grits = excellent. cheese grits = even better.

boiled peanuts i've had once, i remember them being pretty tasty but can't remember much else.

okra i've heard of but had no interest in trying.

it probably helped that i grew up in the south, specifically metro atlanta. you could also ask the same question with "sweet tea". i got a confused look when i naively tried to order that on a trip out to california.

Not only have I never tried them, I've never heard of them until I read this post. I'm in Illinois.

Here is one that most probably haven't heard of... I've met few who know other than the people around my state.

Trail bologna!

Not that it is particularly relevant one year later, but I've heard the words 'grits' and 'okra' but never seen them, and don't quite know what they are (grits always conjures up an image of bad oatmeal) and definitely never had any of the three.

Born and raised in AZ.

I'm from Oregon. I have seen okra, but passed because it looked slimy. I have heard of grits, but never seen it. I have never heard of boiled peanuts.

mmmmmmmmm trail baloney (I think you have to spell it this way, since its not really bologna)

good stuff

Not knowing what this is, I looked it up. It looks very edible, just like any good sausage.

NY - I know what each of those are but I doubt I've had any... though Okra seems familiar to me...

it looks that way, but its about 10 times better than sausage =)

You don't cook it either (well its cooked I think at the butchers) but you eat it cold. Most people do at least.

slam off a hunk and tear into it, or get some swiss and make lil ritz sammies MMMM!!

Thats just for trail bologna!! I get about 20lb of venison trail bologna made every year and its even MORE MMMMM!!!

I've eaten grits and okra, in different forms, but I've never had boiled peanuts, though I've heard of them.
Born and raised Texan.

Anyway, Shani, have you ever made tea from those cold brewed tea bags?
I usually use those, then make a simple syrup using 2 parts sugar + 1 parts water, brought to a boil enough to dissolve the sugar.

I do it this way so I don't have to boil the tea bags. (I always mess that part up) ;)

I have never heard of cheese grits, but I would love a recipe. I bought some grits today and I'm open to new ideas, grits and honey sounded pretty good though.

New Zealand here.
I haven't the faintest idea what okra is. (The word sounds like its some kind of tofu)
I've heard of grits maybe once, very fleetingly, somewhere on american tv.
Never heard of anyone boiling peanuts, and don't know why you'd want to.

I lived in Nashville for several years...so I know what they are.

However, being born and raised in South Africa, moving to Connecticut first, I had NO IDEA until moving South.

Because it can never be said enough: Fried Okra is amazing! Whole, boiled okra is too slimey for me, but I like it in soups, gumbo, etc.

Hate grits, never tried boild peanuts.
Born and bred Arkansan.