Cracker Barrell, Grandy's, etc., all will use pre-prepared foods, i.e. Frozen or boxed...they don't use anything made from scratch >From: joepete@juno.com >Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Re: Georgia Ice Cream, A.K.A. as Grits >Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 07:40:17 -0500 > >The cracker barrel restruants along the highway serve grits ever day but >they are the refind kind much finer than the old stone ground kind. >Remember they use to fry them like patties and they were good that way >too. >joepete@juno.com > >On Tue, 08 Aug 2000 19:27:29 -0400 mary <mrmungo@InfoAve.Net> writes: > > Oh Billie, Vernon is soooooo lucky! Can we come to your house? All > > of you > > are making me hungry... > > Mary in SC > > > > At 06:10 AM 01/08/1997 -0500, vernon & billie wrote: > > >I still cook grits for breakfast as well as when we have fish. > > Cornbread > > >almost everyday.Biscuits 4 or 5 times a week. Beans, peas, corn, > > potatoes, > > >tomatoes, cukes, onions,squash and okra out of our garden,out of > > the freezer > > >or off the canning self. I am making crab apple jelly, fig > > preserves and > > >pear preserves today. Pepper jelly tomorrow and O have already > > made salsa. > > >Billie > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: Angus P. Robinson Jr <scottyr@netnitco.net> > > >To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 5:28 PM > > >Subject: [GA-Roots] Re: Georgia Ice Cream, A.K.A. as Grits > > > > > > > > >> Good Afternoon, > > >> As a southern born boy my grandma, God Bless her, often > > >> made grits. Sometimes we ate them like kids eat cereal today, > > >> and at other times we ate them as a side dish to bacon and eggs. > > >> How I would love to see her cooking on the old wood stove again. > > >> She also ironed her clothes using the old time cast iron "iron" > > >> that was heated on the wood stove. How she could handle the > > >> heat isn't know but Grandma Ida Morris Robinson did it. > > >> Surprisingly, many of the local restaurants serve grits. > > Of > > >> course we are a farming and recreational community. Back in > > >> the big city when you ask for grits the waitress looks like I > > just > > >> asked her to unrobe. Unless she is southern born she just says > > >> "huh". > > >> Angus "Scotty" Robinson > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com