Grits!!!!!!!! (tastes, better, cheese, fried)

[Ohiogirl81]

They're delicious, is what they are! I can't stand the quick-cooking or instant kind. Yuck. I buy a year's supply when we visit family in Virginia each spring.

[SATX56]

WalMart carries Quaker quick 5 minute grits!!

[le roi]

Old Mill of Guilford all-natural grits, corn meals, flours and mixes

we have a local store that sells ^^this brand, from the Greensboro area. i'm a fan.

[le roi]

Originally Posted by tilli

Yellow stone ground grits are also sold as polenta in some markets.

the polenta i've purchased in the store, is a little different from both instant and stone-ground grits. polenta is ground much finer than grits, it seems to me.

[sophialee]

Originally Posted by le roi

the polenta i've purchased in the store, is a little different from both instant and stone-ground grits. polenta is ground much finer than grits, it seems to me.

Yeah, they're not the same.

[Sillypups]

I obviously don't get out much.
Only grits I've ever had is quaker regular grits. AND... I love my grits lumpy.

[Bmateo]

My cousin vinny on grits, what are they?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYoYPJ5uwFg

and audio on how to make them...

no self-respectin' Southerner uses instant grits. I take pride in my grits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER1J2HMEVbc

[ja1myn]

So I moved to the South after spending my whole life as a Yankee.

Here in Atlanta, they have this thing called grits. I have never heard of it before and certainly never tried it. It looked like warm rice pudding or something like that. Even though I hate regular rice pudding, I figured I'd give it a shot as my way of trying to assimilate to the South.

I took one taste of it and nearly threw up. My reaction was an instant "WTF?!"

So this thread pretty much has 3 questions:

What in the world is grits and why is it so popular down here?

Have you ever moved somewhere and tried something you've never heard of/knew existed?

[Pikantari]

Oh I love grits.... Its a corn product. I don't know if you have ever had hominy, but it is the same, just ground up.

I eat them maybe twice a year and when I do it, I do it right!

Put some in a bowl and crumple bacon up in it and eggs and yes, bacon grease. Stir it up and omg. Oh.. butter too...

[missik999]

The first (and last) time I had grits was on a brunch buffet, and I thought it was mashed potatoes, especially since there was a pat of melting butter on top.

I nearly spit them onto my plate when I put a big bite in my mouth.