What's a grit?

[chilehed]

Butter and sugar?? INFIDELS!!!

Old-fashioned slow-cook grits only. No instant or quick-grits allowed in my house.

3 tbsp grits, 1 cup of water, dash of salt. Microwave 8 minutes at 40% (adjust for your microwave and altitude) until done - not soupy, but not all thick and pasty either. Butter, black pepper.

Red-eye gravy is great. After cooking the ham I add just a touch of flour to the fat to make a dark roux, and in addition to the coffee I add a bit of sage, black and cayenne pepper, and Worchestershire sauce. Add this to a plate of grits and refried beans and you've got a great breakfast for a day outdoors.

If you like polenta I imagine that your favorite recipie should work with grits as well. They're both corn meal, the biggest difference is that grits are made from hominy.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

Why has no one answered the poor guy's first question? Oh well, I must be the only grit eating person who actually knows what a "grit" is. OK, it's a little hard to explain, but a grit is the tiny, little, hard, seed looking thing hiding at the base of the kernel on an ear of corn. It's not very big, so you may not even notice it's there unless you are looking for it.
The reason why we have grits is that chicken feed is crushed uncooked kernels of corn, but chickens are incapable of digesting the "seed" or "grit". When you buy corn seeds at the garden supply store they give you a "whole" uncooked kernel as a seed. The "whole kernel has the "grit" inside and that (not the kernel) is what makes the corn plant. So there.

By the way just as a note, the proper Southern style is salt, pepper, and butter (real butter). Also, Southern people NEVER cook instant grits. It's against our religion.

Grits. The OTHER white meat!

 

[WalksWithChrist]

I saw some *baked* cheez grits on a breakfast buffet this weekend. Might have to lookup a recipe on that one.

 

[PastorMikeJ]

place your grits(hominy) in the middle of your plate...salt and pepper them then take 2 over easy eggs and place them on top of the pile of grits... begin to cut them up into the grits...yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!

 

[WalksWithChrist]

place your grits(hominy) in the middle of your plate...salt and pepper them then take 2 over easy eggs and place them on top of the pile of grits... begin to cut them up into the grits...yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!

Whoa mama...

 

[BigToe]

man, this is making me wish i had some grits in my cabinet.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

man, this is making me wish i had some grits in my cabinet.

They're cheap!! Go get some. And don't forget the cheez...

 

[Lordbay]

Just as I get to enjoying the instant grits flavors. I can't find them anymore!!! All I can find now is butter and plain grits. I love them, but I really liked the instant chedder cheese grits.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

Just as I get to enjoying the instant grits flavors. I can't find them anymore!!! All I can find now is butter and plain grits. I love them, but I really liked the instant chedder cheese grits.

Don't you hate that? I was just saying last night how every time there's something I like...the store stops carrying it.

 

[leytonstones]

As I've just received some Grits from across the sea, I'll sit in this thread and see what I should do with them...
(Thanks to the ZooMommy for the export of grits to the UK)

Hey, I'm in the UK too.

 

[Randombitsofstring]

I’m kind of surprised no one mention this:

After making grits, pour into a shallow pan and cool over night in the fridge, next morning cut the cooled grits into bite size pieces and deep fry until golden brown.

In the south, we will deep fry anything.

 

[Ms.Garnet]

Yes, but we dredge ours in cornmeal ! My granny used to make these for us when I was small. I love ketchup on mine too !

 

[WalksWithChrist]

I’m kind of surprised no one mention this:

After making grits, pour into a shallow pan and cool over night in the fridge, next morning cut the cooled grits into bite size pieces and deep fry until golden brown.

In the south, we will deep fry anything.

Whaddya call that? Sounds good!

 

[Zandy]

S&P but butter too

 

[WalksWithChrist]

S&P but butter too

I still have yet to try that!

Next time I make grits...I will.

 

[Lordbay]

I like it that way too, but I like to put a fried egg on top. MMMM!!!

 

[ib4au]

Salt, Pepper, Butter, Cheese. The perfect bowl of grits.

 

[Gazelle]

How do you eat your grits? If you eat them at all.

I take mine with butter sugar, but I have been chided in the South for this more than a few times. lol

You eat grits with ham and red eye gravy . . . never heard of using sugar . . . salt and butter is good . . . also grating sharp cheddar cheese into them and you can also bake them . . .

 

[tracifish]

Grits....I don't know...

 

[Lordbay]

My Wife came home the other day talking about cheese grits. That has been the only thing on my mind for the last couple of days. I guess I'm just going to have to break down and make some cheese grits.