[AT] OT Redbud/asparagus

Sun Apr 24 06:54:01 PDT 2005

Hi Mattias,

Grits when uncooked are a course ground meal.  They are similar in size to 
fine sand or course saw dust.  Some of the guys will think they are similar 
in taste also.  They are made from ground or otherwise processed corn (maise 
not wheat).  You cook them about the same way you cook rice.  Boil them in 
enough water to cover and add salt to taste.  Then you eat them with butter 
or some sort of gravy of your choice.

Poi is a brownish green slimy gruel made from ground up roots of a Tarrot 
plant and apparently boiled or stewed somehow or another.  That is about all 
I can tell you about it.  It looks sort of like pudding but it doesn't taste 
like it.

You should  be able to find either in a web search.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mattias Kessén" <Mattias.kessen at telia.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus

> Can someone please explain what grits and poi are? I 've tried to not 
> bother but since this thread seems to last forever so... please.
>
> /Mattias
>
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> Ämne: Re: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus
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>
>> Grits, asparagus, poi, boiled okra and now rhubarb! What'll come up next?
>> i was introduced to rhubarb pie by a cousin in Michigan back in 1964. I
>> agree, Bear, it's good stuff!
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >From    : mmman at netscape.com
>> Sent    : Thu, 21 Apr 2005 19:36:34 -0700 (PDT)
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>> Subject : Re: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus
>>
>>
>> >
>> Like Charlie, I was brought up to eat whatever was served and to never 
>> insult
>> my hostess by not eating what was on the table.  But if presented poi 
>> again,
>> I would probably insult my Hawaiian hostess and refuse.  I really thought
>> they had goofed and served watery drywall mud or generic wallpaper paste.
>> Might be good for a case of the galloping back door trots if you could 
>> keep
>> it down.  Only tried it once at a big island dairy looah(sp?) when we 
>> were
>> recieving some air shipped baby calves there and that was enough.
>>
>> On the other hand, I never had asparagus until I was old enough to vote 
>> and I
>> really love the fresh stuff.  Raw, cooked or dipped in beer even.
>> But then I really love all green vegetables and eat almost everything.  I 
>> do
>> not care for pinapple, but if your darling wife or mother bakes a 
>> Pinapple
>> pie or cake, I will eat it and compliment her on her prowess in the 
>> kitchen--
>> that is what Mama taught us boys to do.
>>
>> Grits are another of those things that seams to be regional.  I was 
>> brought
>> up on grits with red eye gravy and bacon on the side.  Just another 
>> breakfast
>> cereal and my maternal grandmother who was a school cook for over 40 
>> years
>> used to mix grits in her pancakes about half time.  I see people eating 
>> them
>> with butter and honey or sugar, but that is kid stuff.
>>
>> Rubarb is another of those things that I never tried till I was 30 or so. 
>> We
>> were shiping Dairy heifers from Iowa to S America and one of the breeders
>> wives was feeding us and she cooked rubarb pie--boy was I hooked.  Guess 
>> as
>> you all can see, when you can see me, I just like to eat almost anything 
>> that
>> holds still while I stick a fork in it.
>> Bear
>> --- "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
>> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 19:20:37 -0400
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus
>>
>> Trust me Phil,  DON'T bother trying poi unless you just want to see how 
>> bad
>> it is.  Let the Hawaians sing all the songs they want to about it.  The
>> stuff ain't fit to eat.  I said earlier that I will eat most anything and 
>> I
>> will.  I was raised not to waste food and you can tell that by looking at 
>> my
>> waist.  (pun intended)  I seldom leave anything much on my plate even if 
>> I
>> don't like it but poi is another story.  I've been to Hawaii twice and 
>> tried
>> it both times.  Last time I tried very hard to eat the stuff.  I just
>> couldn't.   Forget about good food or bad food.  It just doesn't even 
>> taste
>> like food.
>>
>> I'm sure I've offended someone who likes the stuff and I'm sorry but I 
>> just
>> don't know how anyone could eat it unless it was the last thing left 
>> before
>> canabalism.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
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>> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 4:39 PM
>> Subject: RE: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus
>>
>>
>> > Exactly right on the grits, Warren. However, I do enjoy asparagus,
>> > especially in Pat's asparagus casserole. I can't comment on poi,
>> > however, since I've never had any.
>> >
>> > Phil
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >>From    : "Warren F. Smith" <WarrenSmith at palmettobuilders.net>
>> > Sent    : Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:24:47 -0400
>> > To      : 'Antique tractor email discussion group' <at at lists.antique-
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>> > Subject : RE: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus
>> >>
>> >>>I'll agree that poi should be at the bottom of the list, right after
>> >>>*GRITS*.
>> >>>George Willer
>> >
>> > George I normally agree with your curmudgeonly self but those are 
>> > fighting
>> > words around here. Grits are a staple in the South as I'm sure you are
>> > aware. Same as cream of wheat and oatmeal are elsewhere. I eat mine 
>> > with a
>> > little butter and salt, maybe crumble bacon in them. I have seen people
>> > eat
>> > them with jelly, cheese, honey or sugar as well. Look at grits as a 
>> > vast
>> > empty palette on which you can practice your culinary art. Asparagus, 
>> > on
>> > the
>> > other hand, is hopeless.
>> >
>> > Warren
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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