Walk into any local restaurant along the North Carolina coast and you’re likely to find shrimp and grits on the menu.
A lot of chefs give this Southern staple their own spin by varying the ingredients in the sauce (or gravy), but, as the name implies, you can’t make it without shrimp and grits.
In 2023, reporter Allison Ballard wrote about some of the various options you can find in local restaurants . The earliest published recipes for shrimp and grits, which date back a century or more, refer to it as a breakfast dish where shrimp were quickly cooked in bacon fat and served on a bed of creamy grits, she wrote…