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Grits are a mainstay in the Southern cook’s kitchen. A steaming bowl of buttery grits is a quick and wholesome way for your family to start that day. On the weekend most southern menus include some type of grits casserole. This delicious sausage and cheesy grits casserole is perfect any time of day. You can enjoy it with fluffy... more »
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Grits is an aboriginal American corn-based food common in the Southern United States, consisting of coarsely ground corn.
Grits is similar to other thick maize-based porridges from around the world such as polenta. It also has a resemblance to farina, a thinner porridge. The word leads back to the traditional Northern European grit gruels. Grits can be served hot or cold and as a base for a multitude of dishes from breakfast to dessert, depending on the additives. Additives can include salt and butter, meats (especially shrimp on the east or gulf coast), cheese, rarely (but in nouvelle Southern cuisine) vegetables, and sugar. It is also common for people from above the Mason-Dixon Line to have sugar with their grits.
Hominy grits is grits made from nixtamalized corn, or hominy. It is sometimes called sofkee or sofkey from the Creek word.chudson>
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Origins
Traditionally the corn for grits is ground by a stone mill. The results are passed through screens, with the finer part being corn meal, and the coarser being grits. Many communities in the U.S. used a gristmill up until the mid-20th century, with families bringing their own corn to be ground, and the miller retaining a portion of the corn for his fee. In South Carolina, state law requires grits and corn meal to be enriched, similar to the requirements for flour, unless the grits is ground from corn where the miller keeps part of the product for his fee., retrieved Dec 14, 2007
Three-quarters of grits sold in the United States is sold in the South stretching from Texas to Virginia, also known as the "grits belt".
, retrieved Oct 25, 2009 The state of Georgia declared grits its official prepared food in 2002., retrieved Dec 14, 2007 Similar bills have been introduced in South Carolina, with one declaring, "Whereas, throughout its history, the South has relished its grits, making them a symbol of its diet, its customs, its humour, and its hospitality, read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits
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