Whats HOT for breakfast

[Ron LaClair]

I don't think I've ever met a bowhunter that didn't like to eat. One of the reasons we hunt is to supply meat for our family. One of my favorite breakfast meals is venison steak and eggs, with maybe just a little raw fried taters on the side.

Around this time of year when the freezer is getting low we may have to have some meatless meals to save on our meat supply and make it last. One of those for me is grits and eggs. Now I know that a lot of folks especially folk from the north turn up their nose at grits. Southerners are raised on grits so it's a staple for them.

The reason some don't like them may be because of how they fix em. First off don't use instance grits, the old fashion grits that you cook for 15 to 20 minutes is best. I don't like my grits to run all over my plate, they need to be thick enough to stand like mashed taters. Grits will hold their heat a long time so I usually put them on my plate first, add a slab of butter and sprinkle heavily with grated sharp cheddar cheese on top.

As the cheese is melting, plop 2 or 3 eggs in a pan (I prefer 3) flip em over easy and slide em on top of your grits. Now for the important part, before I put on the eggs I sprinkle the grits liberally with hot sauce, Louisianan hot sauce or whatever brand you prefer. I picked up some hot sauce at the Compton rendezvous from some fellows from Tennessee representing a company called "Rock Creek Farms" Their "Super Hot Whiskey Sauce" should come with a warning label and be used sparingly.

This is a stick to your ribs meal and you'll more and likely skip lunch and not be hungry until suppertime. With this recipe I gar-own-tee you'll never say grits are bland and tasteless again.

 

[Sam McMichael]

Grits, Ron, Grits. It is great to see a Northener who appreciates them. Also, they are not just for breakfast as in shrimp and grits.

Someday us Southern guys need to put together a Trad Gang grits recipe book so we can enlighten the rest of the bow hunting world.

Remember the long running grits thread from a year or so ago? It was fun.

[Frenchymanny]

mmmmmmmmmmmm.....I'm hungry again!
         

F-Manny

[Big Ed]

Looks good to me!!

[awbowman]

Ron, you just made me darn HUNGRY!


But, you forgot to add piping hot Community Coffee (of which I'm having a cup of right now)!

sa ce bon!

[ArkyBob]

Ron, that's a breakfast any southerner could be proud of. Add a couple of biscuits and gravy and you're set!!!

BOB

[smokin joe]

Ron,
You hit the nail on the head. Grits with cheese -- man, that's good.
As a yankee who has been transplanted to the south, I have learned about grits. Try very finely grated cheddar mixed into the grits so it all melts -- wow!
My vote for hot sauce goes to Texas Pete, made in Winston-Salem, NC -- regardless of the Texas name. Just a hint of sweet in with the hot.
I love breakfast, any time of day. Breakfast is the "Hunter's Meal"

[Hawkeye]

Mmmmmmm.... Gree-uts!!!

[Ulysseys]

oh man, venison and eggs with hot sauce, I lost my concentration there.

[the elf]

What are grits?????---I am not trying to be funny--but being from Canada---I do not have a clue what you are talking about. Alonzo the elf.

[2treks]

That sauce is some HOT stuff, I had some on my home made venison hash with eggs on top this morning.(taters, venison, onions and red/green peppers)
like dippidy doo, a little dad will do ya.

PS, That grit thread is still one of the funniest threads yet. somebody should dig it up.

CTT

[Spitfire Htr]

Mmmmm...Mmmm That's what I'm talking about. Throw a little country bacon or sausage in there with some cathead biscuits and Hawwww, that's some fine eatin.

[straitera]

Sure described a perfect breakfast! Like to eat my grits last smothered in redeye gravy.., as in dessert!

[RkyMtn Joe]

I like the grits too but that hot sauce will fire you up all day.  However since I take a nexium every day, I can usually handle stuff that is hot and spicy.

I like mine with eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy.  Growing up on a farm in Tennessee, we occasionally put molasses or karo syrup on them with butter and ate them as a cereal.  I still like them that way now.

[The Vanilla Gorilla]

A meatless southern breakfast is about as real as the toothfairy.

If I have to crawl underneath the house, drag that possum out and stomp him to death with my bare feet, I'm having some sort of grilled or fried meat with my eggs.  

I'll run out of eggs before I run out of breakfast meat.  And if I run out of eggs, then I'm going out back and grabbing an unproductive hen for breakfast.  I find if one hen has to take one for the team, it motivates the rest of the flock!

[Rick Butler]

Wow Ron, you eat good!

[Butch Speer]

Originally posted by the elf:
What are grits?????---I am not trying to be funny--but being from Canada---I do not have a clue what you are talking about. Alonzo the elf.

Someone needs to enlighten this northern gentleman. I ain't technical enough  

[awbowman]

V-GORILLA, that's funny ....  but true!

[BMN]

You can cover almost anything in cheese and hot sauce and make it taste good.   :rolleyes:

[Bud B.]

Had my two eggs, over medium, with bacon, grits, and pan toasted wheat bread this morning. I like my thickly cooked grits with a heavy covering of black pepper and a pat of butter to freshen the taste. No salt. Eggs covered in black pepper and Texas Pete Hot Sauce from local Winston-Salem, NC.


I'm heading out to Caifornia in a few weeks. Gonna look up the Pico Pica Hot Sauce.  I had some out there in April and love that stuff. Can't find it here locally.

Good stuff Ron. Hopefully I'll have some wild bacon to go the the above some day.