The origin of grits

[nw_hunter]

Maybe off topic BUT since you done brung it up.....YES - there ain't much better when at the camp in Sou' Jawja than a quart ziploc bag full of steaming hot "Green Bolled Pnuts"   and a cold brew to warsh it down.....

I think them yankeeees from tha Boston M. area brung them biled goobers to GA
Grits be a breakfast food and Peanuts belong in a bottle of RC cola or right off the vine.

[powderman]

We tried boiled pnuts in NC years ago, didn't like em. POWDERMAN. 

[Brett]

When I first moved to this area it seemed like every convenience store, gas station and road side farm stand advertised boiled peanuts.

The thought of boiled nuts didn't appeal to me very much so it was quite some time before I finally decided to see what all the fuss was about.

YUCH!!!  Slimy, soggy nuts.   I should have gone with my first instincts.

Roasted peanuts is the only way to go IMO and if you can get them fresh roasted and still hot even better.

Used to be a five & dime near where I grew up that had one of those kettle roasters parked in their front window.  In the summer when they just used the screen door the smell of those roasting nuts would waft all up and down the street.  The aroma was heavenly.  They sold brown paper lunch bags full for a dime.  Now that's good eat'n.

[Oldshooter]

Just taste like cooked beans to me. 

[P.A. Myers]

Boiled green peanuts, can't getm here. A bit of a mess but a unique flavor.  Must be freshly done. Not for everybody. Georgia truffels or caviar.
God Bless the Confederacy.

[kynardsj]

Yep, easy to tell which side of the Mason Dixon some here are from. Don't like grits............. don't like boiled peanuts ......Dang it man ! I've never heard of such. I do agree with an earlier post, stay as far away from instant grits as you can. One of the most popular breakfast to go items around here at the C-stores with a deli is a grits bowl. Start with your choice of regular or cheese grits, dab of butter, add some scrambled egg, then your choice of crumbled up patty sausage or crumbled up bacon. Stir it up and along with a good cup of coffee you're good to go. My father in law in South Carolina sometimes sends back some stone ground yellow grits when we visit. Making a grits bowl with them here at home is a special occasion for us. Makes us wonder what the poor folks are eating. 

[PowPow]

I could go for some cheese grits and Conecuh Sausage right now.....or pretty much anytime.

[mechanic]

I could go for some cheese grits and Conecuh Sausage right now.....or pretty much anytime.

Yep.

[Oldshooter]

Sorry, guess I'm old school. I have eaten cheese grits and they ain't bad but grits and eggs and butter and maybe some sausage or bacon is as kinky as I like to get. Don't even like cheeseburgers, all you taste is cheese. But I do like cheese especially sharp cheddar. Go figger. 

[cudatruck]

any of you guys have a favorite recipe for tomata gravy?

[chefjeff]

Stopped in a little diner about 0300 one night near Atlanta.Asked for breakfast.Little gal said No,we got bacon- eggs-sausage-gravy- biscuits-toast, but no breakfast since the grits ain't done yet. Grits and rice, definitely a southern staple.

[Empty Quiver]

id like to try some grits.is there a certain brand name of grits that are better than others?or are they pretty much all the same?
 
can you fry your leftover grits in bacon grease?
 
say i made my own hominy, could i then run it thru a grain mill to make grits?
 
sorry for all the questions. im yankee by birth, german by heritage and a missourian by choice.

Here in Dixie, Mn.    there is xactly one brand, Quaker. Do not, and let me repeat myself Do not, get instant grits.


Quick grits is what I find, no doubt all of the fine rebel gritmen will tell you it is a piss poor substitute for cat litter, so be it, I will remind them of cream of wheat,  'nuff said. Use a giant sized bowl if you insist on using the microwave. It'll still boil over but you will be cleaning up less. The stuff will set up before it is softened up ( I ain't going to try and explain myself, you'll figure out what I mean), so cook a bit slower, too slow and you have invented play-doh. I'm guessing real grits aren't quite this way.

[Spirithawk]

I never heard them called anything but "Homony Grits" till after I was grown and left Tennessee.

Same here, they was always called Hominy Grits. ( By the way I love Hominy too ) If you don't like grits you are either a Yankee, a Comunist or both!