What exactly are 'grits'?

Question

And how do you prepare them? I know they're some sort of food usually eaten for breakfast in the US, but that's about the extent of my knowledge (I'm an Australian). Is there an ingredient called 'grits' or do you make them out of something else? Am I correct in using 'grits' as a plural or should I say "What is grits"?

Answer 1

ground corn

you boil them, and add butter

Answer 2

Grits are made from the milling of corn kernels.

The first step in the process is to clean the kernels; then, the grains are steamed for a short time to loosen the tough outer hull. The grain kernel is split, which removes the hull and germ, leaving the broken endosperm. Heavy steel rollers break up the endosperm into granules, which are separated by a screening process. The large-size granules are the grits; the smaller ones become cornmeal and corn flour.

Quaker makes 3 types of grits. Regular grits leave the large granules intact. Quick grits are passed over smooth rollers, which fracture the large granules into smaller ones. This allows quick grits to cook faster. Instant grits are precooked, and then dried again for packaging. You "re-cook" them by adding boiling water.

This is only partial iinformation about grits.  This information comes from the link below.   Check it out .. it will give recipes .. and where to get grits.

Personally - the way I have eaten grits is as a breakfast food  .. just add water - boil - then add milk, sugar, butter .. and eat.

http://www.quakergrits.com/QG_Grits/grit...

Answer 3

Grits are seeds that already skin, but not yet grind to powder, such as sunflower seed and water melon seed that you can get from baking supply.

Answer 4

Grits are small broken up pieces of corn, they are served in the southern united states mostly. And yes grits is the correct name. you boil them in water and serve them with butter, they are a breakfast item ussally eaten with eggs and toast.  

Answer 5

A mealy white breakfast food made from corn. Think of cream of wheat minus the sweetness and grainier. They are usually served as a breakfast food in the US south, where I live. It amazes me that people from other parts of the US don't even know what they are. They go well with bacon, sausage, and eggs. I have a friend that mixes up grits, bacon, scrambled eggs and butter in one bowl and eats it. My mom also makes cheese grits, which is just grits baked with cheese, and serves it with fried fish. I would like to know what vegemite tastes like, we don't have it here.

Answer 6

The term is GRITS

and it  is a  milled corn that is purchased as a hot breakfast cereal item. Have you heard of cream of wheat in Australia? Its a porriage style food.

You'll find it in it the breakfast isle in america near oatmeal and malt o meal hot cereal

You cook on the stove usually with water, butter & pinch of salt

I like my grits with milk and sugar over top

if you chill grits they firm similar to polenta then slice and fry

til golden in pan great this way with maple syrup over top

If I'm not mistaken polenta and grits are cousins grits are white though and polenta is usually yellow.

Answer 7

It is grits. They are a ground corn not quite powder, coarse. You boill them in water and butter and salt, they are a staple in southern US . Breakfast food. Quite tasty and stick to your ribs.