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.

Grits are a staple in households across the country, and are more nuanced than you may realize. These are the main types on the market and what sets them apart.

Almost synonymous with Southern cooking, grits has fed families for generations. This is the variety that people turn to time ...

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When I lived in Tennessee I learned quite a few quaint Southern colloquialisms, got used to being called “Ma’am”, and that there are grits and G.R.I.T.S. (Girls Raised in the South). Outside of the ...

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