What do you call this sandwich?

jds4lunch

What the hell is YOUPS??
Here they are either called subs or sandwiches. I was at a restaraunt one time and saw "grits" on the menu. When I tried to order them they waitress said it was a misprint and "grits" were only available in the US. Does anyone know what "grits" are?
 

UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)

Well-Known Member
Here they are either called subs or sandwiches. I was at a restaraunt one time and saw "grits" on the menu. When I tried to order them they waitress said it was a misprint and "grits" were only available in the US. Does anyone know what "grits" are?

Have you ever watched "My Cousin Vinny" with Joe Pesci and a young (and hot) Marissa Tomei? All you need to know about grits is in this movie.
 

rod

Retired 22 years
Here they are either called subs or sandwiches. I was at a restaraunt one time and saw "grits" on the menu. When I tried to order them they waitress said it was a misprint and "grits" were only available in the US. Does anyone know what "grits" are?


Grits are like wallpaper paste only with less flavor:peaceful:
 

moreluck

golden ticket member
Grits is a Native American corn -based food common in the Southern United States, consisting of coarsely ground corn.

Grits are similar to other thick maize-based porridges from around the world such as polenta. It also has a resemblance to farina, a thinner porridge. Grits can be served hot or cold and as a base for a multitude of dishes from breakfast to dessert, depending on the additives. Additives can range from salt and butter, meats, vegetables, and sugar.
 

DS

Fenderbender
Grits are like wallpaper paste only with less flavor:peaceful:

This is an understatement,
Its made of corn,dried, ground, and boiled.
Looks like oatmeal,had mine with the suggested butter and salt.YUCK
May be ok with brown sugar.
 

drewed

Shankman
The couple times ive had grits.....they were sweet so im guessing they had milk and honey? not too bad...

But ive see grits with peppers, chicken legs...just chicken fat all sorts of things in it
 

scratch

Least Best Moderator
Staff member
I eat a bowl of grits every morning Monday through Friday. A bowl of Quaker Instant Grits and a banana is a quick breakfast that holds me over till lunchtime. You have to know what to put in them. Butter, salt, and pepper are a must. They are also good with bacon, sausage, or my favorite: country ham. Some people like cheese or scrambled eggs in them too. I have never had good grits served in a resturant, they are always too bland no matter what I do to them.

As for the sandwich, we call those subs around here. My favorite is an Italian.
 

Catatonic

Nine Lives
This is an understatement,
Its made of corn,dried, ground, and boiled.
Looks like oatmeal,had mine with the suggested butter and salt.YUCK
May be ok with brown sugar.
No way man...damm Canuck!
Grits are good with butter, salt, pepper and red-eye gravy (rendered down gravy from cooking country ham) and the more the better.
Think potatoes or rice...got to have some flavoring.
Save the brown sugar for oatmeal...you may be thinking of rice pudding.
 

stevetheupsguy

sʇǝʌǝʇɥǝndsƃnʎ
Grits are a thicker version of Cream of Wheat. Cream of Wheat is good with any sweetner, such as sugars, honey, etc...

In NYC these type of sandwiches are called Hero's, or at least they were up until i moved in 91. Here, they're called subs. I just call em food. I never walk up to the counter and say,"can I have a sub". I just say, I want one with this or that on it, pronto.:wink2:
 

moreluck

golden ticket member
Scrapple


Pork Mush—The Pennsylvania Treat


By Lynn Kerrigan

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Unless you live in the Middle Atlantic states, you may have never had the dubious pleasure of breakfasting on scrapple—a fried slice of pork-mush. Often erroneously called Philadelphia Scrapple, it's really a dish that originated in the Eastern Pennsylvania farmlands of German born settlers—far from the city of Brotherly Love.
It's dictionary defined as "cornmeal mush made with the meat and broth of pork, seasoned with onions, spices and herbs and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying." The word, scrapple originates from "scrap" or "scrappy" meaning made up of odds and ends for that's exactly what it is—boiled, ground leftover pig scraps with cornmeal and spices thrown in. Scrapple lovers think of it as food for the gods. Anti-scrapplers consider it a culinary abomination.
Scrapple is the unique creation of the Pennsylvania Dutch, and therefore only quasi-American as the immigrants combined their German heritage with New World ingredients. The term "Pennsylvania Dutch" is a corrupted form of Pennsylvania Deutsche, mostly transplanted Rhineland farmers who worked hard and ate heartily. They are frugal people and many of their dishes make imaginative use of every part of the butchered hog's anatomy. Scrapple is one of them.
But what parts of the hog go into the creation of scrapple? After the ham, bacon, chops and other cuts of meat are taken from the butchered pig—what remains are fixings for scrapple—including the meat scraped off the head. Scrapple may contain pork skin, pork heart, pork liver, pork tongue—even pork brains. Those faint of palate needn't venture any further.
pig.jpg

If one can get past what goes into making scrapple, he or she may discover it tastes surprising good—like country-style pork sausage with a unique shape and texture. It's a deck of cards sized slab, crispy on the outside, soft inside and may be embellished with butter, maple syrup, applesauce, ketchup or mashed in with its usual partner: a plateful of fried eggs. Besides, modern day recipes make no use of questionable pork parts. (See recipes below.)
Being born and raised in Pennsylvania, I was destined to have a piece of a scrapple slapped across my breakfast plate. Being a good source of cheap protein, it often made a morning appearance at our table. I didn't quite relish it because of its gray color. That may have been the fault of my mother, the cook. Properly prepared and fried, scrapple should be a tasty looking golden brown.
Although edible raw, Scrapple is usually sliced and fried in butter or lard. Served in a deep, placid pool of egg yolk and ketchup, it is a veritable cholesterol meltdown.


Scrapple
 

haydendavid380

is property of UPS
Scrapple


Pork Mush—The Pennsylvania Treat


By Lynn Kerrigan

wagon.jpg

Unless you live in the Middle Atlantic states, you may have never had the dubious pleasure of breakfasting on scrapple—a fried slice of pork-mush. Often erroneously called Philadelphia Scrapple, it's really a dish that originated in the Eastern Pennsylvania farmlands of German born settlers—far from the city of Brotherly Love.
It's dictionary defined as "cornmeal mush made with the meat and broth of pork, seasoned with onions, spices and herbs and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying." The word, scrapple originates from "scrap" or "scrappy" meaning made up of odds and ends for that's exactly what it is—boiled, ground leftover pig scraps with cornmeal and spices thrown in. Scrapple lovers think of it as food for the gods. Anti-scrapplers consider it a culinary abomination.
Scrapple is the unique creation of the Pennsylvania Dutch, and therefore only quasi-American as the immigrants combined their German heritage with New World ingredients. The term "Pennsylvania Dutch" is a corrupted form of Pennsylvania Deutsche, mostly transplanted Rhineland farmers who worked hard and ate heartily. They are frugal people and many of their dishes make imaginative use of every part of the butchered hog's anatomy. Scrapple is one of them.
But what parts of the hog go into the creation of scrapple? After the ham, bacon, chops and other cuts of meat are taken from the butchered pig—what remains are fixings for scrapple—including the meat scraped off the head. Scrapple may contain pork skin, pork heart, pork liver, pork tongue—even pork brains. Those faint of palate needn't venture any further.
pig.jpg

If one can get past what goes into making scrapple, he or she may discover it tastes surprising good—like country-style pork sausage with a unique shape and texture. It's a deck of cards sized slab, crispy on the outside, soft inside and may be embellished with butter, maple syrup, applesauce, ketchup or mashed in with its usual partner: a plateful of fried eggs. Besides, modern day recipes make no use of questionable pork parts. (See recipes below.)
Being born and raised in Pennsylvania, I was destined to have a piece of a scrapple slapped across my breakfast plate. Being a good source of cheap protein, it often made a morning appearance at our table. I didn't quite relish it because of its gray color. That may have been the fault of my mother, the cook. Properly prepared and fried, scrapple should be a tasty looking golden brown.
Although edible raw, Scrapple is usually sliced and fried in butter or lard. Served in a deep, placid pool of egg yolk and ketchup, it is a veritable cholesterol meltdown.


Scrapple


Wait isn't Scrapple that game with the dice?? :wink2:
 
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