Kitchen

[Sooner]

I was looking through some old community cookbooks from the 1970's and 1980's, and was reminded that should you live below the Mason Dixon line, grits IS a vegetable.  The "Vegetable" sections of these books are proof!  

I wanted to point this out in case some of you from other areas are thinking what vegetables could I serve with my holiday meal!  Fear not!  Grits to the rescue.

Creamed grits, cheese grits, garlic grits, and on and on.  Some do include pepper, which after all IS a plant.

Just FYI!  Here to help!  Many people are big fans of vegetables that are carbs as well!  

[Desertdi]

@Sooner 

I firmly believe chocolate is also a vegetable.    It comes from cocoa BEANS.     di

[Icegoddess]

Grits are made from a variety of corn, so of course it's a vegetable.  I love grits, but not the instant ones.  Those are nasty.

[Tinkrbl44]

@Sooner 

A vegetable?  Seriously?  Just because it was found in a regional cookbook isn't proof .....   please clarify.

I thought grits came from CORN .... and like wheat pasta, rice, barley, and many others .... isn't corn a GRAIN?  

I recently saw RICE GRITS at the store, even though I though only corn qualified.

Honestly, it doesn't matter to me, in the over all scheme of things.  If you like grits, eat them.  

[Jk9]

We had Shrimp and Gouda Grits last night.  Very tasty and filling.  We like to do that occasionally.  Love those cheesy grits.  

[smoochy]

I tried grits for the first time recently. Being from the upper Midwest I thought when in Rome.. or in my case, now that I live in Florida. Anyhow, yuk. I'll happily leave this southern dish to the southern folks. 🥴

[loriqvc]

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@Desertdi wrote:

@Sooner 

I firmly believe chocolate is also a vegetable.    It comes from cocoa BEANS.     di

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@Desertdi - I'm with you! I always tell people cake is part of a plant-based diet due to the flour, sugar, vanilla, and chocolate. 

[Kachina624]

I firmly belive the Deep South delicacy,  grits, should stay in the Deep South and not be allowed to leave.

[Franklinbell]

Love cheesy grits! Yum yum!

[on the bay]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

I firmly belive the Deep South delicacy,  grits, should stay in the Deep South and not be allowed to leave.

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This had me laughing @Kachina624.

My father first introduced me to grits. Plain. There is nothing and I mean nothing like a soothing bowl of grits. Maybe a tiny bit of butter

but no shrimp, no cheese, no confusing things added

You haven't lived until you have a bowl of grits done right!