What Are Grits, and Are They Healthy?

www.healthline.com ^ | on April 5, 2019 | Ryan Raman, MS, RD

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

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[Red Badger]

yep, Amen!.....................

[mlo]

They’re only good at the Waffle House.

No they are not healthy. They are very high carb.

[catnipman]

“Are They Healthy?”

yes, especially cooked with cream and butter with more butter on top when served ... bacon adds even more nutrition when included with sautéed shrimp used in shrimp and grits ...

“What Are Grits”

article explanation is piss-poor ... grits are ground hominy, and hominy is corn kernels treated with the nixtamalization process (soaked in a caustic solution) to dissolve hemicellulose, the major glue-like component of the maize cell walls, loosen the hulls from the kernels, and soften the corn, and release the B vitamins for absorption ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominy

[nutmeg]

Wallpaper paste with lumps... Perfect description of grits! Yuck.

If I want to eat something fattening and loaded with carbs, there are *plenty* of other far more tasty options.

[Calvin Locke]

GMTA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grit_(newspaper)

[Red Badger]

And waffles ain’t?..................

[Jaded]

My mom used to make fried grits too.

Love grits.. but not as much as purple hull peas with sweet cornbread.

[abb]

And maybe with a link or two of venison sausage to go with it?

[central_va]

I recently grabbed a box of creme of wheat which I thought was a box of grits. So I made some creme of wheat only because I hadn’t had it in decades AND IT IS GOOD!!!

[Cecily]

Grits = good delivery system for butter and/or cheeses and/or breakfast meats and/or redeye gravy

Cream of Wheat or oatmeal = good delivery system for brown sugar, maple syrup and fruits

Grits are meant to be savory, not sweet.

[Red Badger]

https://www.grit.com/

[Gay State Conservative]

Well,they *were* Army grits...so maybe I would have liked *real* grits. But I've gone this long without them so I guess the last few years of my life can be grits free too.

And BTW...I don't have the first bloody clue what polenta is.If I had any energy I could look it up though.

[mlo]

"And waffles ain’t?.................."

They didn't ask about that.

[Red Badger]

I prefer ‘Wheatena’ to Cream of Wheat............

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatena

[catnipman]

“Grits, more tasteless than Oatmeal.”

oatmeal is fabulous when cooked with half-half and seasoned with cinnamon, butter, and a bit of brown sugar; nuts added for crunch are good too

same with grits: cook with butter, milk, a bit of salt and pepper and then season with more butter ... grits can be baked the next day with cheese on top ... YUM!

[catnipman]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grit_(newspaper)

[nutmeg]

Polenta-like grits... Now that type of grits sound tasty! Too bad they are loaded with carbs. 😕

[FamiliarFace]

C’mon over sometime, and I’ll cook up a right nice Southern breakfast for you. Bacon or ham, served with eggs however you’d like, with sides of cheesy grits, fried green tomatoes (also a specialty of mine), and toast. Coffee or tea and freshly squeezed orange juice, too! You’ll be pleasantly filled and it will carry you through many hours of hard work! 😉

[RightGeek]

And of course we need this: