You may have seen them popping up on restaurant menus around Columbia over the past year: Congaree Milling Co.’s hominy grits. And unless you’re a maize scholar, you probably didn’t think much of it.

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. True grits are usually made with dried, ground ...

Corn as a grain has a myriad of uses. From Southern cornbread and grits to Mexican tortillas, the New World grain is the base ...

You've probably read the word "gritty" somewhere — it might even be in your personal vocabulary. Fun fact: It shares roots with a simple, but nourishing food that had fed Southerners for generations.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Venture too far out of the Southern U.S. and grits quickly disappear from restaurant menus and grocery store shelves alike, but for a ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. I eat a lot of corn and corn products. I love ...

All hominy is corn, but not all corn is hominy. We break it down and explain what hominy really is. The post What Is Hominy and How Do You Cook It appeared first on Taste of Home.

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