Grits Casserole

[DanG]

Believe it or not, I saw this on network television.  It was on the cooking segment on one of the "Good Morning" shows...CBS I think.  The guy started off with a pot of grits cooked the normal way, then added a cup of grated cheese, some diced peppers and diced onion.  Then he broke and beat four eggs, dumped them in, stirred it all up and poured it into a glass baking dish.  Next, he sprinkled a generous layer of grated cheddar cheese over the top and poked it in the oven to bake for 20 minutes.  I think I'm gonna have to try it.

[fishpharmer]

DanG, thanks for sharing that, sounds good to me.  I will try it to.

[LeeB]

Crumble some bacon into also.

[Gary_C]

Well first of all DanG, why were you watching that CBS left wing network. Were you missing Katie Couric?  :D

But more important, wouldn't that casserole be even better with some taters instead of them there grits?  ??? ???

:D :D

[CHARLIE]

What are taters? Sounds like some kind of weed or something.  Certainly no sane person would eat a weed. ;D

[DanG]

Well first of all DanG, why were you watching that CBS left wing network. Were you missing Katie Couric?  :D

But more important, wouldn't that casserole be even better with some taters instead of them there grits?  ??? ???

:D :D

Well Gary, it was either that or cartoons.  You bunch didn't have nothing to say, so I was bored.  I have my feelings about Ms. Couric, but will reserve them for a more appropriate audience, perhaps in a PM. ;) ;D

Now as far as the grits vs taters controversy is concerned, I really feel sorry for you deadheads that don't have both.  Ya see, I eat taters a lot too...I love'em.  In fact, my Bride made a batch of tater salad today, and I had some French fries at lunch.  A good baked tater is something good to eat, and smashed taters make a good container for gravy.  Taters au cheese is a real treat too, but none of it compares to a really good puddle of grits.  The only thing I can think of that's better than a bite of fried egg with some grits, and that's a bite of fried mullet with some grits.  You really otter try it sometime.

[scgargoyle]

I'll see your mullet 'n grits, and raise it with shrimp 'n grits. Now we're talkin'!

[DanG]

I'll go with the mullet thanks.  Shrimps make me puke, and I'd lose all my grits.

[Tom]

Supper tonight was fried catfish filets, grits and butter.  Aw-w-w-w--w-w-- Man was it good.

[CHARLIE]

I like fried Bream, grits and hushpuppies. I like the Bream fried crisp so I can crunch down on the fins. They're gooood. 8)

[WDH]

Second day grits formed into patties and sauted in butter ain't bad either  .

[Gary_C]

Yikes, they are ganging up on me. And no help for me from anyone while I was off working. 

Guess all the rest of the northern guys with taste buds left are afraid to speak up.  :D :D

Second day grits formed into patties and sauted in butter ain't bad either  .

But you left out the part about them being good, just ain't bad. If you left out the butter, would there be any taste at all?  :D :D

I have my feelings about Ms. Couric, but will reserve them for a more appropriate audience, perhaps in a PM. ;) ;D

I hear ya DanG. But Diane Sawyer doesn't have such a hard edge.  ;D

[WDH]

Yep, turn your back to go to work and the grits show up on the back porch again .

[DanG]

If you left out the butter, would there be any taste at all?  :D :D

Gary, how often do you eat a tater with nothing on it? :

[Bill]

DanG - Now you all made me hungry - and I hardly finished dinner just a couple hours ago. I think there may be some sweet tators in the fridge - mostly I like sweet tators more than the regular tators.  My sister even got me to try sweet tator chips ( someone was giving out some kind of promo packs and she got a handful ) - have to admit I kinda liked 'em after I got used to the idea but don't think I'll be buying 'em less they make them the same price as regular tator chips . 

Course some think my name is Mikey - cause I like everything on the plate.    ;D

[Gary_C]

Gary, how often do you eat a tater with nothing on it? :

Couple times a week when I am working and staying at the job. I just take some frozen fries, preferably the crinkle ones and microwave them and just eat them hot out of the microwave with nothing on them. Occasionally put some ketchup on them, but not often any more.  ;D

[DanG]

Put the ketchup(NOT Heinz) on them.  It is actually a pretty wholesome food.  I sometimes eat steamed new potatoes with nothing on them.  They're almost as good as grits with nothing on them.

[crtreedude]

I will have to admit, if you bury grits in enough stuff so you can't taste them, they can be pretty good...  :D

[fishpharmer]

Put the ketchup(NOT Heinz) on them.  It is actually a pretty wholesome food.  I sometimes eat steamed new potatoes with nothing on them.  They're almost as good as grits with nothing on them.

amen.

[Patty]

No Heinz ketchup! Ha!  ;D

[thecfarm]

Gary,did not mean to leave you in your time of need.  :D  But when I saw the titled of this thread,I did not want to read it.I have better things to do than to talk about something that has no real cause in life.  :D  I'm waiting on the family turkey hunters this morning to come back and show me their bounty. Must be real bored to click on to this tread.  ;D

[DanG]

Patty, you're using the term "served" rather loosely, aren't you? : :D :D

cfarm, it pains me to know that a nice guy like you is being deprived of one of life's true gastronomic joys, and I'm wondering what the reason could be.  Since we know that the grits themselves are good, and the only other ingredient involved is water, I can only conclude that you folks have some really crappy water up there. :

[Gary_C]

cfarm, glad to finally have some assistance.  :D

But I think I get it now. This grits thing is something like a secret society or secret handshake. These guys don't admit in public that they hate those things, but behind closed doors they all say "ugh, those things are awful. If it wasnt for tradition, we couldn't eat them either. It's best to doctor them up in order to be at all palatable."

It's kind of like the Norwegians and Lutefisk except that I am part Norwegian and I and my father before me always said openly "ugh, that lutefisk is awful."   :D :D :D

[thecfarm]

There goes the stocks on Poland Spring Water.
We had a thread on this a while ago when I was siting at an Amish friend's table and those grits were coming around the table like Dale Earnhardt going down the straight away before turn 3.   

[Gary_C]

 :D :D :D

We got em on the run now. Or maybe they all got the runs.   8)