Mmmm Grits

Question: Are grits and cream of wheat the same thing?


Answer: NO

Cream of Wheat is a hot breakfast cereal invented in 1893 by wheat millers in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The cereal is currently manufactured and sold by B&G Foods. Until 2007, it was the Nabisco brand made by Kraft Foods. It is similar in texture to grits, but made with farina (ground wheat) instead of ground corn. The product made its debut at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

Grits is a type of corn porridge, which is common in the Southern United States consisting of coarsely ground corn. This is similar to many other thick maize-based porridges from around the world such as polenta. It also has a lesser resemblance to farina, a thinner porridge.

Snow Day!

I wished for a snow day and I got it. Now, I told myself that I would move the rest of my stuff into my new place if it was a snow day because then I would have tons of time. Well, I didn't really think about how I have to shovel myself out of my parents' driveway and then I will be trudging through the snow at my parents' and my new apartment getting all wet and wearing myself out even more.

Now I'm having quite a time trying to gather the energy to get outside and get started. That means getting cold. I'm nice and cozy and sleepy here at my parents' place. It's like, why would I want to leave? I know why but it is hard to leave comfort.