USA. If I am not mistaken they are from the hearts of the corn as opposed to
wheat hearts called cream of wheat in many places. The "instant" variety is
for people who do not want to actually cook them :) something like oatmeal
(porridge). They are traditionally served with butter and pepper (wouldn't
want it to be without fat and toxins now would you?) However, we make them
the old fashioned way, we cook them for about 15 minutes or so and once done
serve with honey (the raw unfiltered kind) and some apple sauce in the
middle and for a more adventuresome go of it a little yogurt swirled is also
nice.
And that is grits ! Ha!
Luc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] RE: Fire ants wasZXZX
Old post...
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 03:59:55 +0800
From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re fire ants
Hi there
Vera wrote:
<We have had great success using instant grits on fire ant mounds. We
just sprinkle some grits on the mound (never measured how much).
Apparently when the ants drink, the grits swell up and ants die.
Works for us.
Vera
Becoming more self-sufficient and God-dependent.>
Fire ants I know about, or at least the local variety - small, vicious,
completely unreasonable, and lots of back-up! They don't make mounds here
but that doesn't stop them making life impossible. I know you can kill
them
with fermented citrus peels, though they always come back of course. But
what exactly are instant grits?
Keith Addison
Lantau Island
Hong Kong
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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:01:58 -0500
From: "Barbara J. Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re fire ants
Keith: I don't know if your Hong Kong fire ants are the same species as
ours, which were unintentionally imported from South America. They sound
the same: small, make small or large mounds, vicious, and completely
unreasonable. It sounds like your killing method of fermented citrus
peels is ahead of our general knowledge. Our organic gardening guru on
the radio has advocated using orange oil (from processed orange peels).
My problem is that after buying an expensive gallon of the stuff, I don't
know how much to add to a gallon of drench. I want to kill but don't want
to waste an expensive ingredient. According to the guru's advice, it is
to be added to manure compost tea mixed with molasses for a long-lasting
effect.
Barbara USDA zone 7/8 southwest of Fort Worth, Texas
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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:32:13 -0500
From: "Barbara J. Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re fire ants (grits)
P.S. Keith: I just realized I didn't answer your question regarding
grits. I'm relatively new to the south but grits are a true southern
dish. They are hulled and coarsely ground kernels of corn (maize)
which are cooked to form a porridge.
Barbara southwest of Fort Worth
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Never did try peeing on them, but I found this stuff worked well against
fire ants:
"Organic Ant Killer (Greenco)
Ready-to-use insecticidal soap spray which kills by contact and is safe
even in the kitchen.
AI: Fatty acids GRAK 500ml £4.25"
Other people talk of "mild soap". Has anyone tried the glycerine
by-product from biodiesel, with or without the methanol? Or, perhaps
better, the FFA soapstock you get when you separate the by-product
components?
The ants here are neither vicious nor unreasonable, they don't kill
people, I'm not after murdering them to find out if the by-product will do
the job, but I'd like to know.
This is worth a look:
http://www.biconet.com/
BIOCONTROL NETWORK
http://www.biconet.com/solutionsdg.html#Fireant
Fire ants
Regards
Keith
Very funny Buck. My neighbors need binoculars or a telescope to see what
I am doing that closely and would have to telephone. In the city, I
assume that a specimen jar for collections would be used. But yes, we do
have to fight a war with the fire ants, they will kill a human if you give
them the chance.
Bright Blessings,
Kim
At 12:07 PM 10/8/2004, you wrote:
, 3 to 4 applications
of urine from a male that eats meat will kill the hill completely. The
early morning variety of urine is the most effective.
Bright Blessings,
Kim
hi kimm, i imagine that paraticlular firee ant warfare is a praetty good
stress relivever also,,,,andd if ithe neighb ors say anything,, just
say,,, hey, itsss fire ants,,,,,,, theyll understand,,,they may not
understand that your killim themm but they will approve,,buck
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