Grits
Grits
!Grits with cheese, bacon, green onion and a basted egg
Origin
The dish originated with the Native American Muscogee tribe using maize. American colonists learned to make the dish from the Native Americans, and it quickly became an American staple.
Origin
At that time, maize or hominy for grits was ground on a stone mill). The ground material was passed through screens, the finer sifted material used as grit meal, and the coarser as grits.