With his cracked voice, skinny frame, and unkempt hair, Hall went on to play nerds and dweebs in such films as Sixteen Candles (1984) and The Breakfast Club (1985), working so well under the direction of John Hughes that there were those who assumed that Hughes was treating the young actor as an alter ego, reliving his own misfit high school years.
Grits are made from hominy - but with more processing. After the whole kernels have been soaked in an alkaline (not acid) lye or lime solution and cooked until soft and the hulls and germ removed with copious rinsing, the resultant hominy is dried and then coarsely ground to make grits..
Hominy is then ground into grits, which are boiled in water and served as a breakfast cereal or side dish. Oatmeal is made from harvested oat grain. Once the hull is removed, the oats are either ground into steel-cut oats or rolled for a quick-cooking oatmeal.