Shrimp Gravy
A Lowcountry gravy of shrimp, bacon or ham, peppers, and a light roux, made to pour over stone-ground grits. A breakfast and supper dish of the Carolina and Georgia coast.
The Lowcountry
The Carolina and Georgia Lowcountry pairs its gravies with stone-ground grits: shrimp gravy at breakfast, tomato gravy over grits at supper.
Grits
Ground hominy corn cooked to a soft porridge, the Lowcountry's base. Under shrimp gravy it is the region's defining plate; under tomato gravy, its supper form.
Tomato Gravy over Grits
A bowl of stone-ground grits under brick-red tomato gravy, the Lowcountry supper plate. Summer's answer to shrimp and grits.
Shrimp Gravy over Grits
Shrimp gravy spooned over stone-ground grits: the Lowcountry's defining plate, born a fishermen's breakfast and now its most famous export.