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Hope I Don't Offend Any Of You Southerners, But....

Monklady123

By Monklady123
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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Monklady123
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I've just put milk and sugar on my grits and eaten them like a hot cereal! :ph34r: <---- me pretending not to see you all (y'all) who were born in the south. heehee...

But seriously -- I've always eaten grits but never as a morning hot cereal. I've been told that the only two "proper" ways to eat grits are with butter and salt, or with cheese. (YUMMY! cheese grits!)

So now that I can't eat oatmeal, except for the certified gluten-free kind which is very expensive and only available in one store near me, I've been searching for what to eat in the morning. I've tried the Quaker cream of rice and it's okay, but too smooth for my liking. I like something a bit more "grainy" or chewy.

Well... it just suddenly occurred to me to try grits! And it was a great breakfast! Milk, a little bit of sugar...yummy. And best of all grits are inexpensive and available everywhere. :D

Now... I wonder what they'll taste like with banana? Going to try that tomorrow after I get to the store to buy some.

Apologies to you southerners. I promise to continue to eat them with cheese also. ;)

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Rachel W Apprentice
Rachel W
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Too Funny ! :ph34r:

missy'smom Collaborator
missy'smom
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You might like Bob's Red mill Mighty Tasty hot cereal. I'm not a hot cereal fan but liked it. It's got corn, buckwheat, sorghum etc. Similar texture to grits I think and that natural sweet corn flavor. Yummy with banana or cinnamon and apple and brown sugar and "milk" of your choice.

Roda Rising Star
Roda
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Glad you liked the grits. I've eaten them with sugar too no milk but I'm not a true southerner. LOL I decided I didn't like them and havn't eaten any since.

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Monklady123
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You might like Bob's Red mill Mighty Tasty hot cereal. I'm not a hot cereal fan but liked it. It's got corn, buckwheat, sorghum etc. Similar texture to grits I think and that natural sweet corn flavor. Yummy with banana or cinnamon and apple and brown sugar and "milk" of your choice.

Yes, I've tried this also and it's very yummy! But, it's as expensive as the gluten-free oats and also is only available in one store near me. I will continue to buy it but I was also looking for something that was cheap and easy to find.

And, on another use for the Bob's cereal -- I recently made meatloaf for the first time since going gluten-free and had forgotten that meat loaf usually has bread crumbs. I used to also put wheat germ in my meat loaf so instead of crumbs and wheat germ I just used the Bob's cereal. My ds said it was the best meat loaf he's had. rofl... :)

txplowgirl Enthusiast
txplowgirl
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If you don't have a problem with corn I recommend something I was raised on as a kid. Cornmeal mush. Just like grits, add butter, sugar, whatever you like.

Just plain ole cornmeal cooked. I have it a couple a times a week. Brings back memories of cold mornings at my granmothers.

FooGirlsMom Rookie
FooGirlsMom
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LOL you're too funny :)

Since going gluten-free, I've found about a dozen ways to eat rice grits (we buy Rice n Shine). One of our favorites is to make them with raisins & then add a little honey & homemade applesauce (with sugar & cinnamon included). My husband is not gluten-free and he gobbles them up. We've also made them with brown sugar & maple syrup, with cooked apples & raisins, with bananas & maple syrup, you get the idea. You just experiment with all your favorite breakfast flavors :)

It's funny that it's not proper to eat them as a breakfast cereal. That's the only way we eat them. I ate them "regular" in college (in Texas) and they were ok but I think they are a stellar breakfast food.

If I eat a side dish, I really just prefer the regular rice seasoned up different ways. (Though I have been known to cook rice in water & coconut milk with raisins & add cinnamon & honey LOL)

Rice is a great food no matter how you make it!

FooGirlsMom

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kareng Grand Master
kareng
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If you don't have a problem with corn I recommend something I was raised on as a kid. Cornmeal mush. Just like grits, add butter, sugar, whatever you like.

Just plain ole cornmeal cooked. I have it a couple a times a week. Brings back memories of cold mornings at my granmothers.

My grandma made this for us. We put maple syrup on it. Also called it " Moosh". :)

GlutenFreeManna Rising Star
GlutenFreeManna
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I'm not from the South but I have lived there for about ten years. I've never tried grits with sweet stuff in them, but I prefer savory things for breakfast. Another thing you can try is mixing them with cooked bacon or sausage. I did this when I couldn't eat cheese and butter (using turkey bacon). They also make a good casserole with eggs: Open Original Shared Link

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Skylark
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Too funny! I guess I'm a southerner because the idea of sweet grits sounds gross. :lol: I eat plain grits as a side dish for eggs with butter, salt, and pepper. If I want to get fancy I use any combination of cheese, chunks of sausage, sliced ham, or crumbled bacon.

Wolicki Enthusiast
Wolicki
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I come from a long line of southerners. The preferred way of eating grits in my family is to smash up some bacon, fried eggs (still runny), pour the grits over all, add a pat of butter and moosh it all up together. Heaven in a bowl. My Granny also added a spoonful of grape jelly to the top.

I love me some grits :P

K8ling Enthusiast
K8ling
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I FORGIVE YOU!!!

I am a Georgia girl, and while the idea of sweet grits makes my stomach turn (maybe that's the baby) it IS acceptable as far as I am concerned :)

Although cheese grits? DELICIOUS....are there gluten-free grits?? I miss them.

mushroom Proficient
mushroom
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I'm obviously not a southerner, not even a native born, and I find the very idea of grits of any kind abhorrent :lol:

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Monklady123
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I FORGIVE YOU!!!

I am a Georgia girl, and while the idea of sweet grits makes my stomach turn (maybe that's the baby) it IS acceptable as far as I am concerned :)

Although cheese grits? DELICIOUS....are there gluten-free grits?? I miss them.

Well...I'm eating the Quaker 5-minute kind and although it doesn't specifically say gluten-free the ingredients are: "white hominy grits made from corn" and then a list of added vitamins. That's it. And there is no "processed on shared machinery" warning, or anything like that. I haven't had a bit of trouble with them. Not even any vague tummy "rumbling" which is usually the sign that I've gotten a trace amount of gluten.

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I come from a long line of southerners. The preferred way of eating grits in my family is to smash up some bacon, fried eggs (still runny), pour the grits over all, add a pat of butter and moosh it all up together. Heaven in a bowl. My Granny also added a spoonful of grape jelly to the top.

I love me some grits :P

This sounds yummy, minus the jelly. :ph34r: Or, I'd do the jelly minus the other ingredients. lol... Not sure I want savory and sweet in the same bowl. lol... But, I think I'll give the bacon/eggs/grits a try tomorrow. B)

starrytrekchic Apprentice
starrytrekchic
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True southerner here. I was raised with both plain grits (with salt, maybe butter) and the milk/butter/sugar combo. Both were fine! Never added cheese to them, though. I've heard of it, and normally I'll add cheese to anything, but that just sounds awful. I always went the butter/milk/sugar route, due to the sweet tooth.

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Dixiebell
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I am a G.R.I.T (girl raised in the south). I have eaten grits with butter and sugar (more when I was younger) or with salt, pepper and butter or with eggs, they are good with bacon bits in them too. Cheese grits are good and 'shrimp and grits' is really good. We have also been known to have grits as a side to fried fish.

Wolicki Enthusiast
Wolicki
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Dinner grits are good, too, cooked in chicken or beef broth, then add butter and pepper. Yummmm! :D

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ravenwoodglass
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I'm obviously not a southerner, not even a native born, and I find the very idea of grits of any kind abhorrent :lol:

I have to agree. :ph34r: I did live down south for a long time and loved it there but grits, no thanks. Give me my cream of buckwheat or buckwheat kasha any day but you can keep the grits.

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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Bob's Red Mill makes millet grits. I often have them with breakfast, cooked in almond milk and a sprinkle of flax meal, with either sugar/cinnamon added, or frozen fruit, or jam. Reminiscent of the steel cut oat texture. Tasty.

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Monklady123
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This thread has been so interesting, thanks everyone. I can see I'll be serving grits with dinner at some point. lol..

And interesting how one southerner doesn't do cheese grits, but my south Georgia friend says that's one of the only two "real" ways to eat them (salt and butter being the other one). So grits must be regional. Now I'm psyched to google grits. rofl.. :lol:

Well, tomorrow's breakfast will be cooked apple with my grits because I have a couple of apples that are just past that good-to-eat-raw stage, so I need to do something with them.

Then the next day I'm doing the eggs and bacon one. No grape jelly though. :P

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Fire Fairy
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I'm a Tennessee girl born and raised and I like salty grits on some mornings and sugary grits on others. I've never had cheese grits, it sounds awful to me. Sadly my favorite thing to do with grits was to put some on my biscuit with egg and bacon. :( Oh well it's good to know I can still eat grits I hadn't even thought about grits since going gluten free. They are a lot cheaper than Bob's Red Mill Hot and Tasty Cereal.

GlutenFreeManna Rising Star
GlutenFreeManna
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Another recipe I have seens but never tried was to pour leftover grits (before they get hard) into a greased square dish and spread to about 1/2 inch thick. Put them in the fridge until they get cool and harden. Then pull out, cut into squares and fry in bacon grease. Never tried this since I can't eat bacon and I'm not sure how it would work with oil. Certainly not healthy, but it sounds similar to hashbrowns but with grits. Any Southerners do this?

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Another recipe I have seens but never tried was to pour leftover grits (before they get hard) into a greased square dish and spread to about 1/2 inch thick. Put them in the fridge until they get cool and harden. Then pull out, cut into squares and fry in bacon grease. Never tried this since I can't eat bacon and I'm not sure how it would work with oil. Certainly not healthy, but it sounds similar to hashbrowns but with grits. Any Southerners do this?

hmmm.... this sounds VERY unhealthy. And VERY yummy! B) I might have to add that to my list, to try once at least. I mean, I'll have the bacon grease from the bacon/egg/grits recipe. So I wouldn't want it to go to waste, would I? ;)

Judy3 Contributor
Judy3
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I'm obviously not a southerner, not even a native born, and I find the very idea of grits of any kind abhorrent :lol:

AGREED!!!! :rolleyes:

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