Does Britain eat grits?

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

Never heard if them having it

It's the gritty corn thing like oatmeal you eat like cereal in hot water

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It's just a southern US thing. We don't even have it in Canada.

Cream of Wheat is more well known in Northern states as well as Canada. While they use different grain for the cereals, they are pretty similar in how they are made and served and with what.

Indeed, though it's still technically not the same thing.

[MinionJoe]

It's my understanding that corn and corn products are considered to be "livestock fodder" in the UK.

But they also consider Hondas to be "old people cars", so who knows...

[Doctor Opta]

I think they only eat beans

[Pocahawtness]

No.

[Pocahawtness]

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It's my understanding that corn and corn products are considered to be "livestock fodder" in the UK.

But they also consider Hondas to be "old people cars", so who knows...

Erm, I am not sure what it is used for in the UK. Certainly corn flour is common, but as a thickener. Corn is a popular addition to meals and salads. But I don't think it is as popular in the UK as other countries.

Honda is not particularly popular in Europe.

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Grits are nixtamalized.

[St✩rlight]

We don't eat grits, we only heard of it from TV shows.

[metamec]

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It's called polenta in the UK. Goes well with nuts and or fruit.

That makes sense after seeing pictures of grits. It's readily available everywhere in Europe but not wildly popular. Italy is polenta ground zero.

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Polenta is not nixtamalized.

[☮ne✟rue𝓢ax☯n]

No, the nearest equivalent we have is Polenta.

[Xautos]

We have Maize flakes (dunno why it's called corn flakes any more) and rolled oats for porridge.

[GunsForBucks]

Soul food. These foods were created by American slaves making dishes from leftovers that the masters did not want.

Soul food night on the ship was always interesting... walk up to trays full of pigs feet, full hoof standing up in the tray. Grits and all that stuff.

I went to the forward chow hall for hotdogs.

[permanent name]

It's a common substitute in bangers and mash.

[Kobs]

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What the heck are grits? Sounds like a type of rock.

I once stopped at a restaurent for breakfast in West Virginia I ordered eggs and beside my eggs were Grits and I said something like wtf is that?... the waitress said with a southern accent "those are grits hunny it comes with the eggs you ordered" (google grits in images lol)
To be honest it looked like a dog barfed in my plate loll

[Raelic]

Grits are all over. It's not just the US either. You can get Grits in Mexico and S. America, but they don't call it grits.

The first time I had grits was in Indiana and it was served as described here previously. Butter and sugar.

Shrimp and Grits is a popular dish in many restaurants all over the US.

It's corn based so of course the US is the biggest consumer of grits.

Properly cooked grits have a creamy thick texture and I'd say it has a texture like lumpy mashed potatoes.

Depending on how they're cooked they can lump together in chunks. The Mexican version I had would fry those lumps and put salsa on it.

I'm sure there are places in the UK that has grits, but it's not common in the UK from my experience. The UK doesn't have a huge corn crop.