Grits

[Chuck52]

I see grits as a non-sweet cereal. I often can't face a bowl of sweet oatmeal or cold cereal, so I'll fix a pan of grits with onion and cheese, and then cover it with Pace picante sauce. That's enough to keep me going through a long morning of garden and yard work. I'm originally from East Tennessee, and I don't think grits were at all common there....at least the first time I remember seeing them on a plate was when my high school band went to the Mardi Gras and we were served grits at breakfast. None of us hillbilly kids had ever seen that white mess before and didn't have any idea what to do with it. It was many years later, after I was exposed to things like polenta and such that I decided grits would make a good base for onions, cheese, bacon, salsa, and whatever else I happened to have to throw in. Really soft cornbread!

Chuck

 

[robison]

Those Shoneys are one of my favorite breakfast places. I grew up in Lawrenceville, outside Atlanta. The grits trees up north just don't grow as well as the ones down south.

 

[fishman]

Mmmmmm, fried grits. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Mmmmmm, cheese grits casserole. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[TheKid]

You folks are making me hungry for a big old platter of grits, greens and chitlins with a big side dish of biscuits an gravey. Wash it all down with a big mug of chicory coffee that will keep a spoon standing straight up.

 

[PhilNH5]

Some one even went and made a website dedicated to grits and sure enough it is grits.com

Phil

 

[SnowRidge]

<font color="blue"> (TBN'ers can co-exist in "hominy".) </font>

Grooaan. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I just remembered, the wife wanted me to go pick some 'maters. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[slowrev]

Rather have Grits than Quiche. I did not know it was pronounced Keesh till a few years ago /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Ben

 

[SnowRidge]

<font color="blue"> (I'm originally from East Tennessee, and I don't think grits were at all common there. )</font>

Well, they are sure common now. When my wife and I go out for breakfast, we always go the Dinner Bell, a local "chain" of two. Almost all of the customers are locals, and grits and gravy are breakfast staples there.

We always have to tell the waitress to "hold the grits and gravy," as neither one of cares for them. BTW, if you are ever passing by Sweetwater or Lenoir City, TN on I-75 and you are hungry, they are great places to stop. Both are close to the interstate, and the food is excellent, plentiful, and cheap. In particular, the fried chicken is as good as you will find anywhere.

 

[Cityboyfarmer]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Grits (hominy), Cream of Wheat, Cream of Rice ... they are all similar cereals. I grew up in the Chicago-area and ate them all while growing up. I guess I didn't realize so many northerners were amazed and fasinated by grits. )</font>

Yes, many northern folk are indeed intrigued with the highly versatile grit. While you resided in Chicago, did you consume your grits in public? The answer to that question might explain your late realization of the northern grit fascination.

Now, hominy and grits are not quite the same thing. One must be careful not to confuse the proper cooking techniques of the two or it could result in a condition know as homogritotoxosis and causes ones face to turn bluish gray.

 

[Gatorboy]

<font color="blue"> ( While you resided in Chicago, did you consume your grits in public? ) </font>

Actually, no. My Grandmother and Father were the ones who cooked them for us.