"Kiss mah grits!"

[DeaconKC]

@Caprock Kid's comment got me thinking [I know, I know...] But there is almost as much debate on grits as there is on sugar in corn bread or fried or boiled okra.

So...do you like your grits savory or sweet?

[Stump Water]

Butter and salt.

 

I like grits.

 

Camille does not.  Her take is this: "If you put butter on grits they taste like butter.  If you put salt on grits they taste like salt.  If you put nothing on grits they taste like spoon."  

[Rip Snorter]

You can keep Okra, and I don't do Grits, but additives to Cornbread depend on the meal it goes with.  Sweet / spicy for breakfast?  Cooked kernel corn and or minced red pepper and spices of choice with BBQ?  Have to do it in cast iron, and if you pour the batter into hot cast iron and give it a few minutes before the oven...

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

I likes okra ~ 'specially fried okra.

 

And I likes grits with redeye gravy.  

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

Butter and syrup, just like a pancake or waffle.

[Calico Jack]

6 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said:

You can keep Okra, and I don't do Grits, but additives to Cornbread depend on the meal it goes with.  Sweet / spicy for breakfast?  Cooked kernel corn and or minced red pepper and spices of choice with BBQ?  Have to do it in cast iron, and if you pour the batter into hot cast iron and give it a few minutes before the oven...

Sir, I am gonna have to ask you to stop.  I am becoming way too hungry!

[Alpo]

My daddy told me about when he was in the Navy, he made up a pot of grits one morning. His Yankee roommate turned his nose up.

 

He poured the leftover grits and a loaf pan and put them in the refrigerator. The next morning he sliced them, fried them in bacon grease and put them on the plate with a bottle of syrup on the table. The Yankee scarfed 'em down. Said he really liked fried mush.

 

Fell I worked with one time - said when he was in the Air Force he was stationed in Louisiana. And the locals was all the time trying to get him to eat grits. So finally he went to breakfast with them and he ordered a bowl of grits. And he put on a big dollop of butter, and two big spoonfuls of sugar, and then poured milk in it. Said it was almost as good as oatmeal.

 

I'm surprised he made it out of the restaurant alive.

 

Grits ain't supposed to be sweet.

[Rip Snorter]

Just a little off theme, food for thought.  Once in a while we have supper waffles with whatever - flavor is the key!

[Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life]

When I got drafted into the Army in 1963, I was sent to Ft. Polk, Louisiana for basic training. I was a California kid and had never been to the south. The first time I went off post on a pass, I went to a cafe for breakfast. The was a big black gal waiting on tables. I ordered breakfast and when it came out , there was this white looking stuff and I said to the waitress, I didn't order Cream of Wheat (thats what it looked like to me). She said thems grits boy, your a damn yankee!!! That was my introduction to grits.

[Rye Miles #13621]

BUTTER AND SALT AND PEPPER. 
 

I also like polenta., an Italian version of grits. Cornmeal fried and sauce poured over it.

 

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/difference-grits-polenta

Edited June 18 by Rye Miles #13621

[Cypress Sun]

Butter, salt and pepper on my grits

 

BUT WAIT, THERE"S MORE.....

 

I like to put the grits on top of my scrambled eggs, cut the grits into the eggs and spread cold apple sauce over the top of the egg/grits mixture. Grits on top of over easy eggs and then mixed together (no apple sauce) is a good meal.

 

Also like shrimp and grits. Fish and grits is good too.

 

Fish fried with a grit coating is pretty good also.

 

Grits with redeye gravy as Hardpan suggested is a good dish too.

[Subdeacon Joe]

If for breakfast as mush, with milk,  butter,  and syrup, jam,or honey.   

 

If for evening meal, butter,  salt, and pepper. Preferably sauté some chopped onions and minced garlic in butter and then make the grits in the pan with them.  Serve with butter,  salt and pepper, maybe gravy or pan juices. 

 

I like scrappel for breakfast. Cut about a quarter inch thick and fried crisp.  No syrup. Just plain along side eggs and bacon or sausage. 

 

But I don't like fried cornmeal mush. Ot fried polenta.   I know that there is a difference between polenta and grits....type of corn and corseness of grind.  FEH! Same thing. 

[Rip Snorter]

When I was a very small boy, living in my Grandfather's house along with my parents just after the War, he would make Oatmeal with butter, salt and pepper.  Pretty much need to be starving to go there.  He made great coffee, and I still have his antique coffee grinder.

[Boggus Deal #64218]

Sweet grits? Sweet cornbread? Might as well eat Cole slaw or okra. 

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

OK, so from a Canadian"

WHAT ARE GRITS?

 And for God's sake don't tell me "Grits is Grits!" when I asked a Georgia waitress!

[Rip Snorter]

Ground corn treated with Lye.

[Texas Joker]

Grits are ground hominy corn.

 

Soak corn in lye water overnight until they turn white dry  and grind. Boil till soft.

 

Breakfast I like em with sugar.  For dinner garlic and cheddar or pamessian

[Subdeacon Joe]

38 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

OK, so from a Canadian"

WHAT ARE GRITS?

 And for God's sake don't tell me "Grits is Grits!" when I asked a Georgia waitress!

 

Boiled gravel. 

[Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life]

19 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

Boiled gravel. 

Close enough!

Regards

    
Gateway Kid

[Pat Riot]

It’s like Lutefisk only less fishy and more grainy…Not really 

 

I love grits with butter, salt & pepper. 
I also love to have over easy eggs with bacon and grits and I mash the eggs up into the grits and eat it with bacon and toast while using a fork that tastes like buttery grits with egg yolk in them. 

[Pat Riot]

Oh, and @Alpo Yankees eat grits too. We just don’t tell you all down south about it so you all can think you have some kind of magic food known only to you and no one else in this country. 
 

 

[Dapper Dave]

Legalize Lutefisk! 😁

[Blackwater 53393]

Grits for breakfast: Enough butter to turn ‘em real yellow and a double tablespoon of honey, accompanied with buttermilk biscuits with butter and raspberry jam! A couple or three aigs over medium and a half dozen or more slices of bacon cooked to the texture of beef jerky!!

 

Grits for lunch: Butter and black pepper with chopped up country sausage or chorizo!!  Some cold sliced tomatoes with coarse sea salt on the side!

 

Grits for supper: Butter, Romano, pepper jack cheese, and cheddar, shrimp, andouille sausage, sautéed onion, and mushrooms!  Hot French bread with garlic and herb butter, some red beans, and a bowl of sweet cooked carrots!

 

Grits for dessert: A little butter, (not like for meals) cream cheese or mascarpone, cinnamon, cane sugar and blueberries or blackberries!

 

The only place for okra is cooked to oblivion in a good gumbo!!

 

Cornbread ain’t fit ta’ eat less’n it’s got jalapenos and crisp bacon in it and a touch of garlic, sage, and onion! And I don’t want it baked dry with the crust nearly black!!  Shouldn’t be any too much darker than the top!!  Lots of butter on it too!  My son, Hatfield, makes a sweet cornbread that’s great for dessert! It and my dessert grits is just plain KILLER combined!!

 

Ya’ can also just eat your grits with a big spoonful of sugar!!

[Blackwater 53393]

OH!! And I meant to say that ‘til ya’ had some creamy, mildly sweet coleslaw with well done ribs, brisket, or hot chicken, you don’t know what you’re missin’!!

 

’Ts good with some fried catfish and white beans too!! 😜

 

 

Edited June 18 by Blackwater 53393

[Subdeacon Joe]

42 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

buttermilk biscuits with butter and raspberry jam!

 

Try Pomegranate Jelly or Lemon Marmalade.  YUM!

[Blackwater 53393]

2 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

Try Pomegranate Jelly or Lemon Marmalade.  YUM!

I can’t do citrus! Gives me a mild rash and heartburn for days!!

 

Schoolmarm likes pomegranate! Me, not so much!!

 

 

Edited June 18 by Blackwater 53393

[watab kid]

thank you mam but that aint like mama made it - i guess we all grew up with certain bents on the traditions , its why we all have a slightly different take on grits , corn bread and fried chicken , best thing is we all like em and dont want to give them up - even if it aint like mama made em; 

[Subdeacon Joe]

1 hour ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

I can’t do citrus! Gives me a mild rash and heartburn for days!!

 

Schoolmarm likes pomegranate! Me, not so much!!

 

 

 

WOW! No citrus must really be hard!

 

I don't care too much for pomegranate as an eating food,  but love pomegranate juice (makes a nice mixer with Amaretto, or mixed with ginger beer as a sprtizer) and pomegranate jelly.   Mom made lots of it every year,  as well as apricot jam and strawberry jam.   I didn't have commercial jam or jelly,  other than in restaurants, until my early teens. 

[Dapper Dave]

I grew up with no grits, no pomegranate, fried chicken we got from either Kentucky Fried Chicken or Lucky Wishbone, (local Tucson eatery), no corn bread, no jalapenos, (discovered those MUCH later in life), no okra, no brisket, nada. When you are raised by a Norwegian Upper Midwestern farmer's daughter, well, a lot of meals you guys take for granted just aren't there. On the other hand I love lefse and fattigman. 😋 And my mother learned to make prickly pear jelly with her best friend. THAT stuff is GOOD!

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

10 hours ago, DeaconKC said:

@Caprock Kid's comment got me thinking [I know, I know...] But there is almost as much debate on grits as there is on sugar in corn bread or fried or boiled okra.

So...do you like your grits savory or sweet?

Either.  Both.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

10 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

Butter and syrup, just like a pancake or waffle.

Did that once in Arkansas and got laughed out of town.  I still prefer real butter with bit of salt and a tiny tad of garlic salt.

 

If you don't like it that way, don't eat it that way.  You go to your church and I'll go to mine.

[Cheatin Charlie]

The best way to use Grits that I have found is to take a cap and ball revolver and add the amount of black powder of your choice then add Grits so seated ball is below cylinder face when rammed home.  Top with flavor of lube of your choice.  Cap and shoot the whole mess out the barrel.  That is the only thing Grits is good for.  Also found it is good for fire forming bottle neck cases into straight wall cases.  Man that is good  Grits there!  Bon Appetite.

[Kid Rich]

I like grits, several different ways. Don't really care if somebody don't like em the way I do. One of my favorite ways is cooked in a bowl with an over medium egg and butter on top with several slices of spicy Andoille sausage mixed in the whole works.

kR

[Blackwater 53393]

6 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

WOW! No citrus must really be hard!

 

I don't care too much for pomegranate as an eating food,  but love pomegranate juice (makes a nice mixer with Amaretto, or mixed with ginger beer as a sprtizer) and pomegranate jelly.   Mom made lots of it every year,  as well as apricot jam and strawberry jam.   I didn't have commercial jam or jelly,  other than in restaurants, until my early teens. 

Doing without citrus isn’t really any trouble at all!! I am allergic to most of it. Lemon and lemonade never were a favorite. Orange is the worst for me ‘cause I sorta like it and I like and can tolerate tangerine.  A very minimal touch of lime is okay as an acidic addition to the fruits that I use in baking.

 

I don’t drink much and I don’t drink beer or wine at all. Never liked the taste or smell of either of them and to me, “developing a taste” for something that I don’t like is a waste of time! I’ll just move along to something that I DO like!!

 If I add a fruit flavor to an alcoholic beverage, it’ll likely be raspberry or blackberry, but I normally drink what little alcohol I drink straight. I drink a lot of raspberry and blackberry iced tea and I often add one or the other flavor to ginger ale or Coke!

 

I’ll usually try almost anything within reason. I know what I don’t like and I don’t bother with that.  I quit eating green peas, okra, and green beans when I got old enough to refuse them.  I don’t care for creamed corn or corn off the cob for that matter. Roast it, grill it, or boil it, but I want mine attached to the cob, thank you.

 

 

Edited June 18 by Blackwater 53393

[Pat Riot]

10 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

Cornbread ain’t fit ta’ eat

Coulda stopped right there. 

 

I cannot eat the stuff. Too many bad and sad memories triggered by the thought of corn bread. What’s funny is we always had bean soup with cornbread. Bean soup doesn’t conjure the same memories that corn bread does. Weird. 
We were very poor at times when I was a kid and especially when I was a teen. If you have ever eaten beans and cornbread every day for weeks on end in a hostile environment you’d probably dislike it too.