South Carolina Grits, Grist Mills, and Grits Recipes

South Carolina SC Gifts SC Grits As South Carolina's state food, grits are considered a staple, a comfort food, and a symbol of our unique culinary traditions. The color of grits depends on the color of corn used – yellow or white. Often mistakenly called a "grits mill," the correct term for any mill that grinds grain, including corn, is a "grist mill."

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SC Grist Mills

According to The Society for the Preservation of Old Mills, "grist mill" is a term used to describe a mill that grinds any type of grain, including corn. In South Carolina, these mills were often strategically placed along a creek or river, allowing them to be waterpowered. The following are all grist mills that operate, or used to operate, in our state.

• Anson Mills - Columbia
• Anderson's Mill - Spartanburg - No longer operational
• Blizzard Branch - Chesterfield County
• Boykin Mill - Kershaw County
• Calhoun Mill - McCormick County - No longer operational
• The Congaree Milling Company - Columbia
• Cotton Hills Farm - Chester County
• Geechie Boy Market & Mill - Charleston County
• Gilreath's Mill - Greenville County
• Golden Creek Mill - Pickens County
• Hagood Mill - Pickens County
• Hogbear Hollow - Chesterfield County
• Issaqueena Mill at Collins Ole Towne - Pickens County
  
• Palmetto Farms - Galivants Ferry
• Swansea Mill - Lexington County - No longer operational
• Suber's Mill - Greenville County
• Timms Mill - Pendleton
• Yoder's at Meece Mill - Pickens County - No longer operational, but original equipment remains
  

Grits Recipes from South Carolina

• Basic Grits Cakes - By SC cookbook author John Taylor, better known as "Hoppin' John"
• Shrimp and Grits - Four winning recipes from The Post & Courier Newspaper 2008 contest
  
• Spicy Shrimp, Sausage and Tasso Gravy Over Creamy White Grits - By Chef Donald Barickman of Magnolia's in Charleston

Grits History, Grist Mill Photos

• Blizzard Branch: Modern Day Grits – The Old Fashioned Way | Photos of the Milling Process
• SC Legislative Bill 4806 - Designates grits as South Carolina's state food!
• SCMills.com - great site devoted to SC mills and mill history
  
• Simple Buttered Antebellum Coarse Grits - By South Carolina's own Anson Mills