what is a grit in relation to food?!?

Answer 1

grit or grits as we say here in the south is a corn product very similar to farnia or cream of wheat. if you've never had it try it, its very good and very good for you. here in the south most ppl like it plain or with cheese, also there are some of us who like it with milk, sugar and butter like oatmeal.

Answer 2

From Wikipedia:

Grits is a type of maize porridge and a food common in the Southern United States and southern Manchuria (where it is called gezi in Mandarin) consisting of coarsely ground corn, traditionally by a stone mill. The results are passed through screens, with the finer part being corn meal, and the coarser being grits.

The word "grits" comes from Old English grytta meaning a coarse meal of any kind. Yellow grits include the whole kernel, while white grits use hulled kernels. Grits are prepared by simply boiling into a porridge; normally they are boiled until enough water evaporates to leave them semi-solid. They are traditionally served at breakfast, but can also be used at any meal.

Hominy grits is another term for grits, but explicitly refers to grits made from nixtamalized corn, or hominy. These are the common grits sold in supermarkets outside of the Southern United States.

Grits are also similar to farina and polenta. Polenta is popular in northern Italy and is also known in parts of the U.S. as cornmeal mush. It is often sold precooked and chilled in sticks to be sliced and fried as a breakfast dish or grilled.

Answer 3

Grits is a type of maize porridge and a food common in the Southern United States and southern Manchuria (where it is called gezi in Mandarin) consisting of coarsely ground corn, traditionally by a stone mill. The results are passed through screens, with the finer part being corn meal, and the coarser being grits. Many communities in the Southern U.S. had a gristmill until the mid-20th century, with families bringing their own corn to be ground, and the miller retaining a portion of the corn for his fee. Grits aficionados still prefer stone ground grits, although modern commercial milling companies prefer other methods. In South Carolina, state law requires grits and corn meal to be enriched, similar to the requirements for flour, unless the grits are ground from corn where the miller keeps part of the product for his fee.

Answer 4

If your talking about people food then the two answers above are correct.
However most birds have a gizzard and must have "grit" in their diets so they can break up harder foods like whole corn.
Most chicken farmers feed their chickens broken oyster shells
as grit to accomplish this.

Answer 5

Grits is a cereal made of corn.

Grit is dirt or sand that a bird needs to digest it's food.

Answer 6

grits are actually "hominy grits"...they're made from corn.
excellent when made with milk and copious amounts of cheese!

Answer 7

You can't have one grit.
Grits is the name given to boiled cornmeal. It can be coarse like porage or smooth like polenta depending on where you are and who makes it.

Answer 8

Potatoes....bits of..fried. Really nasty, American. It is grits.

Answer 9

its a form made of corn,niacin,reduce iron,thiamine,mono nitrite,riboflavin,frolic acid,very good and good for you just boil for 7-10min add little butter sugar and bam!! you are hooked

Answer 10

i think its like a fried potato square.really crunchy and plain vile