Grits - explain something to a Canadian

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Can someone explain the difference between the different types of grits?

I've had them 3 times and they have been different each time.

1)Cracker Barrel - They were white and grainy. Had no taste
2)Southern Accent (local restaurant) - The were white an clumpy. Tasted pretty good
3)Home made - I bought grits from the Bulk Barn and they were grainy and yellow. Added Shrimp and Cheese. Delicious.
 
Polenta is better.

Grits made thick with butter. cheese and the proper seasoning is pretty good though. I just make it from Albers.

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Medalion said:
I learned about them watching My Cousin Vinny

Great movie
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"Imagine you're a deer. You're prancing along, you get thirsty, you spot a little brook, you put your little deer lips down to the cool clear water... BAM! A fuckin bullet rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces! Now I ask ya. Would you give a fuck what kind of pants the son of a bitch who shot you was wearing?"

Best movie ever.
 
I was always about cheese grits. Never liked much butter in mine. I mean, sure, a small amount is necessary, but give me a shit ton of sharp cheddar cheese in there and I am a happy boy.
 
Devolution said:
Polenta is better.

Grits made thick with butter. cheese and the proper seasoning is pretty good though. I just make it from Albers.

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polenta scares me because it's always a cylindrical package of god knows what
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whitehawk said:
As a Canadian, I don't know what a Grit is.
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As a Canadian, I didn't know either, until my first road trip down south.


We have Cracker Barrel here? (I went to that place in the States. I was amused by the "We won't be racist. We promise." statement in the front entrance.)
 
As a southerner from the north Georgia mountains, I've been eating grits since I was a little kid. The key to making them taste good is to add a lot of butter and a lot of black pepper to them. Cheese is also good, though not really traditional in my particular area, but my grandfather always put in a hell of a lot of pepper. They're totally tasteless if you don't season them. And as for consistency, they shouldn't be especially clumpy if they've been cooked right.

Instant grits aren't bad BTW, and it's faster than cooking the real thing.

Also, try scrambling some eggs, and then pouring (well seasoned) grits on top of them. This works well with cheese grits too.

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No self respecting Southern man uses instant grits.
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This one does! They're easy, and not bad at all, actually. Also, the little packages have exactly 20 grams of carbs which is about my top limit for a meal on my current diet. Though grits are far from ideal on a carb diet, if you keep the quantities low enough, they can work out okay, and it's easier to keep the quantity down with instant grits.
 
Grits are like eggplant, a big load of crap by itself.

Lots of butter, fried egg, bacon, salt, pepper, and maybe cheese are required to make them taste good. Really, you need lots of butter, Paula Deen style.

This first place probably didn't add salt or butter, the second place probably did. Still, I'm not going to eat grits unless they have the entire rest of a good breakfast stirred into them.
 
Instant grits are an awesome thing to keep at the office with an instant hot water thinger.
When you do the stove top you can add pretty much anything. Mix a runny egg in, salt pepper, butter. Good to go.

Shrimp n grits is a a good quick dinner with a salad too.

I have a can of polenta downstairs in the cabinet which I do not think I have ever had. I just know its like grits ate a super mushroom and became giant.


I might of had polenta cakes though, maybe.

But grits are awesome.

With or without adding stuff. Some people just don't know. And I feel bad for them.
 
i suppose they're grainier when cooked less, no? that's how i usually prefer them.

and yea, taste-wise it's really up to how you top it off. butter, pepper, cheese. i usually skip the butter and just go insane with the pepper and cheese.
 
I live in Georgia and have eaten grits all my life. It's unfortunately been instant grits the majority of the time, but those can still be damn good. Sucks I'll never have my great-grandmother's grits again. They were never fancy, but she cooked them just right every single time.

I'm surprised I've never heard about them being served with shrimp. The thought has never crossed my mind, but I'll have to give it a shot.
 
hoverX said:
Can someone explain the difference between the different types of grits?

I've had them 3 times and they have been different each time.

1)Cracker Barrel - They were white and grainy. Had no taste
2)Southern Accent (local restaurant) - The were white an clumpy. Tasted pretty good
3)Home made - I bought grits from the Bulk Barn and they were grainy and yellow. Added Shrimp and Cheese. Delicious.
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Hey, that's in Mirvish Village! Sorry, I always get excited when I see things that are part of my life on GAF.

Also, if you'd polenta, you've had another form of grits.
 
Devolution said:
Polenta is better.
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Polenta is the same goddamned thing - a fairly roughly ground corn prepared as a hot cereal. Watch more Alton Brown/Good Eats.

To answer the OP, grits can be made from white or yellow corn, which varies the color. Amount of salt and preparation methods will alter the consistency. People fuck up seasoning all the time.

My personal favorite is slow-cooking in a shrimp stock with lots of smoked gouda cheese and black pepper. Make too much, so you can chill the leftovers, then bread with egg and panko and fry them into little crunchy shrimpy cheesy pancakes the next day.
 
Devolution said:
Polenta is better.
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This. And not that crap you buy in a tube. It's simple as hell to make homemade polenta and grilled with asiago is ducking amazing.

That said I have only had grits at a few greasy spoons in the states so I'm guessing real southern type is miles better.
 
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