Where do grits come from?

Question

wow northeners don't eat grits?..wow...I am from the south..I eat grits just never knew where it came from

Answer 1

Grits is a type of maize porridge and a food common in the Southern United States consisting of coarsely ground corn. This is similar to many other thick maize-based porridges from around the world such as polenta. It also has a lesser resemblance to farina, a thinner porridge. Also can be made with fermented plantains; coarsely ground.

Answer 2

Where Do Grits Come From

Answer 3

Grits is a type of maize porridge and a food common in the Southern United States consisting of coarsely ground corn. This is similar to many other thick maize-based porridges from around the world such as polenta. It also has a lesser resemblance to farina, a thinner porridge. Also can be made with fermented plantains; coarsely ground.

Hominy grits is another term for grits, but explicitly refers to grits made from nixtamalized corn, or hominy.

Answer 4

Grits is a type of maize porridge and a food common in the Southern United States consisting of coarsely ground corn. This is similar to many other thick maize-based porridges from around the world such as polenta. It also has a lesser resemblance to farina, a thinner porridge. Also can be made with fermented plantains; coarsely ground.

Hominy grits is another term for grits, but explicitly refers to grits made from nixtamalized corn, or hominy.


Origins
Traditionally the maize for grits is ground 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. used a gristmill up 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. 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.

Three-quarters of grits sold in the United States is sold in the "grits belt" stretching from Louisiana to North Carolina. South Carolina declared grits its state food in 1973, writing, "Whereas, throughout its history, the South has relished its grits, making them a symbol of its diet, its customs, its humor, and its hospitality, and whereas, every community in the State of South Carolina used to be the site of a grist mill and every local economy in the State used to be dependent on its product; and whereas, grits has been a part of the life of every South Carolinian of whatever race, background, gender, and income; and whereas, grits could very well play a vital role in the future of not only this State, but also the world, if as The Charleston News and Courier proclaimed in 1952: 'An inexpensive, simple, and thoroughly digestible food, [grits] should be made popular throughout the world. Given enough of it, the inhabitants of planet Earth would have nothing to fight about. A man full of [grits] is a man of peace.'"

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 is prepared by simply boiling into a porridge; normally it is boiled until enough water evaporates to leave it semi-solid. It is traditionally served during breakfast, but can be used at any meal.

Answer 5

It comes from corn down south. I live up north, and I love grits. I love southern food. That's all I had for breakfast when I visit relatives down south. Love it. It's good with anything.

Answer 6

Usually a breakfast item in the US Southern region. Made from the kernel of corn. When corn has been soaked in lye and the casing has been removed it becomes Hominy. The lye is rinsed out very well and the corn is left to harden. Then the swollen hominy is ground up to the texture of tiny pellets. When boiled with water, milk and butter it becomes a cereal similar to cream of wheat. It's used as a side dish for a good old fashioned Southern breakfast. Sometimes you can make it with cheese and garlic for a casserole.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Grits are a kind of corn meal.
My father was from Pennsylvania and he ate grits.
My mother was from California and she cooked them.

Answer 9

It's nothing to do with the boiler (unless we're talking Victorian plumbing that's never been replaced). Because mains water is filtered through sand, there's always a small amount of fine sand in it. This tends to settle in the cold tank in the loft. When a lot has settled, it tends to come through the hot water system as well as the cold water for the bath. If you have hard water, the sand in the hot water system then picks up limescale and this is probably what's coming out of your tap. Cleaning out the tank in the loft should cure the problem once it's flushed through.

Answer 10

Grits are derived from the same place peas and lima beans come from.....some obscure part of a remote planet in another solar system.