hominy grits
Americannoun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of hominy grits
1790–1800;
Example Sentences
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Breakfast, served in the dining room, sun porch, garden--or even in bed--includes blended juices, salmon cakes, scrambled eggs and scallions, cheese hominy grits, corn bread, fried apples and turkey sausage.
From Time Magazine Archive
William Edward Dodd, U. S. Ambassador to Germany, sent by airplane from Berlin to Moscow a package of hominy grits for silver-whiskered Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois recuperating from pneumonia.
From Time Magazine Archive
They ate Missouri ham and hominy grits and sang the parody of Tipperary.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The consumer has been led to believe that ordinary cereals have a nutritive value superior to common foods such as bread, hominy grits, rice, spaghetti, baked beans, potatoes and pizza," he said.
From Time Magazine Archive
The smell of unfamiliar food in the air now, fish caught from the nearby river, pig knuckles, hominy grits, fried baloney, black-eyed peas.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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