Tar Heels!
~Leslie
I just need to tell you this…
I FINALLY got around to listening to your last podcast. I had to go grocery shopping tonight, at 9 PM, by myself. I was dreading it, even though I was going ALL ALONE, but I was exhausted. So, I grabbed my iPod as I walked out the door, and began listening to you, big mama, and fry daddy. I listened all the way to the store, through the store, on the way home, and while putting groceries away. I think I got a few “looks” from people when I laughed out loud in the baking isle, but I didn’t care, I was TOTALLY enjoying myself. When the podcast was over, I was re-energized. Which was awesome, since I still had to bake, boil eggs, clean the kitchen, and get stuff ready for tomorrow! Thanks for making an otherwise unbearable grocery shopping trip a lot of fun! I can’t wait for the next one!
Nope- no grits…
I HAVE had Cream of Wheat AND Polenta- which are (in my mind at least) what grits must taste like.
But in your mind- probably not so much!
Note to me: If I begin blogging again and desire a comment-o-rama, mention regional food.
So you know, I like my grits with butter and sugar. Hubby is a fan of the cheese grits.
Also, you didn’t want to end on an even number, which I sort of understand since I avoid prime numbers. So, for me, 7 would not have been an option.
Big Mama’s new site is adorable. Already unsubscribed, resubscribed and on board.
Happy Easter to you too, Sophie.
Nope, never had those things called grits. I’m a Yankee through and through!
The grits? I’ve tried em. They say cheese makes everything better, maybe it’ll work for the grits.
I love sweet grits. Love. Them. I especially love them from the Cracker Barrell. They are so thick and creamy and just yum.
I also love the Quaker instant grits. (they are made from corn, by the way, not hominy!)
Now that that’s out of the way, I now think that I will go and prepare myself a steamy bowl of grits.
This concludes my novel on grits. Thank you.
1. Never had a grit, cheesy or otherwise. Somehow corn kernels soaked in lye just never did it for me. Mayhaps I’m overthinking the grits.
2. Love Big Mama’s new site! And the Easter Carol was perfect!
3. Can. Not. Wait. For the new podcast!! Yippeee!! Monday traffic home won’t stink like it usually does!
4. I love the basket ball too!! and the ONLY reason in the whole wide world I picked the Bulldogs is because of you! Before I started reading this site, State wasn’t really a school I was familiar with. I would’ve thought it one of those fictional state universities they come up with for pre-teen TV shows. But I picked them! And they won! How stoked am I that you went to that university!? Same thing with the Aggies – thanks Big Mama!
5. Happy Easter to you and yours too!
I haven’t had grits either, but I bet Paula Deen’s are pretty good. Cheese Grits sound delightful. Happy Easter to you and your lovely family! :)
I love grits. I remember my nana frying grits and *they’re* my favorite!!! My Papa would put cornbread in his milk, and I did that for awhile too…. not so much anymore, though. They were from Oklahoma — but lived in the Bay Area of CA where I grew up.
When people unfamiliar with grits ask me what it is (they are) — I respond with — ” a carrier for butter, salt & pepper” :D :D
And as for basketball, my beloved Wildcats (that would be the University of Arizona Wildcats…) lost their first game. Honestly, after the year we’ve had, we were just happy to be there, I think.
I guess this survey is as informal as it gets (but I’d love to know some kind of results by region, etc.!)
I am white, and am from Detroit, MI–born, raised, still live in the D. All of my black friends in childhood and adulthood ate/eat grits; I love grits, too. I grew to love grits on Saturday and Sunday mornings at friends’ houses. Most of my friends’ families (and their families and theirs and so on…) were southern, so this makes sense. Right?
So, why didn’t you end on number 5? Isn’t that still an odd number. Anyway, Happy Easter to you too!
I’m from Dallas, too and had never eaten grits until I was an adult. I do not enjoy them…
I don’t get the reference from #5 and didn’t see that anyone else did. I’ll be checking back.
Me and grits aren’t friends. Sorry. I don’t know why, because I love cornmeal mush.
My Beloved Husband never ate a grit until he met me and I made him fried pork chops, and cheese grits and he proposed the very next evening — coincidence?????
I think NOT!
Tee hee hee!!! Mrs. J~
Just got back from Spring break vacation and had the BEST cheese grits on planet Earth…the Original Oyster House in Gulf Shores…licked the bowl.
And…wanna put a little wager on the big game this afternoon? Just kidding…
GO TIGERS GO! :)
Happy Easter~
Fran
Never. Had. Grits.
Love grits…but my southern family did them with sugar, butter…yummmmmyyyy. It wasn’t until I married that I made by my FIL to eat tehm with pepper…and then with chees…eh…still like the butter-sugar.
Sorry Duke…go Carolina!
Keyboard sticking…the Easter Bunny must have used my computer last night…dripping chocolate…sorry for the typos…
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