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Encyclopedia WinterCampica - Jackpot Grits
In its conception, this breakfast at Winter Camp XXVI was to feature Grits with eight different toppings, which would be determined randomly for each camper by the spin of a wheel-thus pro- viding for 256 possible main courses. In its implementation on the last day of camp, it was slightly less elaborate, but the results were just as tasty.
At Winter Camp XXVII, Mark Bollman? directed a meal at which 10 different toppings were available: honey, molasses, maple syrup, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, brown sugar, and four colors of food coloring. A spinner was borrowed from the Life board game. Combinations consisting entirely of food coloring were ruled out by the chefs, leading to a total of 1008 possible breakfast entrees. Not all were served. The meal continued at Winter Camp XXVIII.
At Winter Camps XXIX through XXXI, a casino-quality roulette wheel was used to allow campers a chance at 38 different bowls of Grits, which are recorded in Table 23 and have been retained at subsequent Winter Camps. Mark Rosiek spun a 0 at Winter Camp XXIX and received unadorned Grits.
Jackpot Grits Menu
| # | Color | Filling | Topping | # | Color | Filling | Topping |
| 1 | Red | Chocolate Chips | Honey | 19 | Yellow | Chocolate Chips | Honey |
| 2 | Maple Syrup | 20 | Maple Syrup | ||||
| 3 | Brown Sugar | 21 | Brown Sugar | ||||
| 4 | Butterscotch Chips | Honey | 22 | Butterscotch Chips | Honey | ||
| 5 | Maple Syrup | 23 | Maple Syrup | ||||
| 6 | Brown Sugar | 24 | Brown Sugar | ||||
| 7 | Raisins | Honey | 25 | Raisins | Honey | ||
| 8 | Maple Syrup | 26 | Maple Syrup | ||||
| 9 | Brown Sugar | 27 | Brown Sugar | ||||
| 10 | Blue | Chocolate Chips | Honey | 28 | Green | Chocolate Chips | Honey |
| 11 | Maple Syrup | 29 | Maple Syrup | ||||
| 12 | Brown Sugar | 30 | Brown Sugar | ||||
| 13 | Butterscotch Chips | Honey | 31 | Butterscotch Chips | Honey | ||
| 14 | Maple Syrup | 32 | Maple Syrup | ||||
| 15 | Brown Sugar | 33 | Brown Sugar | ||||
| 16 | Raisins | Honey | 34 | Raisins | Honey | ||
| 17 | Maple Syrup | 35 | Maple Syrup | ||||
| 18 | Brown Sugar | 36 | Brown Sugar | ||||
| 0 | Plain Grits | 00 | Grits with everything | ||||
At Winter Camp XXXVIII, Jackpot Grits was served for breakfast on Day Five. The cooks claimed that the roulette wheel was tied up in an ongoing casino foreclosure negotiation and was unavailable to serve as the Wheel of Breakfast. A distribution based on rolls of four Dice was employed to determine the type of Grits served. The following four-step process describes how the Grits were prepared:
- Roll a 20-sided die (d20)
- 1-19: Proceed to step 2
- 20: Reroll
- Even number: Plain grits
- Odd number: Everything grits
- Roll a d4 for food coloring
- 1: Red
- 2: Green
- 3: Blue
- 4: Yellow
- Roll a d6 for topping 1
- 1-2: Chocolate chips
- 3-4: Butterscotch chips
- 5-6: Raisins
- Roll a d12 for topping 2
- 1-4: Honey
- 5-8: Maple Syrup
- 9-12: Brown Sugar
Entry Created: 01/15/2002 Last Update: 01/25/2022
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