{"id":12653,"date":"2016-07-16T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T17:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=12653"},"modified":"2021-01-09T15:40:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T22:40:32","slug":"grits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/grits\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying Grits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/grits.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright aiif12689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/grits.jpg\" alt=\"grits\" width=\"142\" height=\"297\"><\/a>There is an old saying&nbsp; &#8220;When buying Grits-in-a-Box, open the box, dump out the grits, then eat the box.&#8221;&nbsp; Don&#8217;t take shortcuts on making grits.&nbsp; A few extra minutes makes all the difference in the world.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grits are nothing more than ground kernels of corn.<\/li>\n<li>The grain mill is the most expensive and most important piece of equipment when grinding your own grits.<\/li>\n<li>Any stone-ground grits from Amazon are OK to use:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=Stone+ground+grits&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_2\">HERE IS A LINK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Dixie Supply Cafe &amp; Bakery<\/h2>\n<p>Located @ 62 State Street in Charleston<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dent corn is used in the US. &#8211; Large endosperm, smaller hard endosperm<\/li>\n<li>Flint corn is used in Italy. &#8211; Smaller soft endosperm, larger hard endosperm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fine, Medium and Coarse<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stone ground Grits &#8211; coarse &#8211; white<\/li>\n<li>Polenta &#8211; medium grind &#8211; yellow &#8211; sifted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Polenta Cooking Contest &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 C polenta or grits<\/li>\n<li>1.5 tsp kosher salt\n<ul>\n<li>Test 1:&nbsp; 4 C H2O<\/li>\n<li>Test 2:&nbsp; 2 C water and 2 C milk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Stir to combine, then wait 5 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Skim off chaff<\/li>\n<li>Turn on heat stirring constantly first 5 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Cover and stir every 5 minutes for about an hour<\/li>\n<li>Polenta absorbs more liquid so will be thicker<\/li>\n<li>2-4 TBL butter per serving per pot just before serving<\/li>\n<li>Polenta is a bit grittier.&nbsp; Grits are smoother and more like a custard\n<ul>\n<li>Polenta with parm<\/li>\n<li>Polenta with goat heese<\/li>\n<li>Grits with Cheddar &#8211; cheddar<\/li>\n<li>Grits and Shrimp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an old saying&nbsp; &#8220;When buying Grits-in-a-Box, open the box, dump out the grits, then eat the box.&#8221;&nbsp; Don&#8217;t take shortcuts on making grits.&nbsp; A few extra minutes makes all the difference in the world. Grits are nothing more than ground kernels of corn. The grain mill is the most expensive and most important &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/grits\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Buying Grits&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,178,210],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-appetizers","category-book-breakfasts","category-beatitudes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12653"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20788,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12653\/revisions\/20788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}