corn grits

American  

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. hominy grits.

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Etymology

Origin of corn grits

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

Here, we’re making it with white corn grits.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2022

Lett’s food is fresh and just surprising enough to intrigue without getting silly: grilled kabocha squash with mint-pomegranate pesto; rye rags with sausage, mushroom and fennel; rustic corn grits with mushroom sugo and poached egg.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2015

Unsure, state health officials in Florida swept grocery-store shelves of some shipments of Betty Crocker cake mixes, Gold Medal flour, Dixie Lily corn grits and Martha White's hush puppies, among other goodies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the seed is carried to the "huller," where it is crushed or ground into a rough meal about as coarse as the ordinary corn "grits."

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 by Various

Dere am cornbread and cornmeal mush and corn hominy and corn grits and parched corn for drink, 'stead of tea or coffee.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration