The dish was most often referred to as Breakfast Shrimp and Grits or Shrimps and Hominy. The earliest recipe that I could find is from the 1930 edition of “Two Hundred Years of Charleston ...
S.N.O.B. uses Marsh Hen Mill grits in its classic shrimp and grits dish | Ruta Smith ... they were once known as “Carolina grits” or “Charleston grits” — this according to the book ...