How Do You Like Your Grits?

[gcdmd]

@FireMan Grits are basically a blank canvas, as many of the posts here demonstrate. They're not something special until you add in the enhancers. My first exposure, when my dad was stationed in Louisiana, was a simple plate of over easy eggs with bacon and hominy grits for breakfast, side of toast, of course. The two greatest things to mix with runny egg yolks are grits and bacon. I think that breakfast was the start of my love affair with The South.

In addition to egg yolks and bacon, some of my favorite additives are grillades, cheese, and shrimp.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/...recipe-1942677

I generally make my grillades with pork butt, well dry-brined, seasoned with Memphis dust, and cooked in the smoker for a couple of hours before proceeding with the recipe as written.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/...recipe-1916532

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/...recipe-2012596

[JoeSousa]

Shrimp and grits with bacon and gruyere. I am not a huge fan of grits as a stand alone side dish but I love shrimp and grits. There is a restaurant here that does some short ribs on a bed of grits that is delicious as well.

I made shrimp stock from the shells and heads of the shrimp and used that to cook the grits. Definitely added another layer of flavor.

[Mosca]

Yuk. Grits taste like grade school paste.

[texastweeter]

BAD grits do. kinda like trying to eat unseasoned over whipped mashed potatoes. Like mashed taters, dine right, they are AMAZING

[ssandy_561]

I voted firm and cooked in a skillet but the best way is firm and fried in lard.

[SmokeyGator]

I see just over 24% of poll respondents "ain’t from around here". Also I’m going the southern stink eye thing while typing that. If the grits are somewhat firm, it just means they sat out too long and cooled off. Next time eat them faster or make less

[Mr. Bones]

Interestin obervation, brother...
Me, I'da never thought to see how many Floridians had weighed in, thus far

[SmokeyGator]

Also shrimp and grits are AWESOME. But I don’t order them if I’m more than 50 miles from the sea. Biloxi MS? YES! Jackson MS? Ehhhhh....I’ll pass

[Donw]

Good observation Mr. Gator. I’m wondering just where the lines could be drawn. I may be biased having grown up in Eastern NC becuase I love grits, but I’m wondering just how many people have actually had well prepared grits. We fed any leftover firm grits to the dogs.

[Chuck in Charlotte]

Grits made with cheddar cheese and green chiles, very thick. Chill them, cut them in squares and grill/smoke them. Eat them as a side or top them with layers of meat, veggies and sauce.

[ribeyeguy]

With sriracha sauce.....a ton of it.

[Spinaker]

Honestly never had grits.

[RustyHaines]

Blackstone's Café, Beaufort, South Carolina, shrimp n' grits. If you are within 250 miles of the place you must go there and try them. Only open for breakfast and lunch and you better get there early to get a seat. The best shrimp n' grits on the planet.

[CRO]

Going down to HHI in two weeks. Maybe have to check Blackstone out. We love Beaufort.

[ColonialDawg]

A few of God's greatest gifts to mankind come from or use corn:

** Bourbon
** USDA Prime Beef
** Grits

[ColonialDawg]

Above is a little photo op from yesterday at breakfast. A fresh bach of creamy Anson Mills coarse antebellum grits (thicker than they look, and de-licious), my USDA corn-fed Prime packer that was about to go on the Weber (hot and fast), and my night cap - Wild Turkey Rare Breed.

[Donw]

Breakfast ain’t breakfast without grits and homemade biscuits.

[AZRedneck]

My first trip to CA I went into a small diner for breakfast. I asked the young server girl if they had grits and she asked me what a grit was. I said never mind, she persisted, so I explained briefly. Then she asked how many came in a serving. When I told her a few thousand she got mad and thought I was making jokes at her expense. I just finished my coffee and left.

[johnec00]

Had a similar experience to AZRedneck in Boston some years ago. We asked the server if we could have grits instead of oatmeal (yuk) with our breakfast eggs. She asked what grits were and we patiently explained that they were ground hominy. I don't think our explanation helped her any, but she just said it was oatmeal or nothing and walked away.

[grantgallagher]

Somewhat runny with some smokey lardon is the only way for me

[fzxdoc]

In the cafeteria line in college the guy ahead of me pointed to the pan of hominy and asked the server what it was. "Hominy" she said. He said, "Oh, I don't know, maybe 10 or 12." I'm not making this up, but am somewhat sure there must be jokes to this effect out there somewhere.

Kathryn

[ComfortablyNumb]

We were surfing in Mexico and went to a tortilleria (in Mexico they have shops that just make tortillas) and my friend asked for 12. The girl at the counter was surprised and repeated the number just to make sure. She grabs a huge stack of them and sets them on the wrapping paper, then reaches for more. He stops her as we learned they sell them by the kilo.