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Do you eat 'grits' where you live?

Poll - Total Votes: 2

Yes, can't live without `em.

No, the name is too gross to even consider putting that stuff in my mouth

Maybe, if I'm around my southern relatives so they think I'm one of them.

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Grits are not known in Canada nor are they ever served at home or in restaurants anywhere in Canada, therefore to a Canadian, grits are what we throw under a spinning car tire that's hung up on a patch of ice in a parking lot and we buy grit at Home Depot by the bag full!

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sp1dwoOfe221 · 31-35, M

as a canadian, the culinary appeal of salt AND grits does sound appetizing just sitting here thinking about it tho..

edit: keeping in mind there isn't much that hasn't yet been thrown under a spinning tire during winter to improve traction in this country

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swirlie · 31-35, F

@sp1dwoOfe221
I always carry a pail full of grits in my trunk just in case...

sp1dwoOfe221 · 31-35, M

@swirlie ..now imagine those, but WARMED over...

swirlie · 31-35, F

@sp1dwoOfe221
...oh stop, you're making me hungry before I go to bed!

Heartlander · 80-89, M

Much of my ancestry is French Acadia and grits and rice are as popular a part of our diet as potatoes. Apparently my ancestors didn’t latch on to grits until after departing Acadia. So no grits in Nova Scotia? Quebec?

Starcrossed · 41-45, F

They aren't a thing this far north however there are a couple "southern food" restaurants that have it on their menu so I've tried them. I'm sure it's not as great as down south.

exexec · 61-69, C

Yes, we have grits fairly often. We use salt and butter on ours.

swirlie · 31-35, F

@exexec
Are grits made from corn meal?

exexec · 61-69, C

@swirlie Yes, although Lewis Grizzard wrote a book entitled "Don't Sit Under the Grits Tree with Anyone Else but Me."

swirlie · 31-35, F

@exexec
I actually understand why he wrote that book. I think we all go that way after a while.

HobNoblin · 36-40, M

Grits are rare in the southwest. We're
quesadilla southern not grits southern.

ViciDraco · 36-40, M

Grits are ubiquitous around here but I don't really eat them myself. They are... alright. But my preferred porridge is Cream of Wheat.

Where I grew up in Ohio we didn't have grits as food, but we did have a Tim Hortons, so we were culturally closer to Canada then, haha. I had a girlfriend from Virginia who accused me of having a Canadian accent as well.

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swirlie · 31-35, F

@ViciDraco
I KNOW, eh?!!! 😱

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@ViciDraco

I read someplace in a book called something like “the Art of Non-intimidating Conversation” that we should only ask question to obtain information.

REALLY?

ViciDraco · 36-40, M

@Heartlander Then what of the value of rhetorical questions as persuasive tools?

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

I have them on occasion. They're not particularly popular in Oregon, and most folks in Oregon eat them wrong. They're best eaten with a little salt and butter.

swirlie · 31-35, F

@LordShadowfire
I think if you told anyone in Oregon that you eat grits, they'd ask you if you were just passing through Oregon on your way to someplace else?! 😆

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@swirlie Possibly, lol.

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