OT: Grits

New Englander: "There's five of us but we can't sing."

Grits are also known as Polenta.

Dan

Different preparation. ...Jim Thompson

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Have you actually ever had grits? Or polenta?

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John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc 

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Sure. My wife is a Texan and we've live in the South for 10 years. Grits are everywhere (big pot of 'em at the buffet we went to this morning).

Not really. Both are cornmeal simmered in water. Either can have added bits, like cheese or broth or mushrooms. Both are served soft or fried. Both come in a variety of forms, white and yellow, different types of corn, fine ground or coarse.

Polenta in Italy dates from Roman times, so was of course not corn. But now it usually is.

Well, nobody sells year-old grits in a tube.

That's gross.

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John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc 

lunatic fringe electronics

Anybody who lives North of Gainesville is a Yankee!

This was in Federal Hill/Little Italy, so maybe some influence there. Definitely wasn't called polenta on the menu, though, and it was definitely hominy not yellow corn

Sounds like somewhere beyond the Hudson, to me. Shreveport, is that near Trenton?

I spent some time in Trenton, at the (now Siemens?) DeLaval turbine works. I couldn't turn trimpots on my gear, because only the union guys were allowed to use screwdrivers. Maybe I could have used my fingernail; I don't know the union rules about fingernails.

Overall, I wasn't impressed by Trenton. Or later, Freehold.

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John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc 

lunatic fringe electronics

Ha ha ha someday I'll meet someone who says "Y'know, I found really impressive." I haven't met them yet...

On the bright side Trenton has a lot of Mets fans, which I suppose is acceptable, unlike central/southern CT which is mostly Yankees fans, i.e. unforgivable treason

Ragweed capital of the world.

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John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc 
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Secaucus, NJ, Armpit of the nation. ...Jim Thompson

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"Now with 50% fewer superfluous body parts in our rivers!"

Newark.

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John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc 

lunatic fringe electronics

Scary airport to have to deal with :-( ...Jim Thompson

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     It's what you learn, after you know it all, that counts.

And that's by far the best part.

Northeastern NJ and the Shore aren't my faves, except for the one remaining Shore jewel, namely Cape May.

The Pine Barrens are beautiful, and there's a lot to like about the inland parts.

And even Secaucus isn't so bad considerung that it's in the middle of a swa mp bigger than DC. ;)

It even boasts the Vince Lombardi Service Center on the NJ Turnpike--what's not to like?

Cheers

Phil Hobbs