Shrimp and Grits.

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[In_The_Wind]

1. I really do enjoy eating that combo.

[GoCubsGo]

2. Me, too.

Southern food doesn't get any better than shrimp and grits.

[In_The_Wind]

3. I really do need a trip to the Deep South again.

Louisiana should provide that meal better than anywhere if my memory serves me correctly.

[GoCubsGo]

4. Charleston, SC

Loads of good seafood there, and lots of great shrimp and grits. Also excellent Low Country Boil (Frogmore Stew) and she crab soup.

[In_The_Wind]

9. Beaufort has wonderful old places to eat.

I almost relocated down there about ten years ago.

[GoCubsGo]

11. Beaufort is good, too.

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It's also close to Savannah and Hilton Head, also good food towns. Plus, it's the gateway to my favorite place in South Carolina: Hunting Island State Park. Hunting Island has one of my most favorite beaches. They filmed the Vietnam scenes from "Forrest Gump" along the canal there. I stood where Bubba died.

[In_The_Wind]

13. I've vacationed there alone ...

and with different boyfriends in my lifetime. There is something bout that place.
We tied up a 66 foot sport fishing boat there in the early '90s to ride out a storm.

In '66 St Simons Island didn't seem like it was too far for a day trip.
Teenagers were like that back then. All of my friends drank beer but we were drug free!

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[OriginalGeek]

5. We went to dinner with friends a few months ago

at a new place on South Orange ave - south of downtown - and my friend LOOOOOOOOOOVES shrimp and grits and this placed had it on the menu so he ordered it.

Well when the dish came it was shrimp and polenta. My friend was offended and we've never been back to that place. Personally, I don't even know what the difference is but man was he pissed. The waiter said it was their version of shrimp and grits but my buddy wasn't buying that. As far as he's concerned, they lied to his face.



I like that there's okra in your picture. I love me some okra.

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. Grits is (are?) made from alkali-treated corn known as hominy, while polenta...

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... is made from ground UN-treated corn -- corn meal.
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As a transplanted Yankee (KY-TN border for 3 years, Atlanta for 1), I never much liked
grits (nor, to tell you the truth, MOST "Southern foods" -- with the exception of BBQ,
red beans & rice and fried chicken. OK. biscuits n' gravy, too).
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I REALLY liked what our stereotypically SASSY diner waitress (the best kind) told me
about how you could spot a Yankee by how he/she ordered grits. Instead of the South's
habit of butter/black pepper, we're used to Cream of Wheat and have them with milk
and sugar (guilty, your honor).
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[rrneck]

8. Grits are what we feed to yankees to make them think that's all we eat so they'll go home.

Of course, if they let you have BBQ somebody must have decided you were cool.

[OriginalGeek]

10. salt, butter and pepper

that's how I love them. Sometimes cheddar cheese melted in is good too.


I think I've had polenta but I can't remember if I liked it...all i know is every time we drive by that place, my buddy gives them the finger and hollers "LIARS" out the window.

The funny part is I think he likes polenta too. He just didn't like getting polenta when he ordered grits.


Sassy diner waitresses are so good they make it worth going even if the food isn't the best. I'd rather have OK food and a sassy waitress than good food but dull waitstaff.

[In_The_Wind]

15. As a transplanted Southerner ... yum!

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7. Transplanted Yankee here - grits

with anything and everything.

[hobbit709]

12. Yuck!!!

[HappyMe]

14. I don't like grits or okra.