Tom's Diner

Jamie: 30th Dec 2005 - 22:18 GMT

So, just what are grits? I seem to remember my dad tucking into what looked like snot at an all u can eat style affair over in orlando many years ago. Me and my sister tended to opt for a more traditional breakfast of chips and ice cream on that trip. There are a great many fat fat people in florida as i remember. Do you think it's unhealthy that my entire take on your great country is based on two weeks spent on international drive in the mid 90's.

grits: 30th Dec 2005 - 22:23 GMT

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits

fuzzytank: 31st Dec 2005 - 08:54 GMT

strange part is
parently the new americanized fancy name for gritz is polenta

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polenta

the entires dont seem to cross each other that much tho...
err how many ways can you cook cornmeal?

elaine: 31st Dec 2005 - 12:11 GMT

jamie, you are forgetting the informations we glean from the silvery screen and the magical tellybox! it's a magical land viewed through those little lenses!

Peter: 4th Jan 2006 - 16:52 GMT

i had a good lunch the other day... a bowl of cream of asparagus soup with a slab of fresh wheatbread and butter:

elaine: 4th Jan 2006 - 16:54 GMT

that looks very nice, though i am not a fan of soups i am a fan of asparagus, specially english and in season. i have been eating a lot of wheaten soda bread lately - i think it's got crack cocaine in it, because i eat it in a greedy greedy way

Franny Wentzel: 10th Jun 2010 - 20:59 GMT

Supposedly Suzanne Vega's voice in singing Tom's Diner was used to calibrate the compression logorithms used for mp3 files.

lester {larry} isaacs: 29th Dec 2010 - 22:13 GMT

looking for anyone who remembers candy store 14th st and 4th ave
bookie on 3rd ave and 13th st
night trotting bets in lunchonette with steamed windows