Kudliwanondlebe kunye i-NPR , umbhali-mbali wezokutya u-Erin Byers Murray uthi ngelixa ephanda incwadi yakhe, Iigrits: Uhambo lweNkcubeko kunye neNkcubeko ngeSouth , wafunda ukuba izitya zengqolowa eziguqulweyo zavela kuwo wonke umkhondo ubuyela umva ngowama-8700 B.C.E. Igama elithi 'grits' lithatyathwe kwigrist, 'ligama labemi bomthonyama eVirginia abanike isitya sengqolowa esityiweyo kunye nababesabelana ngaso nabakholoniyali baseBritane.
Imagazini enzulu yoMzantsi uthi iigrits zisekwe kwisitya sengqolowa saseMelika esiseMelika, esifana nobukhosini, esivela kwiMuskogee Tribe. Oku kutya koqobo kuyenziwa ngokusila umbona kwilitye lokusila, elinika uburhabaxa bokwaziwa. Ezi zizwe zadlulisela iindlela zabo zokuzilungiselela kwabahlali kwaye baya kuthengisa i-hominy ngezinye iimpahla kunye neenkonzo. Eyona ilula uxela ukuba iMuskogee Tribe yahlala kwiindawo ezininzi ezikumazantsi mpuma e-United States ngenkulungwane ye-16.
I-Grits yaqhubeka nohambo ukusuka kwiikhikhini zezityalo ukuya kwiNew York Times
UMurray ubhale inqaku Inkalakahla yaseKhaya malunga nohambo lwakhe ephanda ngencwadi yakhe ngembali yegrits, apho athe khona ukutya kwaba sisiseko sokwenene saseMzantsi emva kokudlala indima enkulu ekutyeni kwamakhoboka asebenza kumasimi akumazantsi. Umbona wawusoloko ubandakanywa kwizabelo abazinikwa ngabanini bezityalo, kwaye umlambo unokubanjwa ngesandla ngaphandle kolwazi lwamakhoboka.
UMurray unikezela ngencwadi yokupheka yowe-1930, Amakhulu amabini eminyaka uCharleston Ukupheka , njengobungqina bokuba le mvelaphi yamkelwe njengolwazi. Kwincwadi yokupheka, iresiphi ye-shrimp kunye ne-grits ichazwa kumbhali oneminyaka engama-78 ubudala wase-Afrika-waseMelika. Kwinqaku elipapashwe ngu Imagazini enzulu yoMzantsi I-outlet idibanisa i-shrimp kunye ne-grits kubantu base-Gullah Geechee ngokukodwa, abayinzala yamakhoboka avela eNtshona Afrika anyanzelwa ukuba asebenze kwaye ahlala kummandla oselunxwemeni wase-United States.
Imagazini enzulu yoMzantsi uphawula ukuba iigrits zazigcinwa ikakhulu kwezi ndawo zasemazantsi kude kube ngo-1985, xa umpheki wase-North Carolina osekwe e-Bill Neal wayene-recipe yakhe ye-cheese grits ene-shrimp epapashwe INew York Times . Isitya saqala ukufumana ukuthandwa kuwo wonke uMzantsi, kwaye phakathi kwe-1990s, iigrits zaqala ukulungelelaniswa ukuze zilungele iincasa kunye nezithako zalapha.
