Grits
Grits is a food made by boiling ground maize (also known as corn), and usually served with other flavorings as a breakfast dish, usually savory. It is popular in the Southern United States.
Grits is of Native American origin, and is similar to other thick maize-based porridges from around the world such as polenta.
Modern grits are commonly made of alkali-treated corn known as hominy, in which case it may be called "hominy grits". "Instant grits" and "quick grits" use hominy processed for faster cooking, widely sold in supermarkets.
The word "grits" may be treated as either singular or plural; historically, in the American South it was always singular. It derives from the Old English word "grytt," meaning coarse meal.
Origins
Grits have their origin in Native American corn preparation. Traditionally, the hominy for grits was ground on a stone mill. The ground hominy is then passed through screens, the finer sifted material used as grit meal, and the coarser as grits. Many American communities used a gristmill until the mid-twentieth century, farmers bringing their corn to be ground, and the miller keeping a portion as his fee. State law in South Carolina requires grits and corn meal to be enriched, similar to the requirement for flour, unless the grits are made from the corn a miller kept as his fee.
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Grits (novel)
Grits is the debut novel by British author Niall Griffiths, published in 2000 by Jonathan Cape. Set in and around Aberystwyth and concerning promiscuity, drugs, alcohol, and petty crime it gained for its author, who lives and works in the town the dubious honorific "the Welsh Irvine Welsh". The novel is largely autobiographical, Niall Griffiths moved to Aberystwyth to research a PhD in post-war British poetry but soon became, as he puts it, an "enthusiastic participator in parties" and dropped out of his studies.
Ianto, a character briefly appearing in Grits became the anti-hero of Griffith's second novel Sheepshagger.
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From the rear of the 2001 Vintage Books edition :
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by Grits
I Be
by: GritsJust just in case you don't know who we be
Just just in case you don't know who we be
It's the crew who represents nicely
State to state no matter what city
Can't you see it's us that's rockin' yo' world
I be, I be, I be coffee, I be, I be, I be bone
Me I run the playin' field
Me I be ownin' the thrown
He be, he be, he be coffee, he be, he be, he be bone
Me I do it nicely
Me I be heir to the thrown
Y'all wanna hear it? Naw y'all don't wanna hear it
You don't want coffdeezy, jump up, get up easy
Purple giant, death defiant, but I creep up on you quite
Me animator, slowly we raisin' the dead
Complicator of clause plans, schemes, scandalous, curious things
How can you hand various things?
Bicarious beings?
What?
Rollin' 'round these hills on count of countless of feels
Of raw deals I'm after the cheapest of thrills
Killin' off a slew of folk watchin' 'em all fall
But really man it's you a choke
Guelish like orathal do my best to hit yo' region
Rollin' deep like we was legion for a season
We will let be leavin'
Karma heazin' steady breathin'
Just in case you don't know who we be
It's the crew who represents nicely
State to state no matter what city
Can't you see it's us that's rockin' yo' world
I be, I be, I be coffee, I be, I be bone, I be peddy dee
(Check it out 'cuz)
He be, he be coffee, he be, he be bone, he be peddy dee
(Bonavilles)
One for the projects, two for the thugs
Three for the king pin sippin' ear drums
Over Damascus where he turned me around
Put a word in ma mouth and a sound
(Get down)
[Incomprehensible]
[Incomprehensible]
Praise God we ain't destructive no more
[Incomprehensible]
Let yo' mind take you to the end of the road
Choose to do right but chose to get blowed
Educate ya' mind to young to know code
Grits and peddy dee be squad like flip mode
Just just in case you don't know who we be
It's the crew who represents nicely
State to state no matter what city
Can't you see it's us that's rockin' yo' world
I be, I be, I be coffee, I be, I be, I be bone
Me I run the playin' field
Me I be ownin' the thrown
He be, he be, he be coffee, he be, he be, he be bone
Me I do it nicely
Me I be heir to the thrown
I'm the one they call bonifide
City boy countrified
Known for that southern fide
Bring it to you, any, however you want it, I got it
Get it and never escape, give it up slow brah
Checkin' for yo' soul brah
You stumble down the wrong road
Steppin' on the wrong toes
Now we 'bout to get it right
Stitch it up, switch it up
Peddy dee click it up
Nashville show me love
Jacksonville it's ya' boy
Sandalwood put it up
Clearin' out the smoke screen
Step into the unseen
Sober from that sticky green
Wrap it up like I still beem
Scotty what's the situation?
(The fun years of desperation)
Well let 'em know we on location ready for the confrontation
Just just in case you don't know who we be
It's the crew who represents nicely
State to state no matter what city
Can't you see it's us that's rockin' yo' world
I be, I be, I be coffee, I be, I be, I be bone
Me I run the playin' field
Me I be ownin' the thrown
He be, he be, he be coffee, he be, he be, he be bone
Me I do it nicely
Me I be heir to the thrown
Just just in case you don't know who we be
It's the crew who represents nicely
State to state no matter what city
Can't you see it's us that's rockin' yo' world
I be, I be, I be coffee, I be, I be, I be bone
Me I run the playin' field
Me I be ownin' the thrown
He be, he be, he be coffee, he be, he be, he be bone
Me I do it nicely
Me I be heir to the thrown
Just just in case you don't know who we be
It's the crew who represents nicely
State to state no matter what city
Can't you see it's us that's rockin' yo' world
I be, I be, I be coffee, I be, I be, I be bone
Me I run the playin' field
Me I be ownin' the thrown
He be, he be, he be coffee, he be, he be, he be bone
Me I do it nicely
Me I be heir to the thrown