Tea was invented to be served cold. Just visit any dining establishment south of the Mason-Dixon Line and ask for tea. At most you might be asked "sweet" or "unsweetened" but it will be served on ice. You do realize tea was invented in the South!

Dirt

PS. I'd be willing to wager that weedkicker doesn't eat grits either.

PSS. I would like to note for the record that urine generated from sweet iced tea makes better fertilizer for growing corn organically! (Just to keep this thread on track.) :^O :^O :^O

PSS. And another thing cups were invented for coffee not tea.

I just read somewhere that you can put a twist ite around the top of the corn and it will keep the worms down. or a rubberband. Does that make sense to any of you? :O

They might disagree with you in China!

"Grits" sounds like some kind of painful disease.

I'd be willing to wager that weedkicker doesn't eat grits either.

Since I had only a vague idea of what grits are I looked up the definition. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that it's...

...NOTHING BUT FREAKIN MUSH!!!!

When I was a kid all I ever got for breakfast was FREAKIN MUSH!!!! I longed for a box of Frosted Flakes or Cocoa Puffs or Lucky Charms, but nooooo, my folks couldn't afford anything but FREAKIN MUSH!!!!

So I choked the stuff down each morning and vowed that when I was finally out on my own I would never have a bowl of FREAKIN MUSH for as long as I lived!!!

Haven't broken that vow yet.

You're welcome to all the grits you can eat.
I promise I won't get in your way.

And spread human hair around to keep the raccoons out. Unless of course you have a HUGE area of corn and don't mind sharing. :O

I wonder if pet hair would work too?

I think you're using the wrong search engine / dictionary! :^O :^O :^O :^O :^O :^O :^O

Ummmmmm, grits good!

So I choked the stuff down each morning and vowed that when I was finally out on my own I would never have a bowl of FREAKIN MUSH for as long as I lived!!! - brussel sprouts!

Dirt

Damn, I can't get on here everyday. I'm sorry I missed the exchange between Dirt, Weedkicker and Freehiker. I will have side with Dirt. Grits are good, best with butter, salt and pepper. Grits are not mush. Grits are made of coursely ground hominy. Mush is a porridge of cooked down meal. Yankees eat mush Southerners eat grits.

Grits: Usually a breakfast item in the US Southern region. Made from the kernel of corn. When corn has been soaked in lye and the casing has been removed it becomes Hominy. The lye is rinsed out very well and the corn is left to harden. Then the swollen hominy is ground up to the texture of tiny pellets. When boiled with water, milk and butter it becomes A CEREAL SIMILAR TO CREAM OF WHEAT
www.romwell.com/cookbook/Glossary/glossary.htm

Hah! You dixie whistlers aren't fooling me. You can give it any kind of clever name you want, but it's still FREAKIN MUSH!!!!!

PTOOIEE!

I've given up on corn. We don't have the space and the last 2 years we attempted to grow corn, the corn developed some kind of fungal thing, everyone who saw it said it was corn smut (disturbing visual images to me, but whatever) and it considered a delicacy in some parts of the world. So I grow more beans, peas and brocolli, or other veggies I know will do well and thrive.

Is this where I throw the towel in?

Dirt :^O :^O :^O :^O

BTW I hope you weren't eating Cream of Wheat and calling it grits.

And Cannucks have their back bacon, with a side of Cream of Wheat.

I think I'll stick with my morning oatmeal! :^O

Heads up, corn lovers. The next issue of OG (June/July) has a feature on growing corn organically.

Signed,

A 'Silver Queen' devotee

I'm going the seed tape route next year! I just got finished punching ALOT of holes and don't really look forward to that next year. :_|