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The Deep South and Grits. Do you eat Grits?
Posted on 2/17/16 at 10:42 am
Posted on 2/17/16 at 10:42 am
I, myself, am agnostic about grits, mainly because I lack grits experience. Western Arkansas, born and raised and currently residing...I do enjoy okra and have for my entire life.
As for grits, it reminds me that I am not from the deep south. I never ate grits growing up. My sole grits experience as a western/NW Arkansan/part-time Texican came at a Cracker Barrel. Biscuits & gravy? Yes. Fried okra? Yes. Grits? Do they exist? Do people eat them IRL?
Here are some maps of grits consumption. I've never lived in grits territory. The Mississippi River cuts heavy-grit-eating Mississippi from Arkansas, who couldn't give a grit. Also a short, easy to read pdf:
Grits
As for grits, it reminds me that I am not from the deep south. I never ate grits growing up. My sole grits experience as a western/NW Arkansan/part-time Texican came at a Cracker Barrel. Biscuits & gravy? Yes. Fried okra? Yes. Grits? Do they exist? Do people eat them IRL?
Here are some maps of grits consumption. I've never lived in grits territory. The Mississippi River cuts heavy-grit-eating Mississippi from Arkansas, who couldn't give a grit. Also a short, easy to read pdf:
Grits
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Posted on 2/17/16 at 10:44 am to Numberwang
I like grits sweet or savory, and make a pretty good shrimp and grits myself.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 10:45 am to Numberwang
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Do you eat Grits?
Does the tin man have a sheet metal dick?
Posted on 2/17/16 at 10:47 am to Numberwang
Love em. Eat them all the time.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 10:48 am to Numberwang
Depends on how they are cooked.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 10:52 am to Numberwang
No. Can't even remember the last time I had grits, tbh.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 10:53 am to Numberwang
I live in the most Grit intensive area of that map and I like them just fine but don't go out of my way to have them.
A much older friend of mine that passed away a year or so ago did something interesting with his leftover grits. He would put them up in Jelly Jars and refrigerate them until the congealed. Then he would remove his "Grit loaf" from the jar, slice them and then fry them. He was the only person I knew that did this.
A much older friend of mine that passed away a year or so ago did something interesting with his leftover grits. He would put them up in Jelly Jars and refrigerate them until the congealed. Then he would remove his "Grit loaf" from the jar, slice them and then fry them. He was the only person I knew that did this.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 10:58 am to TbirdSpur2010
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No. Can't even remember the last time I had grits, tbh.
I'd say that in Texas, all of Arkansas except the MS-adjacent counties, grits are a rarity.
I don't think they're generally sold in grocery stores here. I don't know anybody who cooks them and I don't know any restaurants that serve them aside from Cracker Barrel.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 11:13 am to Numberwang
I eat grits damn near every day for breakfast ... and have most of my life. Even in the service at Bragg and in Italy, they served us grits.
Grits is a staple.
#Inb4GRITS eating girls in the south thing.
Grits is a staple.
#Inb4GRITS eating girls in the south thing.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 11:16 am to Numberwang
No
Posted on 2/17/16 at 11:16 am to Numberwang
Absolutely.
I love them but am considered a heretic by my family because I prefer them with sugar instead of salt and pepper.
I love them but am considered a heretic by my family because I prefer them with sugar instead of salt and pepper.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 11:20 am to Numberwang
No, not on the regular. Maybe I get them once a year at a Waffle House for a treat.
I take breakfast very seriously though, as it is when I get most of the nutrition for the day. Every morning it is either a kale smoothie filled with hemp, chia and flax seeds or it is a cold pressed green juice.
I am getting too old to just eat carbs for breakfast.
I take breakfast very seriously though, as it is when I get most of the nutrition for the day. Every morning it is either a kale smoothie filled with hemp, chia and flax seeds or it is a cold pressed green juice.
I am getting too old to just eat carbs for breakfast.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 11:25 am to Numberwang
I don't fix them myself but if I eat breakfast food in a restaurant I always get grits.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 11:38 am to AA7
I eat them regularly at restaurants. We cook them mainly on holidays or family get togethers (garlic cheese grits, Paula Dean style since they no longer make the old kraft garlic squeeze cheese).
Posted on 2/17/16 at 11:40 am to Numberwang
My family has always made grits and I still love them, especially cheese grits.
I'm from Central Arkansas though so that's a totally different food culture than NWA.
I'm from Central Arkansas though so that's a totally different food culture than NWA.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 11:42 am to Numberwang
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I'd say that in Texas, all of Arkansas except the MS-adjacent counties, grits are a rarity.
You would be wrong. Central, southern, and eastern Arkansas grits are about as common as hashbrowns.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 11:50 am to hogminer
Grew up on grits and use the following after I tell a story, " if that ain't true then grits ain't groceries".
Posted on 2/17/16 at 11:51 am to hogminer
Ab-so-lutely. If they're on the menu, I want 'em. Cheese grits, shrimp and grits...are to die for.
Please note that the study/map was done at Truman State in Missourah.
Please note that the study/map was done at Truman State in Missourah.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 11:52 am to hogminer
I eat grits all the time and they belong at the breakfast table far before any kind of hash.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 12:00 pm to Numberwang
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I don't think they're generally sold in grocery stores here
Every store in NWA has grits, right next to the cream o wheat and malt o meal.
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