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Breakfast Grits

From The Cook County cook book, 1912

Serves 4

Left-over grits may be warmed and served for supper or breakfast.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • Wash ^ pt. of grits
  • pour over it 1 qt, of cold water
  • add 1 teaspoon of salt

Method

  1. Soak grits overnight, then cook in a double boiler for 1 hour.

  2. If too thick, thin with milk.

  3. Serve hot with cream or unskimmed milk.

Nutrition per serving

148Calories
4 gProtein
32 gCarbs
1 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 2. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BREAKFAST GRITS.— Wash ^ pt. of grits through several cold waters; then pour over it 1 qt, of cold water; add 1 teaspoon of salt

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