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Did you see the movie , My Cousin Vinny ?  The time it takes to cook grits helped to establish the timeline for a murder.

country bumpkin

I liked it.

Grits would be a bowl of tasteless mush.  Some people top with butter, salt and pepper, while others use cream and sugar.  (I see that Ed uses a combination of both.)

Southerners (USA) ...I know, I know, I know....you LOVE them!  I think they're nothing more than a tasteless tummy filler.          lol!

Ducky

Maple syrup can fix anything! lol

It's the poor man's version of Italian Polenta.

Hello.. Georgia Girl here.... LOL..... Grits are ground corn. And it is a sin in the South to put sugar or milk in them... (I am a sinner) Salt ,pepper, butter and what ever else you are eating mixed in is perfectly acceptable. (eggs, bacon,sausage, hot sauce...... ) 

To me, it is a kind of hot breakfast cereal that has no flavor until you add sugar or honey. 

Ducky

Echo!

They are really good at least to me, they taste like rice however I like to eat grits with butter, cream and sugar. They were at one time just a byproduct of corn hominy.

I have a big bag of them on my kitchen counter. I love grits with salt, pepper and butter, maybe some hot sauce. I have a friend who loves them with a runny egg on top.  I'll also cook them with garlic and add cheese.....

Ducky

I had them once with garlic and cheese and they tasted better that way...still not my favorite food, but better. :)

grits plural of grits (Noun)

Noun: A dish of coarsely ground corn kernels boiled with water or milk.The kernels from which this dish is made.

I think there  bigger in the southern USA than up north...

Ducky

Southerners argue that there is NO COMPARISON between cream of wheat and their grits but that's the way I see it too...they're the same thing. :)

They are a lot more popular in the southern states than the northern ones. I don't even know if you could purchase them in the supermarket where I live...I don't recall ever seeing them there. I love southern cooking, but grits isn't on my list of favorites.

Ducky

Southern cooking....yummy! (except grits) :)

ground up white or yellow corn,add grits to water to cook. It makes a soft cereal or mush.Add sugar,or honey and milk. Flavor to your pleasure.

coursely ground hulled grain... it didn't provoque any thought in my mind. What am I missing?

"Grits is what I does"  with my teeth when I am overly tempted to say something I really shouldn't.  

Ducky

LOL!! Me too but it doesn't always work for me!

Very thought provoking indeed! I think it tastes like wallpaper paste. I believe it's something the south serves to us notherners when we visit, sort of like their little inside joke.

Ducky

They whisper to each other..."Watch this ya'll"

Here's what my maw used to do with "grits"...roast the dry cornmeal in a cast iron pan without oil  just to heat it up...meanwhile you've fried up some onions with bacon bits and then add a couple cups of milk to the hot cornmeal and a few beaten eggs,and stir in the fried bacon-onion mixture...then sprinkle a few pinches of crushed black peppercorns on there and pop it in a 350 degrees F oven for 45-50 minutes and Voila!...delicious heart-attack on a plate! Grits...Polish style it's called Natchinka.Peace.

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