LOL
Y'all crack me up!
I'm happy dat da lye is washed outta da grits.
-AD (Miss Adrienne)
> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 10:28:43 -0500
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> Subject: [BP] Lyein' Grits
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> From: Adrienne Endres <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Lyein' Grits
>
> >>I knew about the decaf coffee thing, but lye in grits??? That is
> just sad.= ..I do love grits.<<
>
> Don't be sad, Miss Adrienne, be happy for them grits. We always makin'
> tha grits with tha lye, but dont leave no lye IN tha grits. First we
> mix tha lye in with tha water, then we dump in tha shelled out corn
> kernals, with tha lye eatin' off tha skin off a each little kernal, stur
> and stur it over a day. Use a wooden paddle not yur hands. Then we rinse
> an rinse an rinse, get some a tha fresh water from tha crik, rinse em
> some more, cause we dont want that nasty ol lye ta hurt tha nice Miss
> Adrienne. Then we spread that corn on some fresh planed boards out in
> tha sun ta dry out, an bleach out in the mornin' dew, cause we dont want
> tha yellr grits, we them nice an white, so then theys dry and we grind
> them up in tha grits mill, coarse like, then thats all done, you got
> grits!, but only half tha battle, cause we still got ta cook up a mess a
> them grits some morning an you have ta get them grits started early,
> don't tell my daddy, but we get them grits started even before waterin
> tha horses, rememba doncha pour that water inta the grits, ya sift the
> grits inta the boilin water cause you dont want no lumps, its takin
> least ways three hours on them grits, so when your wakin up with the
> sun, Miss Andrienne, well, we got a nice mess a grits ready for ya. So,
> doncha be sad, be happy for yur grits. We even made ya buttah fresh
> yesta day, here, schooch up an have soma a this buttah on yur grits.
>
>
> Jonny
> (any corn left ovah this wintah we makin' corn pone on the stove some
> evenin)
>
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