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2002-07-26/ in which she gives COOKING ADVICE! MY GOD! THE WORLD IS GOING TO END!


the banner on now is making me think of: oh god, anyone who can't make proper grits is evil. my oafish father made awful too-salty grits last night and i was sad. because. yes. i loove grits. but only how i make them, because i know how to make perfect turn-the-pot-upside-down-and-they'll-never-move grits.
if you ever go to a restaurant what offers grits, do not order them. (which shouldn't be a problem if you don't live in the south.) most restaurants make watery, unsalted, partially-cooked mush, which make me weep at the waste of good grits. ah. this diary banner has made me go on a tirade.

you know what? i'm going to put up my recipe for grits. because. you should have grits. you should.

PAY ATTENTION! because these are the only cooking instructions i will ever EVER give out. put one and one half cups of water, one half cup of eaporated milk, a teaspoon of salt, and half a stick (yes, half a stick! yum, fat!) of butter in a pot, and turn on high. bring to a boil, stirring a bit so the butter melts. gradually, so it won't lump up, add a cup of grits, stirring constantly. as soon as it starts to thicken, turn to medium, and stir a bit more. you have to keep stirring, or the bitch will stick to the bottom of the pot! so, basically, keep stirring it until it's rather thick, and then turn it a bit lower, and let it bubble. i let it cook until i can pick it up on a spoon and it sticks likes a motherfucker. but! even then, you might want to cook it a bit more, because some bits of the corn won't be soaked well, and crunchy grits aren't happy. then, you can add shit, like preserves or syrup, but i likes my grits plain n' buttery. mmmm.

there! there, you fiends! that's all you get! god, how uncharacteristic of me. heeee.
but, kat, do the undead eat grits? do they, kat? DO THEY? HUH???
yes. yes they do. now shut up.

7:33 p.m. E
kat*~





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