Re: Grits!

[Guest guest]

Looooooove grits! I am in MI but my daddy was from Louisianna and

didn't move to MI until 30 yrs of age - so we grew up eating grits.

I used to belong to the official site and as I recall they were not

on P1 or P2 - I still sneak them in once in a while. Gotta have my

grits! It hasn't hurt me yet

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> Hey y'all....

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> Anyone do the grits thing? I'm curious if they're allowed on the

SBD at

> all. Although a variety of corn hominy has a GI of 40, I would

think hominy

> simply wouldn't be alloed because it is processed essentially the

same as

> white rice (who'd want it anyway, they use lye to get the hulls

off --

> yuck!). I cannot find any GI ratings on whole corn grits though so

I'm

> curious if that would be allowed since they DO include the whole

grain.

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[Guest guest]

> I've actually looked this up on the SBD site a couple of

> times. I just keep hoping they'll change their mind.

> They're considered P3 which baffles me. In the GF/GC guide I

> think it lists them as limited. Hmmm. I mail order mine

> from a granery in Georgia so I figure they're as close to

> whole grain as they're going to get. I don't eat them every

> day, but every now and then this Southern girl needs a grits fix.

I'm wondering if this is another one of their " keep it simple stupid "

things. There are two types of grits -- one includes the bran/germ, the

other (hominy) does not. It probably goes back to the whole no-corn thing.

[Guest guest]

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I don't know. I can't eat corn anymore since I developed an allergy,

so I never paid attention. But, corn isn't allowed, so I just would

have assumed it's not allowed.

ann

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> > I don't have access, but when I did the macrobiotic diet, I could

> > only have whole grains and grits were not allowed, as they were

> > considered a refined grain like white bread. Whole yellow cornmeal

> > was allowed, tho. I used to make polenta all the time.

>

> Well, there are different kinds of grits. Grits made from hominy are

> refined (they actually soak the grains in lye to separate the

hulls). There

> ARE whole corn grits though that include the bran and germ.

>

> So, are you saying whole yellow cornmeal is allowed on the SBD?

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>

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[Guest guest]

> I don't know. I can't eat corn anymore since I developed an allergy,

> so I never paid attention. But, corn isn't allowed, so I just would

> have assumed it's not allowed.

True, but then again, popcorn IS allowed and it's a type of corn.

[Guest guest]

That may be. Possibly this is yet another example of them playing it safe. I

went back to the SBD site and re-read the nutritionist's note. Here it is:

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Ok...now that pretty much describes the normal Quaker grits that are widely

available in the grocery store. However, here is the description of the grits

that I get via mail order:

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This doesn't seem to be what the nutritionist is describing above, does it?

Well, I'm holding my ground here. Over my cold, dead body.....you get the idea.

Just gotta have those grits occasionally.

By the way, for those of you who have trouble finding good quality grain

products, I'll put in a plug for Nora Mill. They have a lovely Whole Wheat

Bread Flour as well as a really nice Whole Wheat Pastry Flour. Their prices are

reasonable and they come in cute little cloth sacks. I know...that last part

doesn't matter, but I like it anyway.

Their website is: www.noramill.com Just don't stray into the

Pancake/Waffle mix section. They're fantastic, but NOT SBD friendly.

Betsy Hall, RE: Grits!

I'm wondering if this is another one of their " keep it simple stupid "

things. There are two types of grits -- one includes the bran/germ, the

other (hominy) does not. It probably goes back to the whole no-corn thing.