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Posted: 9/29/2018 11:58:13 AM EDT

At breakfast. Ordered a side of them. It came with butter. Do I add anything else?

Posted: 9/29/2018 11:59:31 AM EDT

[#1]

set them aside and get some biscuits and gravy

Posted: 9/29/2018 11:59:50 AM EDT

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Pepper. Red eye gravey.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:00:20 PM EDT

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I’ve got corned beef hash, eggs and toast.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:00:31 PM EDT

[#4]

Bacon grease.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:00:44 PM EDT

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If cheese grits are properly cooked, all they need are salt and pepper.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:00:44 PM EDT

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set them aside and get some biscuits and gravy

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Biscuits are inherent.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:01:32 PM EDT

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If cheese grits are properly cooked, all they need are salt and pepper.

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This is great advice.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:01:33 PM EDT

[#8]

Add fresh shrimp and Old Bay.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:01:51 PM EDT

[#9]

Salt and pepper and butter for savory and grape jelly if you want a little sweetness.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:02:03 PM EDT

[#10]

Stick of butter and some splenda.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:02:18 PM EDT

[#11]

Yummmm, buttered grits.

Bit of salt is all you need. Them's good eatin'.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:02:33 PM EDT

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Wtf is this hash stuff? Spam or something?

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:02:43 PM EDT

[#13]

eat them with bacon eggs and syrup

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:03:17 PM EDT

[#14]

Butter and salt. Then mix in egg yolk from your over-easy eggs.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:03:20 PM EDT

[#15]

Butter, a bit of salt. Yummmmmmmy

Can add cheese if you like.

My GF goes the sweet route and puts some brown sugar on top instead.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:04:55 PM EDT

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Like the guys above. Butter and salt.

Its unfortunate that in the NE we dont have many places to get quality grits at.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:06:11 PM EDT

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Butter, a bit of salt. Yummmmmmmy

Can add cheese if you like.

My GF goes the sweet route and puts some brown sugar on top instead.

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Your gf eats grits? That’s a keeper. My wife won’t. One other thing she won’t do. Kinda related to grits.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:06:28 PM EDT

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If they don't have cheese, use molasses.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:06:48 PM EDT

[#19]

Honey
Splash of milk
Cheese

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:07:04 PM EDT

[#20]

Red eye gravy

Sausage gravy will work too. Or just use butter and plop a sunny-side-up egg on top of them.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:09:04 PM EDT

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Your gf eats grits? That’s a keeper. My wife won’t. One other thing she won’t do. Kinda related to grits.

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My wife won't eat grits, either. However cream of wheat is a comfort food for her. But she just can't wrap her head around grits basically being "cream of cornmeal".

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:10:00 PM EDT

[#22]

Salt and pepper but I would have ordered something with substance instead.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:10:23 PM EDT

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It depends on what restaurant you're at? Sadly 99% do not know how to prepare grits.
Heart grits cooked down with some half and half to get a creamy consistency and add some butter and salt.
cheese can be added if it suits your taste. use less half & half to get the creamy consistency.

Oh if you didn't have heart grits to start with its gonna be hard to make them instant grits taste right

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:10:35 PM EDT

[#24]

Salt, Pepper & crumbled bacon is savory.

Or go Yankee style and add a splash of maple syrup and a bit of brown sugar.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:10:55 PM EDT

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I’ve got corned beef hash, eggs and toast.

Wtf is this hash stuff? Spam or something?

Corned beef fried with taters. Best breakfast dish ever.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:11:15 PM EDT

[#26]

Beef short ribs.

Oh, wait, that's polenta. COMPLETELY different.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:11:55 PM EDT

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Black pepper. Or pancake syrup. Or cheese.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:12:30 PM EDT

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salt and black pepper to taste.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:12:57 PM EDT

[#29]

over easy/sunny Egg yokes and salt.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:13:05 PM EDT

[#30]

More butter, salt and pepper to taste!

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:13:09 PM EDT

[#31]

Butter and a lot of sugar.
also chunks of patty sausage and eggs mixed in makes it real good too.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:13:15 PM EDT

[#32]

Mix a couple packets of strawberry jelly into it.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:13:46 PM EDT

[#33]

The proper way is butter and salt.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:15:29 PM EDT

[#34]

Salt, pepper, and butter. All one needs.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:15:51 PM EDT

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Seriously? You've never had corned beef hash? Son, you ain't been livin' right.

REPENT!! REPENT WHILE THERE'S STILL TIME!!

In a large ovenproof skillet, cook hash browns and onion in oil until potatoes are browned and onion is tender. Remove from the heat; drain any residual oil; stir in cubed corned beef and salt.

Make eight wells in the hash browns. Break one egg into each well. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:16:48 PM EDT

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Posted: 9/29/2018 12:18:03 PM EDT

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I’ve got corned beef hash, eggs and toast.

Wtf is this hash stuff? Spam or something?

To OP, I don't much care for grits but when I got them, I'd use butter and sugar. I'm not a pro, but that's how I did it.

Hash, tobacco and catsup, crispy on the hash, yum.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:18:46 PM EDT

[#38]

Plain, butter, salt, or sugar.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:20:24 PM EDT

[#39]

More butter and salt. When you think there's enough butter, add a bit more.

Do not add margarine or sugar. Those ingredients will give you Grit Cancer.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:20:24 PM EDT

[#40]

Grits are a lot like rice. Many use them to carry the flavor of something else, but can be enjoyed by themselves, usually with butter and salt, or cheese.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:23:09 PM EDT

[#41]

Bacon and extra sharp cheese.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:24:04 PM EDT

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Seriously? You've never had corned beef hash? Son, you ain't been livin' right.

REPENT!! REPENT WHILE THERE'S STILL TIME!!

In a large ovenproof skillet, cook hash browns and onion in oil until potatoes are browned and onion is tender. Remove from the heat; drain any residual oil; stir in cubed corned beef and salt.

Make eight wells in the hash browns. Break one egg into each well. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

https://www.tasteofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Corned-Beef-Hash-and-Eggs_exps5360_TH.CW1973175A05_03_3b_RMS-696x696.jpg

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Sir, those are uncooked eggs!

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:24:42 PM EDT

[#43]

Butter and brown sugar

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:25:29 PM EDT

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Seriously? You've never had corned beef hash? Son, you ain't been livin' right.

REPENT!! REPENT WHILE THERE'S STILL TIME!!

In a large ovenproof skillet, cook hash browns and onion in oil until potatoes are browned and onion is tender. Remove from the heat; drain any residual oil; stir in cubed corned beef and salt.

Make eight wells in the hash browns. Break one egg into each well. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

https://www.tasteofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Corned-Beef-Hash-and-Eggs_exps5360_TH.CW1973175A05_03_3b_RMS-696x696.jpg

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Sir, those are uncooked eggs!

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:26:11 PM EDT

[#45]

salt and butter.

end of discussion.

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:26:22 PM EDT

[#46]

Tabasco for my grits

Posted: 9/29/2018 12:27:33 PM EDT

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At breakfast. Ordered a side of them. It came with butter. Do I add anything else?

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I can help you with this. Seriously. I'm an expert [1].
You can go with
1. salt
2. pepper
3. butter
4. brown sugar
5. and combination of 1, 2 and 3

[1] In one of the lesser known anthropological aspects of modern life in the western hemisphere, is the origin of the introduction of grits as a breakfast item to Argentina and Chile. In 2000/2001, and American expedition was in the small Patagonian town of El Chalten, where one of the expedition members was seen pulling a bag of yellow polenta off the shelf and a box of brown sugar. Being a small town, without much to do, some of the store staffers inquired about the purchase and suggested some marinara sauce for the polenta, but the American told them, that's what the brown sugar was for. The townspeople were aghast, and went on to emphatically explain to these poor, confused Americans how polenta was lunch or dinner item, and definitely not a breakfast item. The townspeople then watched the American cook up the grits on a camp stove, and add the brown sugar. They tired some, and smiled.

The American team then went into the mountains of the Fitzroy massif.

They emerged from the mountains about a month later, battered, bruised, and dejected from a month's worth of Patagonian storms and avalanches … only to find a number of the townspeople now eating grits for breakfast, and it being added to the menu at the Rio Grande hostel.

So, while the expedition failed to summit the Fitzroy, it did succeed in bring American grits as a breakfast item to the far southern end of the South American continent.

And now you know the guy who brought grits to South America. That's my story, and I'm sticking with it.