4/24/2003: Grits rolling contest

Undertoad · 04-24-2003, 12:01 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the World Grits Festival in St. George, S.C. and the "Rolling in the Grits" contest. The official caption sez the festival also includes "the grits eating contest, grits grinding, grits quilt drawing and the gala Grits Parade. Plus hours of religious music."

How would starving African children react to this? "In America, we play with our food.* We have so much of it we just roll around in it for fun."

Note that this is a subtle trend in IotD: the contest of regional interest. Previously we've seen Delaware's "punkin chunkin", a mud race in Britain, and there have been a few others as well if I recall. This is the first one that makes me want to actively avoid the region of the contest.

Coincidentally, we celebrate the creation of the Cellar Food and Drink section, huzzah!

*I think this line comes from a distant memory of a pre-Tonight Show Leno routine where he wonders what African children would think of Mr. Potato Head.

MachineyBear · 04-24-2003, 12:22 PM

That's what happens when tell the waitress at a Waffle House that you're starving.

Cochese · 04-24-2003, 12:47 PM

So in addition to smothered and covered Waffle house grits, you now have smothering.

04-24-2003, 12:51 PM

If the Slashdot crowd got ahold of this...

arz · 04-24-2003, 12:58 PM

So, that woman is Natalie Portman?

04-24-2003, 01:16 PM

Probably more like "Mary-Sue Portman", but...

wolf · 04-24-2003, 01:27 PM

first thought ... "Better to roll in them than to have to eat them."

First memory ...

"What are grits, anyways?"
"Grits 'r fifty."
"But what are they?"
"They're extra."

(of course the memory isn't good enough right now to recall WHICH Laurie Anderson piece this is from, but I'm pretty sure it's on United States Live.)

And · 04-24-2003, 02:12 PM

Everyone has their own kink, I guess...

Elspode · 04-24-2003, 02:41 PM

Why do I have this sudden urge for a big bowl of tapioca pudding topped with Cool Whip?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-24-2003, 04:07 PM

Quote:

In America, we play with our food

Grits ain't food!

novice day off · 04-26-2003, 03:12 AM

What are grits? Porridge(oatmeal)?

novice day off · 04-26-2003, 04:34 AM

What are grits? Porridge(oatmeal)?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-26-2003, 11:43 AM

Grits are boiled, coarsly ground, corn. The kernels are first stripped of their skins with lye.

wolf · 04-26-2003, 11:51 AM

See, novice day off, you should have stuck with "grits 'r fifty."

Whit · 04-26-2003, 12:19 PM

     Grits are only good with a proper amount of butter. You can tell by the color these don't have it. Some people add sugar too, but that's just sick.
     For the record, grits are one of those things that shouldn't be good but are. It can't be explained.

04-24-2003, 12:01 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	4/24/2003: Grits rolling contest Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the World Grits Festival in St. George, S.C. and the "Rolling in the Grits" contest. The official caption sez the festival also includes "the grits eating contest, grits grinding, grits quilt drawing and the gala Grits Parade. Plus hours of religious music." How would starving African children react to this? "In America, we play with our food.* We have so much of it we just roll around in it for fun." Note that this is a subtle trend in IotD: the contest of regional interest. Previously we've seen Delaware's "punkin chunkin", a mud race in Britain, and there have been a few others as well if I recall. This is the first one that makes me want to actively avoid the region of the contest. Coincidentally, we celebrate the creation of the Cellar Food and Drink section, huzzah! *I think this line comes from a distant memory of a pre-Tonight Show Leno routine where he wonders what African children would think of Mr. Potato Head.

04-24-2003, 01:27 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	In re: Grits first thought ... "Better to roll in them than to have to eat them." First memory ... "What are grits, anyways?" "Grits 'r fifty." "But what are they?" "They're extra." (of course the memory isn't good enough right now to recall WHICH Laurie Anderson piece this is from, but I'm pretty sure it's on United States Live.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-24-2003, 02:12 PM	#8
And Conjunction Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Conjunction Junction Posts: 168	Hooboy... Welcome to the South. Everyone has their own kink, I guess... __________________ -And, Word Wrangler and Keeper of the Cuttlefish.

04-24-2003, 02:41 PM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Why do I have this sudden urge for a big bowl of tapioca pudding topped with Cool Whip? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-26-2003, 11:43 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Grits are boiled, coarsly ground, corn. The kernels are first stripped of their skins with lye. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-24-2003, 12:22 PM	#2
MachineyBear Romantic Necromancer Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 29	That's what happens when tell the waitress at a Waffle House that you're starving.

04-24-2003, 12:47 PM	#3
Cochese Disorderly Orderly Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 54	So in addition to smothered and covered Waffle house grits, you now have smothering.

04-24-2003, 12:51 PM	#4
dave Guest Posts: n/a	If the Slashdot crowd got ahold of this...

04-24-2003, 12:58 PM	#5
arz Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: So Cal Posts: 137	So, that woman is Natalie Portman?

04-24-2003, 01:16 PM	#6
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Probably more like "Mary-Sue Portman", but...

04-26-2003, 03:12 AM	#11
novice day off Writer of Writings Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: aussie aussie aussie Posts: 14	What are grits? Porridge(oatmeal)?

04-26-2003, 04:34 AM	#12
novice day off Writer of Writings Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: aussie aussie aussie Posts: 14	What are grits? Porridge(oatmeal)?

04-26-2003, 11:51 AM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	See, novice day off, you should have stuck with "grits 'r fifty." __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-26-2003, 12:19 PM	#15
Whit Umm ... yeah. Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Arkansas, USA Posts: 949	Grits are only good with a proper amount of butter. You can tell by the color these don't have it. Some people add sugar too, but that's just sick.      For the record, grits are one of those things that shouldn't be good but are. It can't be explained. __________________ A friend will help you move. A true friend will help you move a body.

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