Are you a grits eater?

This is another one of those American terms that I'm completely confused by! What on earth are grits? I'm guessing from how you eat it that it's got a potato base. Am I right?

Im from Louisiana, and I love grits! I like mine with porkchops and gravy. Wether for breakfast or dinner, we eat them alot in this house!

i live in canada and have always wanted to know what grits are...can you describe them? i can let you know what poutine is - its french fries smothered in gravy and a cheez whiz kind of substance (definitely an aquired taste and i dont like it!)

I have no idea what they are! We don't have them in Australia, and I've read about them often - but there's never any explanation of what they actually are. Is it cereal?

I lived in the South for 25 years. Grits are the one thing I just couldn't take a shine to. Now sausage gravy and biscuits... There a restaurant on my way to work here in Arizona that serves them and they're superb. I stop there at least 1 morning a week. I could also go for some country ham with redeye gravy right now.

MMmmMM I love grits!! Never too much butter or salt n pepper, either, that's for sure. It's actually been awhile since I enjoyed a true bowl of good southern grits--thanks for the idea!! ~~

I have neer yet eaten grits, but I would absolutely love to try them some day. I think they would be something interesting to try, and I'm always interested in trying new things.

I love grits. I did not eat them for a long time, but then I started buying them again recently. I like to do cheesy grits mostly. I love them with lots of butter, salt, and pepper too. Give me some grits, fried eggs, and bacon and I am a happy camper.

Your not the only one from the south and yes I do like grits. Give me some butter an a little sugar, that will do. I have had cheese grits but not crazy about them, they were instant though. I'm not really crazy about the salt and pepper in them. I guess I have always had them with sugar and butter to the point that is the way that I like them. With some eggs and sausage on the side and toast with butter and jelly. That is a great breakfast.

I don't but my husband does.. We are from the south also, but when he was driving a truck and had a stop somewhere up north, he stopped for breakfast and ordered grits, the girl looked at him like he was crazy and said, "what a grit".. He likes them with butter and black pepper, plain, or with cheese.. My mother-in-law used to make grits and then mold them into a loaf pan, then chill and slice them and fry them until crispy.. Everyone said they taste exactly like a piece of fried fish..

Hi. sweetdesign. Yes, I do love grits so much! I love to add butter, cheese and black pepper in it. I plan to try adding bacon to my grits since many people say that it tastes really good this way. I am from the south as well and I love grits too!

sure i do, i'm from tennessee. i like them w/sausage & over easy eggs.

Yes I love grits a lot, but in my country (Iraq) we cooked it in a different ways: -cooked as you cook the rise and but with it some pomegranate's tart it make it so sweet. -my wife use to cooked it with boiled water then put some cooked meat with it then make it like small balls with some almonds and gooseberry then cooked with hot oil it is so delicious, I hope I can send you some to taste it. and some other ways I dont know how they do it. Anyway grits is so good and you could cook it in a different ways. Have a nice day.

I've just never gotten into grits. Maybe, I need to try them again; it's been a while, and people's tastes do change over time.

I too am from the south and was raised having grits on many occassions for breakfast. My hubby is from the north and he had never heard of grits until he met me! I am not a fan of the little flavored packages of grits, I prefer to buy them in the large bag and fix my own. I like a little butter on my grits and sometimes, I am in the mood for a tiny bit of sugar. My daughter and son like the flavored varieties, and are partial to the bacon flavored and cheese flavored grits. My hubby will eat them now, but isn't a huge fan like myself!