Carolina Snaps
Grits and Fish
Season 5 Episode 3 | 55sVideo has Closed Captions
Discover the delicious history of shrimp and grits!
The combination of seafood like fish or shrimp with grits has its origins in Charleston, South Carolina. Grits, an ancient staple, predate European conquest, African enslavement, and the founding of the United States. Recipes vary from sautéing shrimp to baking them in a grits mixture, but they've remained a beloved breakfast choice along the South Carolina coast.
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Carolina Snaps is a local public television program presented by SCETV
Support for this program is provided by The ETV Endowment of South Carolina.
Carolina Snaps
Grits and Fish
Season 5 Episode 3 | 55sVideo has Closed Captions
The combination of seafood like fish or shrimp with grits has its origins in Charleston, South Carolina. Grits, an ancient staple, predate European conquest, African enslavement, and the founding of the United States. Recipes vary from sautéing shrimp to baking them in a grits mixture, but they've remained a beloved breakfast choice along the South Carolina coast.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipDid you know combining seafood like fish or shrimp with grits was thought to originate in Charleston, South Carolina?
Grits are truly ancient.
The Muskogee or indigenous people of the south eastern is where grits originated.
Back in 1950, the recipe for breakfast shrimp from the Charleston's recipe is the first place shrimp and grits were noted in a cookbook.
First, you sauté onions and green pepper pieces until golden in the skillet.
Then you begin making a shrimp gravy to serve with the grits.
Other recipes advise you to tuck raw shrimp in the hot grits mixture and let them cook to doneness in the oven.
Grits and shrimp have been a breakfast favorite along the South Carolina coast for years.
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Carolina Snaps is a local public television program presented by SCETV
Support for this program is provided by The ETV Endowment of South Carolina.