Purple Grits?

With my parents being from Georgia and Texas, yes, I grew up on grits. Love them. Would eat them every morning if I weren't so lazy. Hey, I even love hominy but admit to not having any since I was a child way back when. My mom used to saute it in a pan and serve them piping hot!

After writing my last post and thinking about last night's dinner, I got grits on the mind. I had purchased a bag at our local farmer's market the last time we were at Riverside and I had yet to open it. Well, now was the time. Only thing, these were blue corn grits.

I cooked them up--no these weren't the instant type. They cooked for a good 20 minutes. And they continued to get prettier and prettier with each minute.

They were just as good as the white variety but the color threw me off. Perhaps if they had matched the bowl, all would have been good? Oh yea, did I mention, I am the only one in this quasi Southern family that will even eat grits? The Yankee hub would only eat my Aunt Mary's grits (the true gentleman he is, it wasn't because he actually like them). I thought about taking a bowl down to mom, but I was afraid the color may throw her for a loop. And so, I sat and enjoyed my bowl of grits by myself trying to think of the right time and with what food to serve purple grits with. Perhaps a multi-colored dinner party? What other foods come in odd colors? Maybe I could serve it with some Jamon Serrano (black footed pig) with a glass of blood orange juice? Lovely combo. I think not. Do you think the pink of shrimp would match this color purple? I'm going to have to give this some more thought, obviously.