Had cheesy grits this morning at a diner. Had cheesy grits this past week right here at home.
I make the 30-minute kind. When they're about half done in the simmering water, I add a tablespoon or so of milk and some dried chives. I salt the water first, so all I need to add at the table are the shredded cheese and some pepper.
Grits are NOT a hot cereal, no matter how many uneducated Yankees say they are. They're a substitute for potatoes, and you dress them with the same things you'd dress hash browns - which does NOT include sugar. Stir in some cheese, or crumbled bacon, or butter, or green onions, some black pepper, or even a bit of garlic powder. But no damn sugar.
