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Recipe for "cheese-grits"

NAME

     CHEESE-GRITS - A southern U.S. classic

INGREDIENTS (Serves 3-4)

     100 g     grits, cooked
     100 g     butter
     300 g     process garlic cheese
     120 ml    milk
     2         eggs, beaten

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Cook grits according to package directions  (typi-
               cally  20 - 30  minutes).  After grits are cooked,
               stir in butter and cheese.
          (2)  Cool while adding milk to eggs.
          (3)  Stir milk and eggs into grits.
          (4)  Pour into a buttered casserole dish.
          (5)  Bake at 175 deg. C for 45 min to 1 hour, or  until
               set and browned on top.

NOTES

     Don't expect good  results  with  instant  grits,  use  real
     grits.
     Freezes well.
     Editor's note: grits are ground or cracked hominy. Hominy is
     an  American  Indian  food,  which  is made from dried corn.
     There is virtually no substitute for it, and it is  hard  to
     get  outside North America. It is a very popular food in the
     southern U.S.  In parts of Mexico it is known as  "nixtamal"
     or sometimes "pozole".

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time:  5  minutes  preparation,  2  hours
     cooking.  Precision: no need to measure.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Katherine Rives Albitz
     Hewlett-Packard, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA
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