Hey @CinnamonGirlE AKA Cinni —
What’s all this about shrimp n’ grits?
We should have a cookoff.
I promise I won’t make you listen to Mickey And Sylvia’s “Love Is Strange.”
🤓
@InUnfunky
You promise? That means I have to promise too, lol.
I make a low country creole version with cheese grits. Its southern and good 🍤😋
Only if we both agree to punish ourselves via song kitsch. Yesterday was enough...for a while. heh
Recipe probs pretty similar -- shrimp get a olive oil/garlic/tom marinade w/white wine. Grits hit with more garlic, chicken stock, half/half, cheese n' butter at the end.
Anecdotal -- been in CT then SE VT since '99...and I have yet to see this "maple syrup (it's beyond fantastic, can't lie) in people's grits" travesty. So don't believe THAT hype. 🤓
@InUnfunky
Sounds pretty similar. Using some andoullie sausage with it and yes the garlic is imperative. 
I adore the real deal maple syrup, but have never tried it in grits. I would be game, lol. I'll try most anything once.
If (proverbial) we want to make "corn pudding" then we should make corn pudding and leave it at that. 😎 But no joke, NE maple syrup is incredible...and why they try to put it in EVERYTHING. heh
Trying any food item once -- remember that meme @Maude posted? That one works, but is there a Southern US variant with squirrel and snapping turtle and rattlesnake? 😉
Related -- @Bix says he's not a fan of Marmite and @JoyfullyDazed hates hummus. Anything you'd rule out? 🤔
@InUnfunky @Maude @Bix @JoyfullyDazed
I detest any kind of liver. My mom would every so often do liver and onions, which was disgusting. But she also liked chicken livers. 🤢
I can remember squirrel on the dining room table as a small child. But i Never ate it!😱
How about you?
@CinnamonGirlE @Maude @Bix @JoyfullyDazed
That's an affirmative to both.
(Although with the next bit of info I am bragging to the retired NP in you so watch out...🤓)
Gimme a few to think about what I wouldn't eat out of principle...now or in the past. Cuz since '18 I (again, cuz once vegetarian) stopped eating our mammalian relatives thus causing my cholesterol level to shock and astound any medical person who reads my bloodwork report. 😉
Oh, I know! I refuse to eat fast food. 😂
@InUnfunky @Maude @Bix @JoyfullyDazed
I only ever eat fast food if I am caught out on the road far from home and can't take time to locate something.
I have had vegan patients, and its a healthy lifestyle as long as you are getting your proteins in other ways.
And it is for sure awesome for lipids; again if you aren't eating other crap, lol.