I always wondered what they were also. I've been eating them for decades and never knew what they were. I just figured they were like oats or something.
Love your story about grits and its history in your family. I have been eating grits since I was a small kid. My family is from Miss. and northern Florida. I have 4 small children, all of them love grits too, I started out each child sharing them off my plate since they were only months old.....its a tradition I hope passes on forever in my family. I actually have kinda of a selfish reason for turning my kids on to grits....I want them to be able to cook them for me when I get too old to do it myself. Ha!
I am like you Phyllis I cook my grits a lot longer than what the package calls for. I put them in cold water and let it come to a boil using a wire whisk to stir frequently. I love soft grits. Butter salt and pepper, yum, a slice of cheese on the bottom, double yum and last but not least a fried egg on top the best.
growing up, every year we'd go to Alabama to visit my granny and she'd make her home made biscuits, and grits and eggs and bacon for our breakfast. it was soooooo good!
Thanks for posting this Phyllis - I’m from the UK and had grits recently on a trip to Florida I was curious - thanks for the background information as well. I like your informal relaxed presentational style. Keep well.
My granny would make tomato gravy(using the bacon grease from frying bacon) and pour over her grits...... so darn good, my buddies would come over for breakfast before going to school. Just grits and biscuits sometimes.🤷🏼♂️
My husband and I are from Alaska and moving to South Carolina this week! We were just talking about what grits "are" - this is the perfect explanation. I sure miss Ms. Phyllis sharing all her wonderful knowledge🥰
Grits, cheese, and salsa is real good too! My Mama made something we called "dog food" growing up which had kidney beans, ground beef, tomato, onions, green peppers n grits...yum!!!😍
I have always wondered what Grits was, so thank you for your informative video. Grits, is known as Samp, also from corn, yellow or white. It is an African and South Africans favourite. I love the Samp and Beans aka Cowboys and Crooks as it gives some people wind. You should really try it. If you have an Indian pickle or green or red Chillies (you can get that from an Indian Supermarket)- it gives it a tangy taste I shall post the link for you so that you can see how it is made. Now the samp / kernels, is ground down to a very very fine powder. As you explained for your Grits, it is then added to boiling water, sometimes with butter added - most times, The African People can not afford that. It is made runny and sugar is added to it and also milk (after you dish it out onto plates). I love mind with one butter and sugar. The African People, all have a stiff Mealie Meal in the evenings and pour gravy and stew over it. We sometimes do the same and have it at BBQ's, called "Braai" Grilled meats. With that we mke a delicious Tomatoe and Onion fried sauce and put is over the meat and Mealie Meal. It is called STIFF PORRIDGE! I shall post a link for you to try www.google.com/search? *SAMP AND BEANS* q=samp+and+beans+recipe+south+africa&rlz=1C1CHBD_enNZ928NZ928&oq=samp+and+bean&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgEEAAYFhgeMgYIABBFGDkyCAgBEAAYFhgeMggIAhAAGBYYHjIICAMQABgWGB4yCAgEEAAYFhgeMggIBRAAGBYYHjIICAYQABgWGB4yCAgHEAAYFhgeMggICBAAGBYYHjIICAkQABgWGB7SAQkxNTU0MWowajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 *STIFF PORRIDGE* and *MEALIE-PAP (PORRIDGE) FOR BREAKFAST)* www.google.com/search?q=how+do+you+make+stiff+mealie+meal+porridge+for+bbqs&rlz=1C1CHBD_enNZ928NZ928&oq=how+do+you+make+stiff+mealie+meal+porridge+for+bbqs&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigAdIBCTE2NzMzajBqOagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Being a southern man from South Carolina, I have had grits all my life. To this day, I eat grits at least 4 times each week for breakfast. With eggs, bacon, ham, spam and eggs, corned beef and grits, liver pudding and grits, hash and grits, sausage and grits, Jimmy Dean hot best sausage, bologna and grits. Salmon with scrambled eggs and grits, always with butter and biscuits. To cook grits, yellow grits preferred, in pot with lightly salted water, bring water to boil, put desired amount of grits in water, use whisk to mix well getting all lumps out of the grits, turn down heat, stir a couple of times during process and simmer until the grits start thumping in the pot. You are ready to eat until you blow up. Now here is a tip for anyone that loves the taste of fish. Either pan fried fish with buttered grits and fried eggs on the side or one of my favorites, salt mackerel. You yankees just don'l know how to eat. Y'all too hung up on pizza and hash browns. Chef Jerry Oh, don't forget to salt the water before you add the grits. If you don't you can't get enough salt in them. Then you have lost the flavor. One more thing, don't go putting sugar and milk in the grits. They ain't oatmeal.
...The term "grits" correlates to the term "grist", the finished product of milling grain, and, like many words and expressions, gets colloquialised over time by various cultures...
I live in Lancashire in England and had no idea what grits were. They are an important feature in a wonderful book I am reading which is set in South Carolina. (The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd) Thank you for your excellent video explaining what they are and how they are cooked. In the UK we would be more familiar with coarse porrage oats that we would eat for breakfast on cold winter mornings! (I recommend the book by the way!)
Wonderful book! Read it many years ago. I discovered grits when I was working in a residential treatment facility 20+ years ago. Having grown up in California, grits are not high on our eating choices. I love them and will start cooking them longer.
We had them served during Basic Training with Breakfast, First time I ever heard or had any & then on got hooked on eating them from then on still love them anytime etc.
I'm from the south of USA. I have eaten grits all my life. A real treat is grits with red-eye gravy. That is made with the drippings of country ham (salt cured ham) and hot coffee. No better way to get started on a cold winter day. I first heard of shrimp and grits on a trip to Charleston, SC. It did not sound good to me but I tried it anyway. It is now one of my favorite dishes. Who knew?
No offense intended for those not familiar with grits but it was always entertaining when I was in military school and later in the service to watch those new to grits try to figure out what the heck they were then how to eat them. I can imagine it was different, but I grew up with them and took them for granted.
I'm from Savannah, GA, but now I live near Indianapolis, IN. I bought grits at Walmart a few days ago, and was curious where they came from. This video went above and beyond explaining that. Thanks for all the neat info.
I could definitely relate to this. When I was a kid in the central island of Cebu, Philippines we ate grits as staple food, our region is noted for being the cradle of the brave probably because of grit, and legend has it that Lapu-lapu, the first Filipino hero who killed Magellan in a battle in 1521, and the legendary boxer Manny Pacquiao were from grit eating regions of the Philippines.
I grew up in NC and we ate a lot of grits growing up. My mother's preferred way to serve them was to cook the grits and put them in bowls. Then she dropped a dollop of butter on and pushed it into the grits to melt and crumbled the crispy bacon over them and place an over easy egg on top of each bowl. Then she cut up the egg with 2 knives and mixed it (and, of course, the bacon and butter) into the grits. Delish! (On a side note: don't cook the eggs too much. They do cook more when you toss them in on hot grits so she did the cutting and mixing quick so the egg would coat the grits. Medium or hard eggs don't mix as well!) When we moved to Ohio for a new job, we didn't have much variety on the grits and she started using "instant" grits. They didn't taste very good without the egg and bacon mixed in. I got away from eating them if we didn't have those toppings and now (after watching your video) I really want some! Guess I will put an egg and some bacon in cream of wheat for now and put grits on the list and see what I can find at the store. Before my grandmother died, we used to go home to NC once or twice a year so we usually did pick up a big bag of corn meal and a smaller bag of grits at a grist mill coming through the mountains in NC.
Oh my. I have always heard about my friends eating grits but I never knew what it really was until now. The video was very informative and it helped a lot. They really do look delicious. I'm going to try them when I get the chance. Thank you very much!
Dear Phyllis, you are missed. I send hugs and prayers for those you left behind, esp your son. My you enjoy your new kitchen in His eternal paradise. Susan 💐
Although I was brought up in the north, I grew up with grits as my father was from Alabama. I make them now because they are quick and easy to prepare. I use the quick grits, 5 min type, I don't have the patience for 15-20 min of cooking. Salt and butter on them and they are really filling. Thanks Phyllis for the great video.
Really enjoyed your commentary Phyllis...nicely explained with good detail. I came here to learn more about grits after watching a Netflix show called Chef's Table featuring Mashama Bailey. She has a restaurant named Grey in Savannah Georgia, where grits feature on the menu. Again, thank you for the insight on this staple from the south! Arohanui from New Zealand.
The first time I remember having grits was in the summer of 1972. I had accepted a job for the summer in Florida and my team and I were having breakfast at a restaurant. I ordered bacon and eggs and I remember the waitress asking me, "Y'all want grits with that?" I've always lived in the Pacific Northwest and had never heard of grits so I had no idea what they were, but I'm also a curious guy so I told her "sure" and I admitted that I had never heard of them before. She explained they are popular in the south and she went on to explain how she likes hers with a dab of butter on top so I told her that would be fine. Of course they were good and I loved them! I enjoyed trying quite a few southern specialties that summer and I discovered how much I liked everything I tried. Really good food!
I always make a big pot of them & put them in the Frig for the next day & re heat it with a splash of some water in the microwave & they come out great also.
i never ate grits as a child as my mom hated them, yet we ate the heck outta cream of wheat. now that i have a family of my own grits have become a staple. my husband eats them with bacon and cheese but i prefer butter and a little bit of sugar. thats for the vid mrs. phyllis :)
I'm a barbarian who've never visited New York. But my late father, his brother and mother lived there. I was privileged to taste and heard of these for the first time when I was 12 back in the summer of 1988. The 3 of them were home from Brooklyn and my uncle made these for me. Had a slightly salty, buttery taste, along with scrambled eggs, toast and orange juice. If not I wouldn't have known what these are either.
I'm eating some right now. Still remembering how Vinny and his fiancée had grits for the first time. Who would of knew something as simple as learning to make grits would help Vinny save his cousin!
I have never had grits, but I had a BF from SC who ate them one time at Denny's and mixed them with runny eggs. I'm from CA, and our breakfasts were eggs and bacon and hash browns. I think I may try them some time, thanks to your video.
I was introduced to grits about 20 years ago. Not a popular item here in California. I loved them and eat them frequently. Thank you Miss Phyliss for explaining that they need to cook longer! The only brands I've seen here are Alber's and Bob's Red Mill. Bob's has yellow and white. Haven't tried theirs yet, but plan to do so as I am out right now.
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Thanks Phyllis, I've never tried Grits and was looking for an explanation of what they are. Your video was very informative. I'll have to try them. I've noticed that there are various ways to add ingredients to the liking's of the person who eats them. More butter, salt, cheese mixed into them and/or sprinkled on top, maple syrup. All kinds of additives. I'll try some plain first.
This is the first video of yours I’ve watched and I have to say I’m hooked!! I was looking around to see what grits were and you explained it so awesomely! I’ve never had these before, but I was worried I wouldn’t like them, I have a lot of texture issues. But now that I know what they are and how to make them I’m going to give them a try!! Absolutely love your laidback way, it’s refreshing compared to so many on here who are so loud and talk so fast I can’t follow along. Definitely a new subscriber from me!!! Hi from New York!!! 🙂🙂🙂💝
I love grits,,,,,, im from ny and that was basically our every day, or every other day breakfast,,,, now as and adult my kids and my grandchildren love them also.
I've had grits and until recently I had never made them. I now have made the 5 minute grits and they good, l add a big spoonful of creamy peanut butter and maybe some butter.
Hello from Hawaii. Not going to lie, the first time I heard of grits was during pivotal scene in "My Cousin Vinny". Here in Hawaii, we're familiar with the other starchy foods, but not so with grits.
When lived in SE. Georgia every place just about sold grits with seafood and every friend i met they always had a pot of rice on the stove. We ate rice almost at every meal.
UK viewer. Thank you Mam, liked your video easy to follow and for me, I did not know what Grits were. I still don't know if they, by they I mean the supermarkets, sell packets of Grits in the UK. Perhaps you could make a business by exporting this product. Anyway thank you for your video it was very informative.
my dad loved grits and yes maine has long winters like michigan..for a "belly warmer" we would have grits with just home made fresh butter or butter suger cinnamon.. along with.....sausage scrambled or fried eggs... and toast...for me it was cinnamon toast and either orange / apple juice or hot co co ;];];] you wouldnt be hungry any time soon after that meal;];];];];]
I would use any stocks I have on hand instead of water...so with eggs chicken stock, even veg stock to boost that plain cream of wheat taste and look...43 yrs a chef and never have I made these or tried but tonight well see. keep ya posted =) tyvm
that stuff is good in south africa we call them stump rice the whole white corn we call it stump millies the really finer one is called pap / sadza its what we make porridge from or make it stiff and have it with bbq (braai)
I first heard of grits in Tyler Perry's movie Diary of A Mad Black Woman and thought it's oats. I think it is almost similar to maize meal porridge that we cook out here in Kenya but we add sugar and lemon
Up here in Ohio, I work at a breakfast joint and we sell just about as much grits as we do eggs and sausage. Our customers can't get enough of them. Although, a majority of people mix maple syrup with them, which to me is just wrong. I feel like grits should be savory and hearty, not sweet.
Grits are on the menu at Waffle House and so many customers ask just what are grits and how does one eat them. Living here in the South, we sometime forget that vistors are unfamiliar to some of our foods. My preferences is butter and blackpepper on them along with two fried eggs bacon and a garden tomatoe. I often see people eat them with sausage gravy and even people put sugar on them . Many restaurants in my area offer a grits casserole which contains sausage and cheese different but unique..
A winter morning w/o Grits, is like a day without sunshine. Grits are eaten in so many ways but they are also utilitarian. Got a leaky Car Radiator, add a 1/2 cup of uncooked Grits, works better than any Stop Leak. Hot water in the cooling system causes them to swell up & block any leak. Use in an emergency to get to an Auto Repair Shop. They'll flush your system & no harm to the engine.
Grits are ok but my favorite is Cream of Wheat. I grew up on that. I never had grits until I was grown. So I guess it's what you are use to. Those looked delicious, though. The ones I had is hominy grits I think so that may taste different.
Wow, tx for the education regarding the grinding of the grain and all. I've never seen grits in Canada but always wondered what it was. We do have cornmeal, do you think the same process/recipe could be made with cornmeal but it would just end up with a finer grain? Does it taste like smooth buttered corn? Could be a nice option when corn is out of season. Maybe I'll just try it to see... :) Tx for sharing. Greetings from Montreal! LyLy
I always wondered what Grits is, ever since I watched My Cousin Vinny movie. Thank you for explaining and for making this video.
I always wondered what they were also. I've been eating them for decades and never knew what they were. I just figured they were like oats or something.
🤣me too
Love your story about grits and its history in your family. I have been eating grits since I was a small kid. My family is from Miss. and northern Florida. I have 4 small children, all of them love grits too, I started out each child sharing them off my plate since they were only months old.....its a tradition I hope passes on forever in my family. I actually have kinda of a selfish reason for turning my kids on to grits....I want them to be able to cook them for me when I get too old to do it myself. Ha!
I am like you Phyllis I cook my grits a lot longer than what the package calls for. I put them in cold water and let it come to a boil using a wire whisk to stir frequently. I love soft grits. Butter salt and pepper, yum, a slice of cheese on the bottom, double yum and last but not least a fried egg on top the best.
This looks like maize porridge to me or like Pap a South African maize dish usually served with meat and sambals or tomato chutney
I am from South Africa I agree with you
stump rice
You are right, it is like maize meal porridge that we cook in Kenya as well but not with salt and also we add lemon and sugar.
Fellow South African
Like americans will freakout at the concept of pap 😂
Grandma gave me history on grits and showed me how to make it. Thanks now I know what grits are
Grandmas are the best & they got recipes for months😂😂❤
growing up, every year we'd go to Alabama to visit my granny and she'd make her home made biscuits, and grits and eggs and bacon for our breakfast. it was soooooo good!
I have never heard of Grits and looking at the comments people love it, might try this myself.
Thank you for explaining what grits are. I had no idea, just hear about it on tv. Your very entertaining. Luv from 🇦🇺
Thanks for posting this Phyllis - I’m from the UK and had grits recently on a trip to Florida I was curious - thanks for the background information as well. I like your informal relaxed presentational style. Keep well.
As someone from Philly who has never tried grits, thank you for sharing what you have. Looking forward to trying something new!
My granny would make tomato gravy(using the bacon grease from frying bacon) and pour over her grits...... so darn good, my buddies would come over for breakfast before going to school. Just grits and biscuits sometimes.🤷🏼♂️
My husband and I are from Alaska and moving to South Carolina this week! We were just talking about what grits "are" - this is the perfect explanation. I sure miss Ms. Phyllis sharing all her wonderful knowledge🥰
Grits, cheese, and salsa is real good too! My Mama made something we called "dog food" growing up which had kidney beans, ground beef, tomato, onions, green peppers n grits...yum!!!😍
I love how you explained everything then cooked them! Great video, thanks! 😃
I have always wondered what Grits was, so thank you for your informative video. Grits, is known as Samp, also from corn, yellow or white. It is an African and South Africans favourite. I love the Samp and Beans aka Cowboys and Crooks as it gives some people wind. You should really try it. If you have an Indian pickle or green or red Chillies (you can get that from an Indian Supermarket)- it gives it a tangy taste I shall post the link for you so that you can see how it is made.
Now the samp / kernels, is ground down to a very very fine powder. As you explained for your Grits, it is then added to boiling water, sometimes with butter added - most times, The African People can not afford that. It is made runny and sugar is added to it and also milk (after you dish it out onto plates). I love mind with one butter and sugar.
The African People, all have a stiff Mealie Meal in the evenings and pour gravy and stew over it. We sometimes do the same and have it at BBQ's, called "Braai" Grilled meats. With that we mke a delicious Tomatoe and Onion fried sauce and put is over the meat and Mealie Meal. It is called STIFF PORRIDGE! I shall post a link for you to try
www.google.com/search? *SAMP AND BEANS* q=samp+and+beans+recipe+south+africa&rlz=1C1CHBD_enNZ928NZ928&oq=samp+and+bean&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgEEAAYFhgeMgYIABBFGDkyCAgBEAAYFhgeMggIAhAAGBYYHjIICAMQABgWGB4yCAgEEAAYFhgeMggIBRAAGBYYHjIICAYQABgWGB4yCAgHEAAYFhgeMggICBAAGBYYHjIICAkQABgWGB7SAQkxNTU0MWowajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 *STIFF PORRIDGE* and *MEALIE-PAP (PORRIDGE) FOR BREAKFAST)* www.google.com/search?q=how+do+you+make+stiff+mealie+meal+porridge+for+bbqs&rlz=1C1CHBD_enNZ928NZ928&oq=how+do+you+make+stiff+mealie+meal+porridge+for+bbqs&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigAdIBCTE2NzMzajBqOagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Being a southern man from South Carolina, I have had grits all my life. To this day, I eat grits at least 4 times each week for breakfast. With eggs, bacon, ham, spam and eggs, corned beef and grits, liver pudding and grits, hash and grits, sausage and grits, Jimmy Dean hot best sausage, bologna and grits. Salmon with scrambled eggs and grits, always with butter and biscuits. To cook grits, yellow grits preferred, in pot with lightly salted water, bring water to boil, put desired amount of grits in water, use whisk to mix well getting all lumps out of the grits, turn down heat, stir a couple of times during process and simmer until the grits start thumping in the pot. You are ready to eat until you blow up. Now here is a tip for anyone that loves the taste of fish. Either pan fried fish with buttered grits and fried eggs on the side or one of my favorites, salt mackerel. You yankees just don'l know how to eat. Y'all too hung up on pizza and hash browns. Chef Jerry Oh, don't forget to salt the water before you add the grits. If you don't you can't get enough salt in them. Then you have lost the flavor. One more thing, don't go putting sugar and milk in the grits. They ain't oatmeal.
...The term "grits" correlates to the term "grist", the finished product of milling grain, and, like many words and expressions, gets colloquialised over time by various cultures...
I live in Lancashire in England and had no idea what grits were. They are an important feature in a wonderful book I am reading which is set in South Carolina. (The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd) Thank you for your excellent video explaining what they are and how they are cooked. In the UK we would be more familiar with coarse porrage oats that we would eat for breakfast on cold winter mornings! (I recommend the book by the way!)
Wonderful book! Read it many years ago. I discovered grits when I was working in a residential treatment facility 20+ years ago. Having grown up in California, grits are not high on our eating choices. I love them and will start cooking them longer.
We had them served during Basic Training with Breakfast, First time I ever heard or had any & then on got hooked on eating them from then on still love them anytime etc.
I'm from the south of USA. I have eaten grits all my life. A real treat is grits with red-eye gravy. That is made with the drippings of country ham (salt cured ham) and hot coffee. No better way to get started on a cold winter day.
I first heard of shrimp and grits on a trip to Charleston, SC. It did not sound good to me but I tried it anyway. It is now one of my favorite dishes. Who knew?
No offense intended for those not familiar with grits but it was always entertaining when I was in military school and later in the service to watch those new to grits try to figure out what the heck they were then how to eat them. I can imagine it was different, but I grew up with them and took them for granted.
I'm from Savannah, GA, but now I live near Indianapolis, IN. I bought grits at Walmart a few days ago, and was curious where they came from. This video went above and beyond explaining that. Thanks for all the neat info.
I could definitely relate to this. When I was a kid in the central island of Cebu, Philippines we ate grits as staple food, our region is noted for being the cradle of the brave probably because of grit, and legend has it that Lapu-lapu, the first Filipino hero who killed Magellan in a battle in 1521, and the legendary boxer Manny Pacquiao were from grit eating regions of the Philippines.
I grew up in NC and we ate a lot of grits growing up. My mother's preferred way to serve them was to cook the grits and put them in bowls. Then she dropped a dollop of butter on and pushed it into the grits to melt and crumbled the crispy bacon over them and place an over easy egg on top of each bowl. Then she cut up the egg with 2 knives and mixed it (and, of course, the bacon and butter) into the grits. Delish! (On a side note: don't cook the eggs too much. They do cook more when you toss them in on hot grits so she did the cutting and mixing quick so the egg would coat the grits. Medium or hard eggs don't mix as well!)
When we moved to Ohio for a new job, we didn't have much variety on the grits and she started using "instant" grits. They didn't taste very good without the egg and bacon mixed in. I got away from eating them if we didn't have those toppings and now (after watching your video) I really want some! Guess I will put an egg and some bacon in cream of wheat for now and put grits on the list and see what I can find at the store. Before my grandmother died, we used to go home to NC once or twice a year so we usually did pick up a big bag of corn meal and a smaller bag of grits at a grist mill coming through the mountains in NC.
Sarah Kleimeyer that sounds good. I'm going to have to try. So it's normal for the grits to have dark specks in them?
Hi Phyllis- I' had heard of grits, but never really knew what it was. Thank you for the wonderful explanation.
Thank you Phyllis, as an Australian I could never find an answer to what grits are. Now I know!
Oh my. I have always heard about my friends eating grits but I never knew what it really was until now. The video was very informative and it helped a lot. They really do look delicious. I'm going to try them when I get the chance. Thank you very much!
Thank you for explaining. We’ve always heard about grits but had no idea what it was. Thank you for enlightening my sister and me.
Dear Phyllis, you are missed. I send hugs and prayers for those you left behind, esp your son. My you enjoy your new kitchen in His eternal paradise. Susan 💐
Although I was brought up in the north, I grew up with grits as my father was from Alabama. I make them now because they are quick and easy to prepare. I use the quick grits, 5 min type, I don't have the patience for 15-20 min of cooking. Salt and butter on them and they are really filling. Thanks Phyllis for the great video.
Really enjoyed your commentary Phyllis...nicely explained with good detail. I came here to learn more about grits after watching a Netflix show called Chef's Table featuring Mashama Bailey. She has a restaurant named Grey in Savannah Georgia, where grits feature on the menu. Again, thank you for the insight on this staple from the south! Arohanui from New Zealand.
Here cause if Mashama Bailey too watching from Aoteroa 😀
The first time I remember having grits was in the summer of 1972. I had accepted a job for the summer in Florida and my team and I were having breakfast at a restaurant. I ordered bacon and eggs and I remember the waitress asking me, "Y'all want grits with that?" I've always lived in the Pacific Northwest and had never heard of grits so I had no idea what they were, but I'm also a curious guy so I told her "sure" and I admitted that I had never heard of them before. She explained they are popular in the south and she went on to explain how she likes hers with a dab of butter on top so I told her that would be fine. Of course they were good and I loved them! I enjoyed trying quite a few southern specialties that summer and I discovered how much I liked everything I tried. Really good food!
Thanks for the video and beautiful kitchen!!!!
I always make a big pot of them & put them in the Frig for the next day & re heat it with a splash of some water in the microwave & they come out great also.
I did not know what "grits" are and have never eaten them in my life. Thank you for the excellent video and explanation! ❤ from 🇦🇺
No. Ha ha. 🤣
Great video 👍🏼 wasn’t real familiar with grits wanted to learn and this video did just that. Appreciate it
Sardines with grits and cheddar cheese or some fried shrimp / basa filet mmm. Love your accent.
i never ate grits as a child as my mom hated them, yet we ate the heck outta cream of wheat. now that i have a family of my own grits have become a staple. my husband eats them with bacon and cheese but i prefer butter and a little bit of sugar. thats for the vid mrs. phyllis :)
I'm a barbarian who've never visited New York. But my late father, his brother and mother lived there. I was privileged to taste and heard of these for the first time when I was 12 back in the summer of 1988. The 3 of them were home from Brooklyn and my uncle made these for me. Had a slightly salty, buttery taste, along with scrambled eggs, toast and orange juice. If not I wouldn't have known what these are either.
I'm eating some right now. Still remembering how Vinny and his fiancée had grits for the first time. Who would of knew something as simple as learning to make grits would help Vinny save his cousin!
I loved "My Cousin Vinny", it was just a hilarious movie. This is how it work when Northerns come South.
Thank you for this video. I'll have to look for those grits since I'm in NC
I have never had grits, but I had a BF from SC who ate them one time at Denny's and mixed them with runny eggs. I'm from CA, and our breakfasts were eggs and bacon and hash browns. I think I may try them some time, thanks to your video.
I was introduced to grits about 20 years ago. Not a popular item here in California. I loved them and eat them frequently. Thank you Miss Phyliss for explaining that they need to cook longer! The only brands I've seen here are Alber's and Bob's Red Mill. Bob's has yellow and white. Haven't tried theirs yet, but plan to do so as I am out right now.
I was looking for an explanation what "grits" was.
Now I know.
Very well explained.
I'm so glad you made so many videos Phyllis
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Never knew whether grits came from. Thank you!
Me and my 11 year old dtr had them for supper tonight!!!! Little sugar and butter.. Mmmmmm...best ever
Thanks, Auntie. I'm gonna cook some in the morning.
Great video. Very informative. I was born in North Carolina , ate grits all my life , but did not know this info....thank you so much.
I don't really know how I got here but that was interesting. Kool beans
Thanks Phyllis, I've never tried Grits and was looking for an explanation of what they are. Your video was very informative. I'll have to try them. I've noticed that there are various ways to add ingredients to the liking's of the person who eats them. More butter, salt, cheese mixed into them and/or sprinkled on top, maple syrup. All kinds of additives. I'll try some plain first.
This is the first video of yours I’ve watched and I have to say I’m hooked!! I was looking around to see what grits were and you explained it so awesomely! I’ve never had these before, but I was worried I wouldn’t like them, I have a lot of texture issues. But now that I know what they are and how to make them I’m going to give them a try!! Absolutely love your laidback way, it’s refreshing compared to so many on here who are so loud and talk so fast I can’t follow along. Definitely a new subscriber from me!!! Hi from New York!!! 🙂🙂🙂💝
I love grits,,,,,, im from ny and that was basically our every day, or every other day breakfast,,,, now as and adult my kids and my grandchildren love them also.
We serve them with fried fish in northwest Florida.
My friend ate breakfast at my house when i was in middle school....and thought they were fish eggs....😁
Fried fish, butter,salt, cheese, on the grits....show time folks!!!!
I've had grits and until recently I had never made them. I now have made the 5 minute grits and they good, l add a big spoonful of creamy peanut butter and maybe some butter.
I love a big pat of butter and crumbled up, crispy bacon in mine!
You did an awesome job with the description. I live in WA state and have my grits. I adore them. Thank you for posting this video.
Thanks for your comment, Darlene. To know grits is to love them.
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Hello from Hawaii. Not going to lie, the first time I heard of grits was during pivotal scene in "My Cousin Vinny". Here in Hawaii, we're familiar with the other starchy foods, but not so with grits.
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I love to eat my grits with brown sugar and I add milk also they're yummy... 😋
Never knew what they were but heard them spoken about on tv. You dont get a lot of call for grits in London. Good video
When lived in SE. Georgia every place just about sold grits with seafood and every friend i met they always had a pot of rice on the stove. We ate rice almost at every meal.
Thank you once again dear! Love your ❤ videos! Thank you! 😊
UK viewer. Thank you Mam, liked your video easy to follow and for me, I did not know what Grits were. I still don't know if they, by they I mean the supermarkets, sell packets of Grits in the UK. Perhaps you could make a business by exporting this product. Anyway thank you for your video it was very informative.
Amazon sells them.Look up grits, but doubt that is would be the brand Miss Phyliss uses.
my dad loved grits and yes maine has long winters like michigan..for a "belly warmer" we would have grits with just home made fresh butter or butter suger cinnamon.. along with.....sausage scrambled or fried eggs... and toast...for me it was cinnamon toast and either orange / apple juice or hot co co ;];];] you wouldnt be hungry any time soon after that meal;];];];];]
My favorite is grits and a big slice of a Mr. Stripey tomato. So good ☺️
I would use any stocks I have on hand instead of water...so with eggs chicken stock, even veg stock to boost that plain cream of wheat taste and look...43 yrs a chef and never have I made these or tried but tonight well see. keep ya posted =) tyvm
wish i could taste grits one day we dont have them here in Botswana
Thanx for the video
Love grits with fried fish and collard greens!!
Thank you for sharing 💖👍🏼
that stuff is good in south africa we call them stump rice the whole white corn we call it stump millies the really finer one is called pap / sadza its what we make porridge from or make it stiff and have it with bbq (braai)
Thanks Phyllis for the story on them loved it thanks for sharing etc.
I first heard of grits in Tyler Perry's movie Diary of A Mad Black Woman and thought it's oats. I think it is almost similar to maize meal porridge that we cook out here in Kenya but we add sugar and lemon
I love grits!!! but in wisconsin where I live, we eat our grits with milk and sugar on them. They taste like cream of wheat. :D
Up here in Ohio, I work at a breakfast joint and we sell just about as much grits as we do eggs and sausage. Our customers can't get enough of them. Although, a majority of people mix maple syrup with them, which to me is just wrong. I feel like grits should be savory and hearty, not sweet.
Well you should add cream o wheat to your menu cause that's what they are looking for, it's the same idea just wheat not corn
Thanks a lot, dear person. I will do some grits. I never knew what they were.
Phyllis you are Awesome...Thanks for this fantastic video...extremely informative and entertaining.
Really enjoyed this video.
Grits with redeye gravy was my thing growing up
Greetings from England Phyllis. Loved your vid. I have always wanted to know what grits are and how to cook them. Thank you very much. xxx
I make. Mine with salt and peper and cheese
Very informative thank you ❤
Thank you Phyllis.
I was reading a book once and it had grits in it but did not know what they were and who thinks this video is too cute?😂🧡
Grits are on the menu at Waffle House and so many customers ask just what are grits and how does one eat them. Living here in the South, we sometime forget that vistors are unfamiliar to some of our foods. My preferences is butter and blackpepper on them along with two fried eggs bacon and a garden tomatoe. I often see people eat them with sausage gravy and even people put sugar on them . Many restaurants in my area offer a grits casserole which contains sausage and cheese different but unique..
Love the way you bang your spoon when you are cooking Ms. Phillis
Makes me hungry just to watch this !!!
A winter morning w/o Grits, is like a day without sunshine.
Grits are eaten in so many ways but they are also utilitarian. Got a leaky Car Radiator, add a 1/2 cup of uncooked Grits, works better than any Stop Leak. Hot water in the cooling system causes them to swell up & block any leak. Use in an emergency to get to an Auto Repair Shop. They'll flush your system & no harm to the engine.
I'm from. Lumberton N.C.and I love Grits
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Grits are ok but my favorite is Cream of Wheat. I grew up on that. I never had grits until I was grown. So I guess it's what you are use to. Those looked delicious, though. The ones I had is hominy grits I think so that may taste different.
39 years old, been loving grits for 20 years...was always thinking that grits was ground up corn Cobbs 🤣... almost embarrassed to admit this
They taste like ground cobbs if you don't fix 'em up right. LOL!
Here in Canada I believe that your grits are our Cream of Wheat! Lol We cook it the same way but have it for breakfast with sugar and milk.
I think cream of wheat is actually semolina. Different. Still lovely 😊
Thanks for that great demo, Phyllis. We don't have grits here in California. We have polenta. ;-)
brilliant video
Wow, tx for the education regarding the grinding of the grain and all. I've never seen grits in Canada but always wondered what it was. We do have cornmeal, do you think the same process/recipe could be made with cornmeal but it would just end up with a finer grain? Does it taste like smooth buttered corn? Could be a nice option when corn is out of season. Maybe I'll just try it to see... :)
Tx for sharing.
Greetings from Montreal!
LyLy
Thank you miss very much
Never heard of grits until I joined the army. I thought it was bad Oatmeal. Same with collared greens. Thought it was tough spinach.
Thank you 🙏