Best travel food, ever.

[colormist]

Okay, I'm addicted to instant grits. I take some butter with me in a sealed glass bowl and just dump them in the bowl at lunchtime with some hot water. They are perfect and yummy enough to tolerate for a lengthy period.

Yeah, you might get tired of them if you eat them every day and every meal for a week, but I've been having them every lunch (with some crackers & popcorn) for the past couple weeks and I'm still not tired of them.

I'm going to get more for my travels out-of-state. Recently, whenever I go to Ohio, I usually get sick because nobody has any foodstuff that doesn't have sugar in it. I don't really like taking my own bread and just munching on it all weekend long. I can make rice at my mom's house, but rice isn't good for breakfast.

The instant grits are great because they come in little packages. They don't require refrigeration. They only need hot water (and maybe butter & salt). Of course, you always have those people that make a face and go "EWW.. You're eating GRITS?" It's like they think they're fried fat or something. Maybe it's the name. I'll start calling them corn meal...

[mike]

I love grits but everyday is too much

[julienc]

I do love grits, too. Fortunately they are very common around here so I don't get the "Ewwww" response.

I hadn't thought of getting the little travel packets. Like oatmeal, though, I do tend to burn out on them.

[mazian]

We are from Australia and just saw a packet of grits when we visited Tennessee. I was wondering what they were and didn't try them as we weren't sure if they would be OK. What are they?

[julienc]

It's a corn related product. Hard to describe. Here's the Wikipedia link that can go into more specifics:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits

They do have a "gritty" texture, not smooth like cream of wheat but not lumpy like oatmeal. Very bland tasting, which is usually good for HFI. I put butter and salt/pepper on mine. I personally like them a lot, but others won't go near them. I think it's a texture thing.

[mazian]

I might try them with Sarisa, if I can get them here. Thanks

[charlie]

Do you know, I assumed they were biscuits. I had never heard of Grits, just assumed it was an american snack biscuit. You live and learn!!

[swimfitnut]

don't grits have traces of wheat which have fructans?

Karrah

[CJSculpts]

While it is possible that some brands contain additional ingredients, grits should be just ground corn. They can be more readily tolerated because the aging/drying process converts the sugars to starches.

Yellow grits are made from traditional yellow corn and are actually the same thing as polenta. Polenta is cooked longer (i.e. 30 min vs. 5 min) to break down the meal further and bring out a creamier texture. Polenta is often, but not always, cooked in broth for flavoring. Grits are generally prepared with water and then flavored with cheese, sugar (in the non HFI world), cinnamon, etc.

White grits are made from hominy which is type of corn with much larger kernels. Hominy is also used to make Corn Nuts. Plain white grits have a more mild flavor then plain yellow grits.

[CJSculpts]

;D Only for yokels.

[aaronsmith]

i love japan so i like to travel here and here food .

i like it's famous Ippudo .

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Most bowls start with the chain’s signature slow-simmered pork bone broth and thin, chewy noodles.


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[colormist]

Spambots are getting cleverer by the day.

[charlie]

Dear Breet,

with all due respect

do you actually have a fructose tolerance problem or are you just a bored person with nothing better to do than post random comments.

If you do have a fructose problem, feel free to stay but tell us more so we can help you, if not can you go and irritate another board instead, preferably one without a serious health problem

[mikehorne]

i like to eat burger and hotdog while i travel.

[ukbill]

KFC has always come up trumps in Europe HFI safe and filling.

Well the regular meals and variety meals are, along with the bargain buckets too, I leave off the wraps etc.. as most wraps have HFCS in them!

[eithan]

i like travel at different place. But i don't carry food with me