# Something you always wanted to try, and were sorely disappointed with when you finally did **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 5, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-always-wanted-to-try-and-were-sorely-disappointed-with-when-you-finally-did/1025419 "2025-12-05T04:25:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 325
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-always-wanted-to-try-and-were-sorely-disappointed-with-when-you-finally-did/1025419/325 "2025-12-12T02:44:15Z")
> [@DaveUnknown](#): > > Shrimp & grits First, everyone’s tastes are different, so not liking shrimp & grits is fine, and I’m not forcing you to change your mind. But I also hated shrimp and grits during the time I (as a young teen) was staying with family in Winston-Salem NC, and _most_ of that was that all the stuff I got was being served at pretty cheap places. So the grits were watery, no tangible butter, cream, cheese, and those _terrible_ micro-salad shrimp, or 3-4 limp but bigger ones that looked like they’d been plucked from one of those mass-market “shrimp cocktail” rings. So a little while back, I decided to make a decidedly upscale option _myself_ where I controlled the quality of all the ingredients. And it was wonderful. Too rich to eat much of in a single serving (and I still overindulged), but totally worth it for me (again, YMMV and it’s fine!) despite a decent bit of work. Recipe here: > [@What's For Dinner Tonight: Episode 2021 – A New Hope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/4203): > > Much food prep this weekend. First, for tomorrow night, I’m doing fancy shrimp and grits, or as the recipe puts it: Though I’ll make it my own by adding a bunch of diced, roasted green chiles to the polenta, and more cayenne to the shrimp. Sunday, I’ll do the test batch for the 4th of July at the in-laws, so mixed berries (raspberry and blueberry) topped with some [Everlasting Syllabub](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=CQksGGtDB2w) from Tasting History. It’ll be red, white, blue and alcoholic, so perfect for the holiday. Test batch of … And the follow-up with pics! > [@What's For Dinner Tonight: Episode 2021 – A New Hope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/4208): > > Update: Shrimp and Grits (by any other name) came out great! [[Imgur] ](https://imgur.com/k6SHraZ) I did add two tablespoons of roasted green chiles to the polenta, and 2 cloves of minced garlic. I used the whole milk I had on hand, but it was almost too creamy and rich, would have been just right with 2% or something similar. And since it’s the season for sweet corn in the store, it was probably a good bit sweeter than the default option from the lovely fresh corn (… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-always-wanted-to-try-and-were-sorely-disappointed-with-when-you-finally-did/1025419)._