A coworker just gave me a packet of Quaker Instant Grits.

[Iggo]

What do I add to it to make it a tasty eat-at-my-desk breakfast?

[panader0]

1. I sprinkle a little Tapatio hot sauce and salt in mine. No butter.

[Iggo]

3. Hot sauce and salt!

Never even crossed my mind.

Interesting.

Thanks!

[panader0]

6. I like hot sauce and salt on everything.

[hlthe2b]

2. lol

I've never been a grits devotee, but my sister always used to order them and inevitably would come back the apologetic response by the waitress/waiter that the grits were "instant"... so that was the first thing I thought about and had to smile.

She always added a dab of butter and found them edible anyway. Me, I'll pass, but bon appetit!

[Iggo]

4. I thought she said "Ritz" and I was all "Yeah, I love Ritz!"

So now I gotta eat 'em and I don't know how...lol.

[panader0]

5. one half cup of water per packet, stir to remove lumps, microwave for a minute, eat.

[Iggo]

10. So basically the same as instant oatmeal.

Cool.

[dawg]

7. Butter and shredded cheese.

And a little freshly-ground black pepper if you've got it.

Yum!

[Iggo]

9. Wow, cheese!

Also didn't think of that.

Thanks!

[GoCubsGo]

25. A little bit of garlic or garlic powder also goes well with the cheese.

[csziggy]

28. A friend of mine lived on cheese grits and peanut butter

All the way through college. He should have come down with ricketts or some other vitamin deficiency!

Once a week he'd borrow a hot plate, cook a pound of grits, stir in a block of cheese, let it set up and cut it into blocks. He kept those in a cooler. During the summer he'd put a block in the window to heat up, in the winter he'd put it on the radiator. That was dinner.

His other meals were stale bread with peanut butter and whatever he could scrounge from places he'd never mention.

This was long before ramen noodle were a thing. When any of his friends had a few extra bucks we'd stand him to dinner but none of us were much better off than he was so that didn't happen very often.

[OriginalGeek]

17. That there is a perfect grit

I love me some cheese grits.

but if butter, salt and pepper are all I've got, then that's good too.

It would REALLY help if you had a western omelette and some bacon to go with the grits. And rye toast and strawberry jam. And corned beef hash.

[dawg]

18. When I was a kid, my Grandmother would make me grits with ...

scrambled eggs and extra-crispy bacon. I would crumble the bacon up, mix everything together with the grits, and eat it as a single dish. It was delicious that way.

[OriginalGeek]

19. I just had lunch

now I'm hungry again....Grandmothers know what's up.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. I have a cardboard can of Giant brand Quick Grits on my desk.

An empty can, I now see. That's okay; I've got a full can of the five-minute grits (same thing) from the Walmart on top of the file cabinet.

I nuke my grits too, so I'm clearly not a purist.

I put in butter, cream (that instant powdered stuff versus the real stuff, if that's what I have), salt, some raisins. Whatever works.

I put hot sauce on everything too, but I haven't tried it on grits.

Nutrition-wise, grits don't have a lot going for them. They're just great on a really cold morning. Warm ones too.

Enjoy.

[Zorro]

24. The cardboard is probably more nutritious

[catnhatnh]

11. No self respecting Southerner

uses instant grits....

[dawg]

12. I do!

Oh wait, you said "self-respecting".

[Iggo]

14. LOL

[Mendocino]

13. I guess I'm just a fast cook

and what are all those thousands of little green things?..... Umm ...leaves? Thank you Mrs. Riley and only Mrs. Riley

[catnhatnh]

15. Ding, Ding, Ding....

I love that movie "So I'm wearing this ridiculous outfit to please you...."

[Mendocino]

16. The two yoots

The two what?
Two yoots.
What is a yoot?
Sorry, the two yoouuthhhs.

[elleng]

20. Trees! Bushes! Leaves!

Gonna shoot a cute little DEER? BAM!

[hamsterjill]

21. Biscuits and gravy.

Sorry, but I hate grits!!! Yuck!

[nclib]

22. I add a scrambled egg to the top of mine.

Scrambled egg with cheese.

[whistler162]

23. Bourbon

[Recursion]

26. Butter, pepper, maybe some cheese

Do not put anything sweet in grits

[rug]

27. An Egg McMuffin.