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    Default Oatmeal or Grits

    OK, which is it?
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    Oatmeal sticks with me better.

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    If it's no oats, IT'S CRAP.

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    I always thought oatmeal tasted like boogers.
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    Oats... can't get enough of them but grits - sorry, didn't matter what I put in them I could not take to grits at all

    Oats every time
    You know that you're over the hill when your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill.

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    Default Oatmeal or Grits

    The civil war was not about state vs federal rights. It was about grits vs oatmeal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SGT Rock View Post
    I always thought oatmeal tasted like boogers.
    Only if you do 'em up right.

    I've never had grits, though my mother tried cream of wheat on me once. Once.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SGT Rock View Post
    I always thought oatmeal tasted like boogers.
    That's instant oatmeal. Rolled oats, properly made, has a very different texture and flavor. (Scottish Oats is even better, but totally impractical for the trail.)

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    oatmeal provides much more protein than grits. I choose the box with the weight control symbol. More protein, less sugar.

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    Love me some grits with a little bit of butter, salt-n-pepper, and shredded cheddar! Yummy!

    But, I can't stand instant grits so I gotta go with oatmeal on the trail.

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    Grits with salsa filched from Waffle House.

    And I'm a Northern boy. Never could stand oatmeal.
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    How do you get a yankee to eat grits?
    Tell em its white polenta and they can't get enuff of the stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wilson View Post
    How do you get a yankee to eat grits?
    Tell em its white polenta and they can't get enuff of the stuff.
    And charge 'em $4 a bowl. Just like that fru-fru coffee.
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    So what exactly is grits?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JAK View Post
    So what exactly is grits?
    kinda like wallpaper paste

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    Now if someone would only come up with a decent packable biscut and sausage gravy
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    Quote Originally Posted by JAK View Post
    So what exactly is grits?
    Your too smart for that, you gotta be pullin' my leg.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits
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    Years ago, some Yankee tourist were visiting Vicksburg, and they asked the server if they could have grits with their breakfast, since they had heard of them but haven't ever tried them. The server replied, "grits is automatic"

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