hominy grits

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what is hominy grits

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Grits
  Ground corn mealA common side-dish for breakfast, particularly in the southern states. It is basically the corn grain, hulled and ground. In texture it is very much like semolina, and it has relatively little taste, so that salt, butter or sugar may be added at the table. Hominy grits are much the same, but the word hominy means a particular method of removing the hulls - not by grinding, but by soaking in a caustic solution and then washing

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