what is grit? grits?

[codybird]

Grits are/is ground corn. The analogy of coarse polenta is somewhat accurate. There is hominy grits which is different and made from another type of corn. Grits are usually consumed as a breakfast. Sometimes grits can be eaten as supper (dinner) on Saturday night with salmon croquettes.

White or yellow grits is cooked by 4 to 1 ratio, 1 cup grits to 4 cups water. Add a little salt and boil, then reduce to simmer while stirring.

Condiments can include savory items such as butter, cheese, white gravy with sausage, shrimp gravy, ketchup, boudin, over easy egg cut up and mixed in, etc.

Sugar, syrup, or any other sweet additive is strictly prohibited by southern tradition law. Sweeteners are sometimes used by people that have the misfortune of not living in the south.

Girls Raised In The South is also correct.

mjsdhs:

Fry some sausage.

Use two tablespoons of grease and two tablespoons of flour in a pan, heat and stir until roux is golden brown. Add about two cups of milk until mixture begins to thicken, Crumble up sausage and add to gravy. Simmer for a while longer adding milk if too thick. Salt and pepper to taste.

 

[Opa]

You just beat me on posting the best method for making gravy. To quote Alton Brown "biscuits and sausage gravy is good eats.

 

[Kojack]

MMMMMM! cat-head biscuits and sausage gravy Oh holy goodness of the south!

 

[verlaj]

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Shrimp and grits, grillades (New Orleans style round steak cooked in dark gravy) and grits, grits and bacon, liver and onions with gravy and grits, cheese grits, cheese grits souffle, just plain grits with butter, - should I go on??? I recommend stone ground grits if you can get them - they generally take longer to cook but are MUCH better than the product that has a Quaker gentleman for a logo. Also, MUCH better than little bitty pieces of granite! Chickens like them, too.

 

[Mesquite]

Going back to grit as oposed to grits, my chicks are not big enough yet to turn loose to free range but when they are, I was wondering: I live where the land is basically limestone with some dirt on top in places. There are large red ants that make piles of perfect size grains for grit but, is limestone hard enough? If so would it supply grit and enough calcium or should I supply both for them?

 

[rizq]

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You come on down to my house and I'll teach ya how to make a proper gravy ... I leared from the best! lol

It would be worth the long trip ... or maybe I'll let you know the next time I am in ND, lol ... it's closer

 

[RonB]

My litttle flock of nine is three months old. I bought some grits and threw a hand full into their pen. they came running, took one look at it and turned around and went back to what they were doing. they do free range 3 to 4 hours a day

 

[rizq]

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Smart chickens

Of course, I should ask ... did you mean grits or grit? Grit as in rocks, or grits as in that nasty ground corn cereal (like malt-o-meal ... only nasty

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[Imp]

Whew! Thought I had the bags mixed up again. Chickens are fat and my throat is scratchy.

Imp- Yes I'm from the north.

 

[OkapisRule]

I was a Michigander, but I moved down to Georgia. I am not a big fan of grits, but I LOVE biscuits and gravy. We have a nice store in our small town that sells good southern food and sometimes when I'm heading somewhere early in the morning we stop there and I get biscuits and gravy. The taste is too good to explain.
Also, I used to be a Waffle House skeptic laughing at how they popped up everywhere along the road, but I now like Waffle House better than Cracker Barrel. I would have been baffled by this fact four years ago.
Well, time to stop rambling and go to bed.