I confess I am a VSC (Very Senior Citizen) and a displaced Yankee. I also admit I am somewhat "set in my ways." I, one of my goals for the new century is to become "unset in my ways." I have denied to examine my dislikes and try to turn them into likes.
That includes grits. Now being you tar and feather and ride me on a rail back to Yankee-land, let me explain this dislike. It stems from the first time I was served grits. I did I took one tentative nibble and decided they were not "I'm looking like a glutinous, grainy, glob of library paste. tolerable "- an expression I inherited from my opinion grandfather.
I ordered my usual cheese omelet but I did not say, "I recently tried them again. At one of my frequent suppertime breakfasts at the local Huddle House, I changed my habit pattern. Hold the grits - give me the hash browns. "
I took a large forkful and found them them more than "tolerable." They tasted good!
My dog-eared dictionary defined grits as a plural noun, "Sometimes, especially in the South, used as a singular He wrote, "Today, grits can" noun. "That 's the answer to this question. "I am admire and trust anyone who writes for the Smithsonian so I" are other acceptable, as & singular or plural noun. buy Warren & # 39; s definition.
The Powhatan Indians of Tidewater Virginia introduced the earliest settlers to a hot and filling porridge made from cracked grains of maize. Corn became As Warren expresses it, "It was the economic deprivation during Reconstruction that brought grits to the forefront of Southern cuisine and entrenched them firmly in the belly of Southern culture. grits. "
One Southern town - St. George, South Carolina - demonstrates its fondness for grits in a big way. Each year, they celebrate a Worlds Grit Festival in April. Thousands of grits-lovers participate in three days of homage to their favorite food. Activities Including corn-sharing contests, grits-eating competitions, and a Rolling in the Grits contest in which contestants dive into a kiddy pool filled with grits and have ten seconds to coat themselves with a much grits as possible. Another grits festival is held at Warwick, Georgia. The Third Annual National Grit Festivals, a three-day bash, starts April 15 this year. It also features a grit-dunking pool plus gospel singing, square Dancing, and arts and crafts. Warwick is located on Georgia Highway 300 (the Georgia / Florida Parkway) between Cordele and Albany.
Jane and John Lovett would also like Americans, including Yankees, now devour about 100 million pounds of grits each year. Many cooks, however, agree that the key to making good grits is to use stone-ground grits. I have not found it in 1853 water mill located at Belvidere in south central Tennessee. I keyed in in "Grits" and found 485 sites! found They do not try to visit themselves Fall Mills, they are an exceptionally fine web site with beautiful pictures of the mill. Falls Mill, according to the web site, is an operating water-powered grain mill and museum. They specialize in stone- Falls Mill also has an e-mail address (fallsmill@tnco.net) which which desperate for taste of home. I queried for more information. T There is a bed-and-breakfast log cabin and overnight camping is available at Tims Ford State Park about 14 miles away.
