First of all, "Grits" is. It's singular, like "kudos". At least if you're a true southerner. Which I ain't, but I try to speak proper.
Grits is ground hominy, which is nixtamalized corn. Think of beautiful yellow kernels of corn, bombarded with gamma rays and humiliated until they become bloated, white, and very angry. Actually, dried corn is soaked in lye water (lutecorn!) until the outer hulls come off, making it more easily digestible. The dried corn is then ground into meal, and when this is cooked in water it becomes grits.
For the longest time, I never wanted to try it because the pictures of canned hominy looked so disgusting to me a kid... but I first experienced "True Grits" in Jawjuh, and a large bowl of it was served to me along with eggs and bacon, swimming with butter. It was heavenly - sorta like porridge, which as you notice is spelled with two r's over here, but smoother. Some people have likened it to spoonable polenta.
Anyway, 'tis a treat. Here, order yourself some: http://tinyurl.com/OohGrits1
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Grits is ground hominy, which is nixtamalized corn. Think of beautiful yellow kernels of corn, bombarded with gamma rays and humiliated until they become bloated, white, and very angry. Actually, dried corn is soaked in lye water (lutecorn!) until the outer hulls come off, making it more easily digestible. The dried corn is then ground into meal, and when this is cooked in water it becomes grits.
For the longest time, I never wanted to try it because the pictures of canned hominy looked so disgusting to me a kid... but I first experienced "True Grits" in Jawjuh, and a large bowl of it was served to me along with eggs and bacon, swimming with butter. It was heavenly - sorta like porridge, which as you notice is spelled with two r's over here, but smoother. Some people have likened it to spoonable polenta.
Anyway, 'tis a treat. Here, order yourself some: http://tinyurl.com/OohGrits1