What.....is .......Grits?

Grits.......

In this southern college town.....grits are known here....as "Georgia ice-cream".....

Fish and grits.......grits and bacon........grits with sausage gravy.......grits and eggs.......fried grits....shrimp and grits (I still have yet to make that recipe).......

So.......just .....what is a grit? For this ....we go to Wikipedia:

Grits is a Native American corn-based food common in the Southern United States, consisting of coarsely ground corn. It is similar to other thick maize-based porridges from around the world such as polenta. It also has a lesser resemblance to farina, a thinner porridge.

Huh? What?

Native American? I beg to differ.......We African Americans brought the grits across the Atlantic. Farina? Cream of wheat? That was the white man trying to put their spin ...on ...grits.

Anyway.....we came across an interesting article on grits...

Enjoy:

The Ten Commandments of Grits

I. Thou shalt not put syrup on thy Grits

II. Thou shalt not eat thy Grits with a spoon or knife

III. Thou shalt not eat Cream of Wheat and call it Grits, for this is blasphemy

IV. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors Grits

V. Thou shalt use only Salt, Butter, and red eye gravy as toppings for thy Grits

VI. Thou shalt not eat Instant Grits

VII. Thou shalt not put ketchup on thy Grits

VIII. Thou shalt not put margarine on thy Grits.

IX. Thou shalt not eat toast with thy Grits, only biscuits made from scratch.

X. Thou shalt eat grits on the Sabbath for this is manna from heaven.

So there........we have completely gotten off course here........

To talk about grits........

To the readers of this blog who complain that we only talk sports.......this is for you...

Grits.........satisfied?