What’s Your Favorite Brand of Grits?

[Panhead John]

I love grits, but my whole experience with them has been courtesy of Quaker Oats… While 58limited and I were in Lafayette recently, I ordered shrimp and grits one night and was floored by how good it was! I have no idea what brand of grits they used, but it was a helluva lot better tasting than Quaker Oats. I’d also never had shrimp and grits before, but I now want to add it to my occasional routine. I don’t mind ordering online if needed because I rarely see anything in the store besides Quaker Oats. What have you folks found that you really like? I googled this subject and here’s an article which rates them. Never heard of most of them.

https://www.tastingtable.com/1208731/store-bought-grits-ranked-worst-to-best/

Shrimp and grits I had in Lafayette

[fzxdoc]

Charleston Stone Ground.




And be sure to add a bit of tasso ham to that shrimp and grits recipe. Just saying.

Kathryn

[Panhead John]

Thanks Kathryn. I love Tasso and have lots on hand.

[Bkhuna]

These were the first decent grits I ever ate.

[Mosca]

The one where there are no grits in them.

[RonB]

+ 1

[Prof Bunky]

Waiting for someone to inevitably say Magic Grits.

[LA Pork Butt]

Stone Ground! Stone Ground! Stone Ground! But, be prepared to cook them at least a half hour!

[Huskee]

I'm not enough of a grits fan to know any better between brands, but I like butter and SUGAR (fight me) in mine. Yum yum.

[Huskee]

Panhead John My wife tells me the same, she says they're akin to mashed potatoes and benefit from what you'd put in/on them. To me, grits remind me of Cream Of Wheat which I ate of a lot of growing up in a non-wealthy household, so I give them the butter & sugar treatment and love it!

[texastweeter]

You probably put sugar in your cornbread, and beans in your chili too...

[Murdy]

Huskee -- the cream of wheat comparison is spot on. The only time I ate them on a semi-regular basis was in the Army and treated them as such.
The Southerners would look at me like I was an idiot.

[Donw]

Marsh Hen Mills. https://marshhenmill.com We eat grits so often that we have a compact refrigerator dedicated to storing grits.

[Panhead John]

Wow Don! How often do y’all eat grits?

[Donw]

I just asked Kathy to verify my count and she agreed it is about 9 times a week between breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And if I’m sick then a bowl of grits is all I usually want to eat.

[Oak Smoke]

Green chili and cheese grits are incredible with pork belly burnt ends. Much like you Quaker is about all I know.

[WayneT]

I’ve some leftover PBBE I may try that suggestion with. Thanks.

[58limited]

Panhead John At your local stores you will find the Bob's Red Mill brand Polenta - same thing as yellow grits. That is what I mainly use.

A friend sent me some of these white grits and they are great: https://www.noramill.com/product-pag...speckled-grits

The first time I had shrimp & grits was in North Carolina - it was an appetizer with cheese grits. I was impressed and when I returned to Texas I reached out to the chef and he sent me the recipe. The shrimp were cooked in an orange reduction sauce and the cheese grits were made with white cheddar. I have highly modified this recipe to come up with this - I used elements of four different shrimp & grits recipes from the web plus the cheese grits recipe that the chef gave me (Parmesan and smoked Gouda added):

https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/forum/recipes-technique-food-cooking/fish-seafood-recipes/721145-shrimp-grits-recipe

Somewhere around here I have a Shrimp & Grits cookbook that a friend gave to me that have over 30 recipes. I need to dig it out and explore some of them.

EDIT: Found the cookbook - Nathalie Dupree's Shrimp & Grits Cookbook

[texastweeter]

Deer corn is usually dent corn btw

[Draznnl]

Thanks texastweeter

[texastweeter]

My pleasure Draznnl Panhead John

[WayneT]

My go-to.

[CRO]

Absolutely!!
I just ordered grits, corn meal and all purpose flour from them.
Their Hushpuppie mix is awesome too.

[Sid P]

If you decide to have a poll, make sure one option is "I don’t eat that crap!".

[Sid P]

Panhead John Challenge accepted! Maybe. I’ve been thinking about it.

[Panhead John]

I’ll up the ante for ya Sid..come to Lafayette and your dinner [1 night] is on me regardless if you like the shrimp and grits or not…..

EDIT: Paid for dinner will be at Sid P ‘s choice of Jack In The Box or Wendy’s. 🤓

[Sid P]

Panhead John I’m working on it. There’s a good chance I’ll be there.

[58limited]

Here is another really good grits recipe: https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/fo...u-grits-recipe

[acorgihouse]

I love grits, and make them often. I'm not enamoured of any one brand, but two things are true. No instant or quick cooking grits in this house (my grandmother and my dad would likely come back here to haunt me if there was), only stone ground, and organic if I can find. I've used the Marsh Hen Mill and the Carolina Plantation, Marsh Hen Mill is my favorite. I like the white ones, they are "grits" to me. My dad ate a pile of grits every single morning, with a fried egg or two on top and all smashed in. I do shrimp and grits (a very basic made-up version)", with cheese grits, pretty frequently. It's how I test breakfast restaurants > can they do real grits, and do they have real butter for them? My grandmother used the phrase "he puts sugar on his grits" as a nice way to say "d**n Yankee"!

[Texas Larry]

My go to—
PALMETTO FARMS Stone Ground White Grits, 32 OZ https://a.co/d/26dGjtv

[Donw]

When you get your grits there are a lot of dinner recipes that are really good besides shrimp and grits which we have once a week. Kathy makes a good pulled pork pot pie with grits as the topping. Really good.
She has gone out to do some errands with our daughter so I don’t have the exact recipe but a search did find this one. https://journalstar.com/brandavestud...37a8b547c.html
And then there is chicken and grits, and a similar named casserole, which are good. I’m sure those recipes can be found with a quick internet search.

[Panhead John]

I’m beginning to realize there’s a lot of things you can do with grits. Chicken and grits sounds intriguing….thanks Don!

[Panhead John]

Donw I’d like nothing more than you and Kathy to be able to try the shrimp and grits I experienced in Lafayette. The only way to determine whose is mo betta is to travel down South in October. 🥸

[johnec00]

Old School Stone Ground . . . . preferably cooked overnight in crock pot on low.

https://oldschool.com/product-category/grits-cornmeal/stone-ground-grits/