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OT - Hey Southerners! What's Up With Grits?

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  • Troglodyte
    Troglodyte Posts: 104
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZkbtP-t_D8
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    Albuquerque, NM
    Large BGE, Weber Kettle, Weber Smokey Joe
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
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    Grits can be yellow or white depending (obviously) on the colour of the corn (see what I did there?)

    I see lots of stuff on the web that says they are the same thing and can be used interchangeably in recipes. I've never used polenta so I'm just going by what I've read.
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    Well, "spa-Peggy" is kind of like spaghetti. I'm not sure what Peggy does different, if anything. But it's the one dish she's kind of made her own.
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,522
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    Little Steven said:
    Polenta is yellow and grits are white no?
    Both made from ground corn, I think originally polenta was made with a wheat base but may be blowing smoke there. We get polenta at the local Safeway, comes in a non-refridgerated 2Kg chub, packed like ground beef. It needs lots of stuff to make it taste like anything. 
    Don't know why they are different colours...
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • JRWhitee
    JRWhitee Posts: 5,678
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    +1 on Shrimp and Cheese Grits.

                                                                
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    Large BGE 2006, Mini Max 2014, 36" Blackstone, Anova Sous Vide
    Green Man Group 
    Johns Creek, Georgia
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    Stupid Canadian. ..grits are for southerners
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • GrannyX4
    GrannyX4 Posts: 1,491
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    When I cook grits I use chicken broth instead if water. I don't know if that is the proper way or not. I'm a Northerner and never cooked or ate grits until about 3 years ago. Shrimp and grits are now a favorite of ours. ;;)
    Every day is a bonus day and every meal is a banquet in Winter Springs, Fl !
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  • Chris_Wang
    Chris_Wang Posts: 1,254
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    I like my G.R.I.T.S firm and tasty...

    Girls Raised In The South, right?

    Ball Ground, GA

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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    @Fred19Flintstone‌ ...regional culinary fail?

    Frankenmuth "fried chicken". I didn't know Swanson frozen meals had a restaurant.
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • EggNorth
    EggNorth Posts: 1,535
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    I had grits for the first time in December in Houston (Embassy Suites Houston Dtwn) and they were great!  Almost had a corn flavour - would like to try and make them someday.  

    Also, off topic, had some Mexican food (forget restaurant name but it was downtown near a bowling alley) and never knew it could taste so good!
    Dave
    Cambridge, Ontario - Canada
    Large (2010), Mini Max (2015), Large garden pot (2018)
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    The instant grits are definitely the problem. That's like not getting the big deal about hamburgers because McD's tastes meh. 

    Re: what goes well with grits, the world is your oyster. I eat grits every morning for breakfast and usually mix in a bit of leftovers (usually Indian food) in it - chicken curry, fish curry, shrimp curry, goat curry,  dal, veg, you name it (Bubba Gump mod) 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
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    Zmokin said:

    I had grits once in Biloxi.  Don't care for them.  Tasted like soft sand.

    You had crappy grits.
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  • stemc33
    stemc33 Posts: 3,567
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    Lots of sugar and butter. Most are appalled when they see me cover them in sugar. Definitely not from the South. In fact, I never even heard of grits until I went to basic training.
    Steven
    Mini Max with Woo stone combo, LBGE, iGrill 2, Plate Setter, 
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    Banner, Wyoming
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    caliking said:

    The instant grits are definitely the problem. That's like not getting the big deal about hamburgers because McD's tastes meh. 


    Re: what goes well with grits, the world is your oyster. I eat grits every morning for breakfast and usually mix in a bit of leftovers (usually Indian food) in it - chicken curry, fish curry, shrimp curry, goat curry,  dal, veg, you name it (Bubba Gump mod) 
    I was going to say something but would have been deemed ...we'll let's just say, off color
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • NPHuskerFL
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    That's what's up with G.R.I.T.S.
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    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • Fred19Flintstone
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    henapple said:
    @Fred19Flintstone‌ ...regional culinary fail? Frankenmuth "fried chicken". I didn't know Swanson frozen meals had a restaurant.
    Frankenmuth chicken dinners are something that would disappoint me if it came off my egg.  I've never been a fan of anything that boasts it's "world famous".  It's like Will Farrell in Elf who gets excited about "The World's Best Cup of Coffee." 
    Flint, Michigan
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  • caliking
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    @henapple - you must not have been deep enough in the Woodford if your filter was still working :D . PM next time.

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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