But which one is the True Grits? :D

Hominy is made from field corn that is soaked in lye and water.

I think true grits are ground hominy. It's dried after its soak... ground up, sold in bags... or you can even buy instant grits. Grits with Red-eye gravy has ham in it.

Shrimp and grits is really popular at this restaurant in Chapel Hill called Crook's Corner. They put cheese in their grits.

I tasted grits once... and decided that once was enough. Some southern foods - vinegar based bbq, hushpuppies, biscuits, sweet potatoes, pinto beans, collard greens, cobblers, and banana pudding are just so wonderful that you can easily overlook the fact that many of those people like grits too. :)

So wouldn't that render them unfit for human consumption, but pretty good for cleaning out a clogged drainpipe?

Perhaps that is what melidasaur was getting at ...

I don't know why, but I like grits. Strange because I do not really like oatmeal that much, but I also have a preference for salty stuff, and I tend to drown my grits in salt, butter, cheese and - you guessed it - tabasco sauce.

Once I ate my grits before they were cooked through. :dead:

Southern BBQ is most definitely NOT vinegar-based. Vinegar-based (usually pulled pork) BBQ comes from the east coast. BBQ down here is thick and sweet.

I do need to watch my BBQ lingo... mustard - SC, vinegar - eastern NC, tomato based vinegar - western NC. Vinegar-based is just a small portion of it. Thank you. :)

that was the weird thing about living in the south.. when I dipped my pizza in ranch they all looked at me like I was mad.. then they tried it.. SUCKERS!!! anywhoo! honey-mustard is the ranch of the south.. I like them both.. and then again the thing I miss the most is FRESH seafood.. right out of the ocean and on my plate. *sigh* and oh my.. collard greens! *drooling* it's been almost 10 years since I've had real collard greens and overly sweet sweet tea.. I think I know where I'm going on vacation (since I finally get one).

But which one is the True Grits?

I dunno, perhaps go ask Mamma (oh I hated that show!)

and I'll be damned if I'm going to get my lips anywhere close to her aged 'grits'