GRITS

brdmkr · February 26, 2009, 11:14:41 PM

I went to a wild game feast tonight. Somebody had made a pot of grits that beat any I've ever had. They were cooked in chicken broth with cream cheese and plenty of butter. I have got to get that recipe. I like grits most every way I've had them, but this is THE best.

Jeff · February 26, 2009, 11:23:39 PM

Dave will be proud to hear that.

WDH · February 26, 2009, 11:45:08 PM

Boardslayer,

Get ready for a grits bashing....

thecfarm · February 27, 2009, 07:40:17 AM

I can find a better way to use chicken broth,cream cheese and plenty of butter than that. ;D

DWM II · February 27, 2009, 08:29:10 AM

Boardmaker, insert your fingers in your ears and make loud noises to pretend you cant hear the nay-sayers. ;D ;D

Jeff · February 27, 2009, 08:31:23 AM

One look and we'll recognize him as a grits eater then.

Banjo picker · February 27, 2009, 08:35:33 AM

I bet them grits come from north Ga. I got some over there one time, they called them Georgia ice cream. Best grits i ever ate. Don't know about chicken broth on them though. Chicken broth on icecream.

Tim

SwampDonkey · February 27, 2009, 08:56:35 AM

Take away them grits and she still tastes the same. ;D

Banjo picker · February 27, 2009, 09:13:16 AM

SD . Do you mean you have had grits? You must have done a little traveling. I went to New Hampshire and even made it a little over in Maine, and I had a hard time finding a good biscuit, I am pretty sure grits was not on the menu up there. We stopped at a eat joint in New Jersey on the way up about 4 or 5 one morning, and they had it looked to me like every kind of bread kown to man. But I got a rather short answer when I asked about grits and biscuits. Tim

Banjo picker · February 27, 2009, 09:15:28 AM

SD I ment to put in a few :D :D :D in that last one . Don't get mad at me. Tim

SwampDonkey · February 27, 2009, 11:32:30 AM

I don't get mad over nothing typed in here. Mostly only the government bureaucracy can do that. :D The stuff can't be much different than cooked corn meal cereal. :D

olyman · February 28, 2009, 08:57:36 PM

Quote from: thecfarm on February 27, 2009, 07:40:17 AM
I can find a better way to use chicken broth,cream cheese and plenty of butter than that. ;D

:D :D :D

Chico · March 01, 2009, 10:21:35 AM

Did you get them at the grist mill close to Helen Banjo-picker They sure all good

Chico

Banjo picker · March 01, 2009, 08:03:14 PM

Quote from: Chico on March 01, 2009, 10:21:35 AM
Did you get them at the grist mill close to Helen Banjo-picker They sure all good

Chico

Thats the one. We got one bag an put in the freezer. Tim

srt · March 19, 2009, 02:21:49 PM

I spend a few days per month down on our farm on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The best part of my trips is the meals with my Grandmother. She's still real sharp at 90, and insists upon cooking all meals for me while I'm there. I have recently convinced her that I can't continue to eat three of her meals per day, and should just have bfast and supper with maybe a light snack near noon. It's hard to get any work done when you have difficulty bending over to tie your shoes!

About a year ago, I mentioned I liked grits. She said she didn't like them, but had only tried them once as a kid passing through Georgia.

My next trip, she surprised me with runny grits. I thanked her, ate all of them, and mentioned I generally don't use that much water.

By the next trip, she'd perfected her recipe. Nothing measured, but the general proportions are: A few handfuls of grits and about a cup or so of water and 2 beef bulion cubes all in a slow cooker for a couple hours. Let cool and add an egg to make them into grit cakes. Fry the cakes in on a griddle slathered with bacon grease.

We both now enjoy grits together - every breakfast!

She's a right fair poker player too.

Tom · March 19, 2009, 02:39:28 PM

It sounds like your Grandmother would have made out OK down here.

WDH · March 19, 2009, 07:38:31 PM

I had grits and eggs today in Louisana. They were very good!

CHARLIE · March 24, 2009, 01:07:35 AM

I had grits and eggs and sausage up here in Wisconsin this morning and they were also very good. Good to the extreme! 8)

Paul_H · March 24, 2009, 12:01:24 PM

I just had a feed of Ham,eggs and grits,twas good!

dail_h · March 24, 2009, 10:23:14 PM

Two pieces of leftover chicken nuked ,grits ,coffee and fried garlic/ramp toast worked purdy good here in WV this morning. I nuked tha chicken, not tha grits. Shooo ,that'ud be sacrilidge,or blasphemy,or some such.

John Woodworth · April 02, 2009, 10:24:59 PM

Never had or seen them, what are they and how do you cook them?

CHARLIE · April 02, 2009, 11:19:39 PM

John, Grits is the Manna that is so good it feeds a person's soul. Potato eaters haven't learned that yet but not that they haven't been educated. I believe they are hard of hearing.

Grits is ground corn and the best is water ground grits. They are easy to fix. Four parts water to 1 part grits and salt to taste. Boil the water and add the grits (NEVER use Instant Grits 'cause its a sacriledge) and salt. Bring back to a boil and turn heat down to simmer. Stir occasionally and cook to the consistency that you can use a fork to pick it up. You don't want it to be soupy.

Grits are a great side dish for a breakfast of eggs and sausage, bacon or fried ham. Just put butter on them (NEVER put sugar on grits!). If you have fried ham, ham gravy is good on grits too. Grits are also good as a side dish for fried fish and hushpuppies.

There are recipes for grits too and Cheese Grits is the most popular, but there is also Shrimp Grits and Garlic Grits and some others. I personally just like my grits with butter and a little egg or sausage.

Smart people eat grits.

Paul_H · April 03, 2009, 01:04:03 AM

Quote from: CHARLIE on April 02, 2009, 11:19:39 PM

There are recipes for grits too and Cheese Grits is the most popular, but there is also Shrimp Grits and Garlic Grits and some others.

Sounds like they would be great on a baked potato ;D

Gary_C · April 03, 2009, 02:10:17 AM

Quote from: CHARLIE on April 02, 2009, 11:19:39 PM
John, Grits is the Manna that is so good it feeds a person's soul. Potato eaters haven't learned that yet but not that they haven't been educated. I believe they are hard of hearing.

It's not that we haven't been educated as I've also been educated to the fact that everyone should know and understand Maxwell's Equations for the good of their soul, but still cheesy fries or just regular fries are better feed than grits.

And we all know that the harder that someone tries to convince a person of that grits thing, the less likely one is to believe them. :

SwampDonkey · April 03, 2009, 04:22:17 AM

A split open baked potato, a dob of sour cream and topped with a sprinkle of bacon bits and melted aged sharp cheddar cheese. Ain't no one gonna convince me that ain't good, hide and all. Most fellas that don't have their own and buy them light burned spuds off the supermarket shelf, wouldn't have experienced a good tater. Them ain't fit to eat, but often I find myself buying them because of convenience. I pick a bunch in fall from the fields though, mine froze in January when it went -25 C. I keep them in the stairway into the cellar, not heated there. Cellar is too warm. :/