The Nitty-Gritty on Grits

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Grits may be the most underestimated of all Southern foods - but they form the foundation of some of the most beloved, (and despised) Southern dishes. For this episode of Nourish, we go looking for lost and found varieties of heirloom corns that made grits such a Southern staple.
Welcome to NOURISH with rocket scientist and whole hog barbecue pit master, Dr. Howard Conyers! Think of this show as food for your mind, body and soul.
Host and Co-Producer: Dr. Howard Conyers
Writer and Co-Producer: Christina Melton
Director and Post Production Supervisor:
Donald "DRay!" Washington
Videographer: Bennie Robertson
Graphics: Ryan Golden
Colorist: Chris Miranda
Photographs courtesy of Dr. David Shields, Greg Johnsman and the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation
Special Thanks to Clemson University Coastal Research and Education Center
Original Music: The Brass-a-holics from New Orleans,
The Michael Foster Project from Baton Rouge, LA
Produced by PBS Digital Studios and Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Made possible with funding from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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@cutecheerfreak1 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sad to see this program is no longer supported! I love to see almost anthropological view of nutrition and food ways. I hope they bring it back.

@simonerene 5 жыл бұрын

I like my grits made with milk and lots of butter. I usually double the batch to make squares for open faced sandwiches. The left over grits get quickly gets spread onto a greased jelly pan and once cooled cut into squares that will be crisp fried before topping - examples -Breakfast (topped w/fried egg & bacon bits or chopped sausage), Lunch or dinner (topped tomatoes, onions & okra, or black-eyed peas or pepper steak or shrimp gumbo). I had polenta cakes at a fancy Italian restaurant and had an "aha" moment...

@caesandraseawell1518 4 ай бұрын

LOVE THIS. THIS IS SACRED WORK. Working the land, knowing the plants, respecting the tradition and honoring the labor. LOVE. ALL. OF IT. Please keep sharing how we can support these farmers, seed savers, stone mills and their work too.

@ladysilverwynde 5 жыл бұрын

I love grits with cheddar cheese, a peppered fried egg, and bacon. And I'll eat that at any time of day.

@JosephTyler 5 жыл бұрын

Dr Conyers, love the series! Please keep telling these forgotten stories!

@dokken63 5 жыл бұрын

Great series, great episode! Cheers from Russia, love learning about southern cuisine!

@Noobkx 5 жыл бұрын

I don't even like grits. But after watching, I feel like I have to go out of my way now to make some for myself and give them another shot. Fantastic work, Just discovered your channel. I'm a Texas Retail Meat Cutter and I'm loving your stuff!

@crosscounty24 4 жыл бұрын

Lol me too

@Swimfinz Жыл бұрын

In Thailand, there is a rice congee called โจ็กหมู่ไส่ไข่นะครับ---"joke moo sai kai." This is rice congee with pork and 'things' in it. The cooked rice congee is called "joke." If you ever get to Vietnam, Laos. Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan, etc. show up and any eatery and ask for "joke." You will NOT be let down. It is considered farmer food. Costs about $1-2 for each bowl. Lasts all day! Extremely nourishing.

@kartchner7 4 жыл бұрын

I love grits with cheese and jalapeño. My favorite breakfast

@ruthblack1996 5 жыл бұрын

My fave is shrimp and grits, but growing up and as I make for myself, I love grits with a cheddar cheese and salted butter‼️

@kartchner7 5 жыл бұрын

Bless you for these videos!

@WABBNMedia 5 жыл бұрын

My maternal family is from South Carolina and I loveeee grits dishes! 😛😋 I love cheese grits , sweet grits , and grits with catfish alongside black eyed peas.

@freemanmccullough4486 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a pass on the black eye peas. :-)

@arnoldmavutula2889 4 жыл бұрын

In Malawi central Africa,we call this "misele" we still eat this but it's mainly a breakfast we mix it with sugar or honey...the similarities!!

@xihearthe80sx 5 жыл бұрын

I eat grits with butter and cheese

@KevinBullard Жыл бұрын

Doc Howard nailed this episode!

@bbills4186 5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I eat grits with butter, salt, pepper. Other times with cheese, butter and salt. Not often but occasionally with sugar or cane syrup. I love grits with fried fish or shrimp.

@audreyabdo7719 5 жыл бұрын

Many of us do quick grits because regular grits are time consuming when you work. I just hate lumpy stuck to the pot grits. I will not eat microwave grits. I have had grits sausage and eggs and biscuits for dinner when I come home from work, you just feel you want breakfast for dinner. Shrimp and grits are so filling and delicious. I love fried fish and grits too; nothing is more tasty to me than good buttery grits. The maize is a Native American tradition.

@dvrklo8335 5 жыл бұрын

Audrey Abdo all of the above

@scarletletter4900 5 жыл бұрын

The original southern comfort. Ours were always a simple affair growing up. Salt, pepper, and butter were the chief flavorings. Come to think of it, that's how the grits at a sandwich & breakfast line I volunteer at are served

@TheAmberDTaylor 5 жыл бұрын

I’m telling you, this episode learned me plenty! (I know this is not proper English) in case any of my former educators are watching.🤣 I made fried catfish and grits last Friday night! No wonder they were a total match. I love yellow and white grits, but can only find white in Houston, and only quick grits. I would love to try some of the varieties mentioned in the show. Since it’s the holidays, I may as well treat myself! Also, I grew my first organic garden this year, and since that makes me an expert, I must find corn seed to try next year.🌽 Another amazing episode. Thanks Dr.

@TheAmberDTaylor 5 жыл бұрын

How did I forget to mention CushCush. I haven’t had it in years, and it may bring me to tears if my mom makes it today. It was my favorite. We enjoyed it with milk like cereal as kids, and I preferred it to t-bones for dinner growing up. What a sweet memory!

@lilyred8120 5 жыл бұрын

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@e.s.7520 5 жыл бұрын

I love it! You said 'learned' me!!! My Dad you to say that😂😂😂 And with you talking about that catfish and grits...sister friend...that sounded like and invite😂😂😂. #goodeatin BTW...Im in Texas now (you mentioned Houston) but family from LA, MS, GA. Im trying organic gardening as well. My neighbors and I plan to start a neighborhood garden soon.

@backroadbbqgrill239 5 жыл бұрын

Fish and grits is my fave.

@annwilliams6438 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. What seriously well produced videos. Thank you. Very interesting.

@territ.5357 5 жыл бұрын

I'm loving the shows! We need more. When can we expect to see them? Thank you 😍😄

@robertmartin5555 5 жыл бұрын

I just learned a lot about different kinds of grits 👍

@antlearn5030 5 жыл бұрын

If you put sugar in your grits you might as well make Cream of Wheat

@annwilliams6438 3 жыл бұрын

Ant Learn :) In Africa we have a lot of corn / mielies. So we eat a lot of cornmeal. The best is for breakfast where we eat it with slightly bigger pieces than creamy meal. This makes for a nuttier, yummier and far less processed bowl of porridge than having wheat. (And a lot fewer people are intolerant to it than to the gluten in wheat.)

@boo_boobus22 5 жыл бұрын

love these videos. Now I want grits. Makes me wish that these old heirloom foods, growing practices, and dishes would night die out. All people should have access to the foods of the ancestors, but to much has been lost overtime or it's not economically affordable. I bet you if we still ate food this way the obesity problem in America and around the world would not exist.

@taijoan4442 4 ай бұрын

In the Bahamas grits and tuna is a popular breakfast.

@yusofplayed 5 жыл бұрын

This channel is so important and good

@thatoneguywithtwothumbs Жыл бұрын

Garlic onion chives butter cheese and habanero sauce. Perfect grits recipe

@Pottery4Life 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video! Thanks for sharing.

@Swimfinz Жыл бұрын

...In New Mexico, we add Hatch green chiles (hotter the better) and cheddar cheese and an egg. I love grits with my grits!

@conductorperry 5 жыл бұрын

Great show. Thanks for the info.

@Freshiz325 4 жыл бұрын

I wish this show was still going

@swamppappy7745 5 жыл бұрын

awesome. thanks for sharing

@backroadbbqgrill239 5 жыл бұрын

Who gives thumbs down on something this informative? Go figure.

@smb08j 5 жыл бұрын

I really hope this channel gets more views and subscribers-- great content!!

@gabriellenealy2848 5 жыл бұрын

I love my grits with liver pudding 😍😍😍

@charleydraper8656 2 жыл бұрын

Grits, with butter and bacon, delicious.

@cannett8966 5 жыл бұрын

Cornbread dressing!!!!! C from the little haunted cottage in Ireland ☘️☘️☘️👻👻👻

@missmiko1 5 жыл бұрын

Now I'm hungry for some grits and gravy.

@mariebrown4458 4 жыл бұрын

My First Food😋💞

@Patrick-pl8km 4 жыл бұрын

I love this channel. This video is so interesting. I'm sad there haven't been new videos posted in quite a while.

@nianiah2212 5 жыл бұрын

Yellow grits spread in a pan and baked like corn bread., topped wit shrimp and eggs.

@bernardthomas4461 5 жыл бұрын

We keep it simple in backwoods Georgia. Fish and cheese grits.

@mercedesmoore8820 5 жыл бұрын

Grits with butter, s&p, and a splash of milk

@tkguyok 5 жыл бұрын

Carolina Gourdseed Corn is excellent heirloom corn. Watch "Heritage Corn Makes a Comeback", here on KZfaq.

@harlemboy413 4 жыл бұрын

carolina has the oldest grain of rice in the americas and also the oldest form of grits

@petemielke8959 5 жыл бұрын

Shrimp & grits with a mild hot sauce.

@highjix 4 жыл бұрын

Tell me I am not the only one that wants that kiss my grits shirt.

@MrHarr0073 3 жыл бұрын

sweet butter, salt, black pepper and some coffee

@mercedesdesere8506 5 жыл бұрын

😊😊😩😩❤️❤️

@hugrad95 2 жыл бұрын

Where is man we need him to make a comeback

@violablaire6499 5 жыл бұрын

Such an interesting dish! Could you show more types of dishes next time?

@TheAquamarinelovely1 5 жыл бұрын

Yes save that good corn! We need bourbon and them variety grits. #smackin

@johnd5805 5 жыл бұрын

I don't like grits much but I do love me some cush cush.

@SunnyApples 5 жыл бұрын

I want some of those varieties of corn, but I live in Europe.

@lilyred8120 5 жыл бұрын

Grits with butter, black pepper, lemon juice.

@Swimfinz Жыл бұрын

Just subbed btw....

@countgreg95 5 жыл бұрын

But this episode didn't show us how it's cooked and different dishes that can be made with it, which is what we usually see

@howardconyers7623 5 жыл бұрын

This was purposely done as I felt that not many people understood how grits and corn meal were made. There are plenty of shows that tells one how to make different dishes

@MithMathy Жыл бұрын

I didn't grow up with grits but we made "corn meal mush" as an alternative to oats or wheat farina (or similar grains) when we ran out of those. I always loved the corn flavor, and finally got to eat grits when I was in my 20s and found stone ground grits to make at home in my 30s. Such a good staple food! Love learning more about the history of our food! ❤️

@komalahayes1535 5 жыл бұрын

Came here from Theory of Everything' Edison episode😁

@DonnaMariaDixson 5 жыл бұрын

I eat grits with butter and sugar

@dorothygaby7015 5 жыл бұрын

Donna Dixson the best way

@billyethornton 5 жыл бұрын

Never met a grit I didn't like .

@betawarier346 5 жыл бұрын

Butter hmmmmmm :)

@the_Analogist4011 Жыл бұрын

why no mention of hominy grits?

@joeyortiz8641 Жыл бұрын

Hey doc, where did you go? These are better than food network quality videos man. You still doing this kind of content, Or you busy being a rocket scientist?🤔 🚀