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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Grit_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Grit (disambiguation)">Grit (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox hrecipe adr"><caption class="infobox-title fn"><span>Grits</span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Grits1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Grits1.jpg/220px-Grits1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Grits1.jpg/330px-Grits1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Grits1.jpg/440px-Grits1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding-bottom:0.25em;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;">Grits, as a breakfast side-dish with <a href="/wiki/Bacon" title="Bacon">bacon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scrambled_eggs" title="Scrambled eggs">scrambled eggs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Toast_(food)" title="Toast (food)">toast</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Porridge" title="Porridge">Porridge</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.65em;">Place of origin</th><td class="infobox-data country-name"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.65em;">Main ingredients</th><td class="infobox-data ingredient">Ground corn</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.15em; padding-right:0.65em;">Variations</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Hominy grits</li><li>Yellow speckled grits</li><li>Cheese grits</li><li>Fried grits</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-top:0.25em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li> <span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/20px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Grits" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Grits">Media: Grits</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grits_with_cheese,_bacon,_green_onion_and_poached_egg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Grits_with_cheese%2C_bacon%2C_green_onion_and_poached_egg.jpg/220px-Grits_with_cheese%2C_bacon%2C_green_onion_and_poached_egg.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Grits_with_cheese%2C_bacon%2C_green_onion_and_poached_egg.jpg/330px-Grits_with_cheese%2C_bacon%2C_green_onion_and_poached_egg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Grits_with_cheese%2C_bacon%2C_green_onion_and_poached_egg.jpg/440px-Grits_with_cheese%2C_bacon%2C_green_onion_and_poached_egg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Grits with cheese, bacon, green onion and a basted egg</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Grits</b> are a type of <a href="/wiki/Porridge" title="Porridge">porridge</a> made from coarsely ground dried <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a> or <a href="/wiki/Hominy" title="Hominy">hominy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-USDA_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USDA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the latter being maize that has been treated with an <a href="/wiki/Alkali" title="Alkali">alkali</a> in a process called <a href="/wiki/Nixtamalization" title="Nixtamalization">nixtamalization</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Pericarp" class="mw-redirect" title="Pericarp">pericarp</a> (ovary wall) removed. Grits are cooked in warm salted water or milk. They are often served with flavorings<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a breakfast dish. Grits can be savory or sweet, with savory seasonings being more common. Grits are similar to other thick maize-based <a href="/wiki/Porridge" title="Porridge">porridges</a> from around the world, such as <a href="/wiki/Polenta" title="Polenta">polenta</a>, <span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af"><a href="/wiki/Pap_(food)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pap (food)">mieliepap</a></i></span>, and <a href="/wiki/M%C4%83m%C4%83lig%C4%83" title="Mămăligă">mămăligă</a>. The dish originated in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a> but is now available nationwide. Grits are often part of the dinner entrée <a href="/wiki/Shrimp_and_grits" title="Shrimp and grits">shrimp and grits</a>, served primarily in the Southern United States.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The word "grits" is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> word <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/Grit_(grain)" title="Grit (grain)">grytt</a></i></span>, meaning "coarse meal".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a> area, cooked hominy grits were primarily referred to as "hominy" until the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grits&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The dish originated with the Native American <a href="/wiki/Muscogee" title="Muscogee">Muscogee</a> tribe using maize.<sup id="cite_ref-deepsouth_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deepsouth-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American colonists learned to make the dish from the Native Americans, and it quickly became an American staple.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At that time, maize or hominy for grits was ground on a stone <a href="/wiki/Mill_(grinding)" title="Mill (grinding)">mill</a>. The ground material was passed through screens, the finer sifted material used as grit meal, and the coarser as grits.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three-quarters of the grits sold in the U.S. are bought in the South, in an area stretching from Lower Texas to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, that is sometimes called the "grits belt".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> declared grits to be its official prepared food in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A similar bill was introduced in South Carolina to name it the official state food,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but it did not advance.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, South Carolina still has an entire chapter of legislation dealing exclusively with corn meal and grits.<sup id="cite_ref-sclaaw_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sclaaw-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> State law in <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> requires grits and rice meal to be <a href="/wiki/Food_fortification" title="Food fortification">enriched</a>, similar to the requirement for flour.<sup id="cite_ref-sclaaw_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sclaaw-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Grits may be either yellow or white, depending on the color of the maize used. The most common version in supermarkets is "quick" grits, which are made from non-hominy maize and have the germ and hull removed. Whole kernel grits are sometimes called "speckled".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preparation">Preparation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grits&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Preparation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gritsonly.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Gritsonly.jpg/170px-Gritsonly.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Gritsonly.jpg/255px-Gritsonly.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Gritsonly.jpg/340px-Gritsonly.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1212" data-file-height="1398" /></a><figcaption>Prepared grits</figcaption></figure> <p>Grits are prepared by mixing water or milk and the dry grits and stirring them over heat, if one uses <a href="/wiki/Cornmeal" title="Cornmeal">cornmeal</a>, the food is called <a href="/wiki/Mush_(cornmeal)" title="Mush (cornmeal)">mush</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whole-grain grits require much longer to become soft than "quick grits". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dishes">Dishes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grits&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Dishes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bowl_of_Grits.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bowl_of_Grits.png/220px-Bowl_of_Grits.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bowl_of_Grits.png/330px-Bowl_of_Grits.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bowl_of_Grits.png/440px-Bowl_of_Grits.png 2x" data-file-width="3120" data-file-height="3120" /></a><figcaption>Creamy bowl of grits</figcaption></figure> <p>Grits are eaten with a wide variety of foods, such as eggs and bacon, fried <a href="/wiki/Catfish" title="Catfish">catfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shrimp_and_prawn_as_food" title="Shrimp and prawn as food">shrimp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salmon_as_food" title="Salmon as food">salmon</a> <a href="/wiki/Croquette" title="Croquette">croquettes</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Country_ham" title="Country ham">country ham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Shrimp_and_grits" title="Shrimp and grits">Shrimp and grits</a> is a traditional dish in the coastal communities in the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Lowcountry" title="South Carolina Lowcountry">South Carolina Lowcountry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia's</a> <a href="/wiki/Lower_Coastal_Plain_(Georgia)" title="Lower Coastal Plain (Georgia)">Lower Coastal Plain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Solidified cooked grits can be sliced and fried in <a href="/wiki/Vegetable_oil" title="Vegetable oil">vegetable oil</a>, butter, or bacon grease to make fried grits, or they can first be breaded in beaten egg and <a href="/wiki/Bread_crumbs" class="mw-redirect" title="Bread crumbs">bread crumbs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grits&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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