Here’s the part that makes grits famous. By themselves, plain boiled grits taste like warm, gritty paste. They are a blank canvas for butter, cheese, salt, pepper, bacon grease, and shrimp.
Shrimp and grits, by the way, is not just a meal—it’s a lifestyle declaration. If you eat this at a restaurant in Charleston, you have effectively announced you have better taste than everyone reading a menu that says “chicken fingers.”
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Some people add hot sauce. Others add sugar. The sugar-in-grits argument has started more family feuds than who gets the last piece of fried chicken. Do not mention sugar in a grits conversation unless you are ready to fight.
