The History Behind Sweet vs Savory Grits

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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The sweet vs. savory grits debate is a longstanding discussion in our community. But is there a right way to enjoy comfort food? _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. The production team for this podcast includes Cydney Smith, Len Webb, and Lilly Workneh. Our editors are Lance John and Avery Phillips from Gifted Sounds Network. Julian Walker serves as executive producer. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1963, America's Georgia, 15 black girls joined a protest.
0:05.9	One for the matinee, please.
0:08.0	Negroes, hit your tickets in the back.
0:11.0	We just want tickets to see the show. Here comes a whole mess of tickets for each. in the Based on the true story, Push Black presents The Stolen Girls of America's.
0:27.0	Listen and follow on the Odyssey app, or wherever you find your podcast. The Sweet versus Savory Grits debate is a
0:37.9	longstanding discussion in our community. But is there a right way to enjoy comfort food? This is two minute black
0:47.6	history, what you didn't learn in school.
0:52.0	Sugar or salt is School.
0:53.4	Sugar or so, it's one of our people's greatest debates.
0:57.6	Some prefer savory grits, while others like them sweet, and here's why. Grits is a comfort food introduced to many of us during
1:06.8	childhood so as adults we tend to enjoy them the same way we did as kids according to food editor Charlotte Draper.
1:15.0	Folks born and bred in the South usually prefer savory grists because that's how the region
1:21.0	traditionally prepares them.
1:23.0	Black northerners may enjoy sweetened grits,
1:27.0	especially those a few generations removed from the south.
1:30.0	But is there a right way to eat them?
1:35.0	The ground cordon porridge was introduced to us on southern plantations.
1:40.0	Although we learned of grits through slavery, like many black foods, they're an early example of the agency we've always had.
1:50.0	Historically, savory is the way for cookbooks from prominent chefs like Edna Lewis, who ate
1:57.4	her grits with a bit of shrimp paste.
2:01.1	Sweet grits may have come from Louisiana's Creole community.
2:05.0	A 1930s cookbook, the original Times-Picayune Creole cookbook, includes a harmony recipe with milk and sugar.
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