I would also like to know what they are made of and how they are cooked??
2006-12-06 16:06:12 · 15 answers · asked by Moira S 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
I'm a ' pasty white California girl ' . . .but what I know grits to be is cooked cornmeal. I believe the cornmeal is mixed with some water then boiled and / or made into a paste and fried in a pan like pan cakes would be. I think many times flavor enhancers are added such as cooked in bacon grease or other flavors added in the cornmeal water mixture. How did I do for a white California girl . . . close to the mark ?
2006-12-06 16:10:41 · answer #1 · answered by onelight 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Above give you the idea. I was 8 years old when we moved to Augusta, Georgia. My dad took us to a restaurant for breakfast and they had Grits on my plate. This was new to me and they tasted terrible. The waitress seeing I was not eating my Grits asked me what was wrong. I told her I did not like Grits. So, she poured a little sugar on them and stirred in some butter. Then she said; "try them now". I been eating Grits ever since. Ha! Now I am older and like them with just the Butter.
Below a link to a picture of a Southern Breakfast of Eggs, Ham, Grits (In Bowl by Ham and Eggs) and Biscuits with Jelly.
2006-12-07 00:20:26 · answer #2 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grits=Goodness. Mmmm!
2006-12-07 00:11:45 · answer #3 · answered by fe2bsho 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out this web site. It has a "what's a grit" icon and recipes too.
Take it from a true southerner, grits are best slow cooked (none of that quick single serving stuff) and served with polish sausages and tomatoes!
Mmmmm Mmmmm!
2006-12-07 00:11:18 · answer #4 · answered by ladylovestolive 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grits are actually ground up corn that is made into a hot breakfast cereal. I usually mix them with eggs. They are basically cooked in scalding hot water.
2006-12-07 00:08:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
grits are like cut up rice it is made from the same stuff and cooked the same way
2006-12-07 02:19:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kiss my grits!! ha ha thats somethin a country hillbilly like me might say... but seriously they are pretty tasty served usually with breakfast. It is very similiar to "cream of wheat" u boil it and it is a grainy type of mash lookin white stuff that u put lots of butter on. It is made from hominy with comes from corn.
2006-12-07 00:18:50 · answer #7 · answered by farmgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the old days the Native Americans would soak dried corn in wood ashes (lye) and the corn would swell up about 10 times its size or more. This is called Hominy.
Then they let Hominy dry again and grind it: these are called grits.
Grist were alwasy eaten in the Southern US states and only recently came into vogue with the advent of Cajun cooking.
Hominy photos
http://images.google.com/images?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=hominy&btnG=Search+Images
Grits
http://images.google.com/images?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=grits&btnG=Search+Images
In the old days Grits were eaten for breakfast with salt, pepper and butter
I love grits with scambled eggs, ham and Red Eye Gravy
2006-12-07 00:18:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
CORN....Think a more refined verison of Polenta.
Cooked the same way.
We "southerners" luv our grits.
2006-12-07 01:39:01 · answer #9 · answered by Celtic Tejas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are kinda like oatmeal and /or malt o meal. Cooked the same way. Texture is gritty. Mostly eaten by people in the southern U.S.
2006-12-07 00:08:19 · answer #10 · answered by lesliejay63 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋