What exactly ARE grits?

[quacker]

What are they and how best would you describe the taste, I know the ingredients, and thanks to the movie My Cousin Vinny (great) how they are cooked, but what of the taste?

Apologies for any dumb questions - cramming them in before we leave :wavey:

[Vabeth]

There's only one way to describe Grits - tasteless wallpaper paste! :eek:

[charliesangel]

they're ground up corn i think

depends how they're cooked- if done well they are very nice, if not...........wallpaper paste:spin:

[Sue]

Here you are Steve. from Google and loads more (ps I think they are disgusting too)
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# 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. ...
romwell.com/cookbook/Glossary/glossary.htm

# Notes: This Southern staple is made from hominy or plain corn that's been ground until it has the consistency of coarse sand. It's used as a side dish, a breakfast cereal, or as an ingredient in baked goods. Varieties include quick-cooking grits and instant grits. Substitutes: polenta meal (This is corn that's often stone-ground, so that it retains the nutritious germ.) OR buckwheat grits OR barley grits
foodsubs.com/GrainCorn.html

# Coarsely ground dried corn, served boiled, or boiled and then fried
cooksrecipes.com/cooking-dictionary/G-search-results.html

# Corn kernels that are dried, hulled and finely ground, then boiled and served for breakfast or as a dinner side dish.
tyson.com/UserControls/ViewTerms.aspx

# Coarsely ground hominy grain. Looks like mashed potatoes, but tastes like corn.
alanet.com/cookin.html

# Though the word "grits" can refer to any coarsely ground grain, it is commonly used to mean hominy grits. Grits may be cooked in water or milk, usually by boiling or baking. Grits are usually eaten as a cereal or side dish. See: Grits Recipes
southernfood.about.com/library/info/bld_g.htm

# Coarsely ground wheat or corn, cooked down in water and served with salt and butter.
wworks.com/~cajunworld/cjndefs.htm

[quacker]

There's only one way to describe Grits - tasteless wallpaper paste! :eek:

Aww come on Vabeth - they are soooo popular in the southern states, and beside, what do you know about taste, you're a Croc lover ;)

ps mine's looking at me from the top of the case :cool2:

pps - y'all tasted wallpaper paste then?

[jeanwales]

We asked in one small cafe and we were given a sample. They tasted like lumpy semolina without sugar to me! Yuk

[tinkerbell59a]

Not sure I would really like to know what they are. It dosen't nice thats all I need to know!!!:tounge::tounge::tounge:

[quacker]

Typical Sue, you've been out with Delia again haven't you? - I mean I have to taste these horrid things. I was thinking - nay hoping they'd be some kind of savoury biscuit.

Oh well - kids can get their own back for all the times I've told them you can't say you don't like it until you try it:cry:

[MikeandDiane]

Thye taste like salty runny porridge and even the biscuits (scones) they serve with them don; tmake them taste any better.

[essexmick]

What are they and how best would you describe the taste, I know the ingredients, and thanks to the movie My Cousin Vinny (great) how they are cooked, but what of the taste?

Apologies for any dumb questions - cramming them in before we leave :wavey:

it looked like mashed potatoe in that film, i cant stop watching that film its brilliant :pgig:

[TangleyTom]

I had some in Atlanta with my "traditional southern breakfast", everything on served was loooovely but the grits...................... :confused2 EWWWWWW. Looked like sloppy porridge/wallpaper paste. My sister tried them and gagged. Said it just tasted of plain slop. Hmmmmmmmmmmm, not the most desirable description of a food item I know :pgig:


Lisa x

[jojovontrapp]

Vomitus Vomitus Vomitus........bought these in error for the twins last year as they were porridge crazy and Livvie hurled all over meafter one mouthful.....straight in the bin absooooooooollllllllluuuuuuuuuutely vile:erm:

[pluto rules]

You could have said they were american grits!, I came on here to have a laugh at some of the replies, where i live GRITS are your pants or knickers!!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Petalsoftly]

If you think the plain ones are vile... you haven't had the cheesy ones..... BLLLUEEEERRGH!

[pluto rules]

If you think the plain ones are vile... you haven't had the cheesy ones..... BLLLUEEEERRGH!

I dont think I fancy cheesy pants:d::d::d:

[Petalsoftly]

I dont think I fancy cheesy pants:d::d::d:

Stabs fingers in own eyes... bad visual helen.. don't go there....:nonono:

[Dawn]

I like grits.

I'm wierd. :erm:

[Clare]

I had blackened catfish with cheese grits at the Coral Reef - first time I'd ever had them and they were very yummy :grin:

[quacker]

The last two posts give me hope, and pride in that we are not all beer-swilling, chip-eating britophiles ;)

Blackened Catfish and cheese grits is something I've never had in Gateshead. Even the posh places that use cutlery:spin:

[Sindysam]

They sound vile and I can assure you they taste vile too, I had to spit them into my napkin!

[arielred]

We had some last visit with a southern breakfast - it was just tasteless sludge no one ate them including FIL who eats just about anything!!! Actually even our server said they were horrible!!!


Julie x




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[FLGirl-UKNow]

As a southerner I can tell you that I generally tell Cracker Barrel to "hold the grits" or request LOADS of cheese with them. Another tradtional way to eat them is to have melted butter stirred in.

It really is sort of a thing of the past and isn't found in most restaurants. Only the ones with the southern flair.

I do have a recipe for a casserole and made them while I lived in London for my DH and his family. They LOVED them and had tried grits before and HATED them. They asked what the dish was made out of and were shocked to hear the ingredients.

Honestly, it is really how it is served. Plain ones are generally never a success.

:wavey:

[Littletinker]

hello :wave:

Out of the four of us, I was the one to try grits... :confused2

Personally, I think they are the kind of thing that should be flushed straight down the loo and cut the middle man out. :tounge:

However, having read the last post from Flgirl....I'd be willing to give them another go...not the slop they serve in some of the restaurants though, I'll stick by my earlier thoughts on those;)

:mickeybou :stitchbou :chip_boun :ccat

[Amyrlin]

People either love or hate them. I hate them, OH loves them, but they should be eaten with something otherwise it is a plain taste. YOu can eat them with things such as butter, or cheese, OH dips his sausage or bacon in to them.