The good old Southern breakfast of grits, country ham, biscuits and redeye gravy is a thing of the past.
...a survey of the eating habits of the residents of a small Southern town...found that the typical breakfast is now cold cereal, milk, toast, coffee, and juice...
This is all very depressing.
For years, I’ve heard that the South will rise again, but nobody told me it would rise to a breakfast of cold cereal...
I am alarmed over the grits situation...... You have to ask the waitress to bring you grits. Previously you only had to ask the waitress not to bring you grits...
Recently there has been an even more alarming trend in this regard. At some restaurants, you not only have to ask for grits, but have to pay for them as well.
Recently there has been an even more alarming trend in this regard. At some restaurants, you not only have to ask for grits, but have to pay for them as well.
I consider this a sacrilege, as I am quite sure the Lord never intended for grits to be sold.
—Charlie Robins,
Tampa (Fla.) Times, 9/26/80
Quoted in Southern Food
by John Egerton, 1987
LOL
ReplyDeleteWhite grits and the only thing allowed on them is butter.
Terry
Fla.
Not said the blind man. :)
DeleteJohn Pelopidus Leach
http://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=588&highlight=grits
"Slam the doors, break them off the hinges!"
Every day after dinner, he would crawl under the dinner table, and take his nap there.
He loved grits, and required all (and, of course, I continue the tradition) to sing as the butter was stirred into same
"Beat yellow grits, beat yellow grits, beat yellow grits just as fast as you can!"
I have taken this one step further by cutting up one or two Sunny-Side Up eggs, and incorporating them into the soon to be
delightful very, yellow mess. Shrimp and grits are also wonderful, as is most anything else with grits. We are fortunate that Yankees don't like a "grit" for if they did, the price would go up......
He disliked saying grace, and one day the minister was having Sunday dinner with them, so my great grandmother thought she would ask him to say grace since he couldn't possibly decline considering the guest. Well, they were having lamb, so my great grandfather exclaimed
"God bless the mutton, damn the skin, turn over your plates and we'll all begin!"
I doubt if she asked him again!
Great story, Brock. And happy Fathers Day.
DeleteTerry
Thanks and the same to you, Sir.
DeleteAnd its only gotten worse since that was written. A lot of the "breakfast served all day" places around here don't serve grits after 11:00.
ReplyDeleteHeresy!
Delete...I am quite sure the Lord never intended for grits to be sold...
ReplyDeleteYou know, like the Bible ;)
Yummo - what a beautiful picture! I gave up eating bread for the most part, but then my eggs have nothing to stop them when they run - must remember to get some grits.....
Did you get your grits today, Brock?
Nope, ate one of Dixie's fresh cupcakes around 11, then had a picnic ( barbeque and shrimp sandwiches) and fished. ([Fed the fish:)]
DeleteWell, all that sounds mighty fine ;)
Deletenot me. this morning I had 3 eggs over medium, bacon, grits and a big old scratch made biscuit with some strawberry jelly and coffee. Ham, sausage, bacon, eggs, grits
ReplyDeleteand beef killed my granddaddy. He was 95.
killed my granddaddy. He was 95.
DeleteTerrible to die so young......:)
I am a Southerner that was born and raised in the North. I've been in NC for over twenty years but have been a Southerner since I first became aware of the true reasons for the Northern War of Aggression. I cannot imagine NC without grits. How would we then live???
ReplyDeleteWe'd probably all die at an early age. :)
DeleteI grind my own grits. Use Bloody Butcher corn that has been growing in my garden for four seasons. I'm trying a green corn this year. Has a higher protein rating. I also have a small patch of Flint corn growing this year. LOVE MY GRITS!!!!
ReplyDeleteBill in KY
Sounds good
DeleteNo cheese either dammit!
ReplyDeleteDan
I haven't had them with any before.
DeleteBeing a Yankee I never had grits until I was in my forties. I can’t say I am as in love with them as a true southerner but they are damn good. Now I never travel in the south without grits at breakfast.
ReplyDeleteBadger
Now I never travel in the south without grits at breakfast.
DeleteGood man. :)
I love Grits. No matter how they are fixed..
ReplyDeleteMmmm, I like grits! Wish I'd had some for breakfast, but I was camping and had to settle for yogurt and peppered beef jerky, lol. No fire, it poured rain all weekend.
ReplyDeleteI always made my girls a cooked breakfast when they were at home. Once the lunch lady at school told them they were spoiled because of it. I thought she should mind her own beeswax.
Miss Violet
I thought she should mind her own beeswax.
ReplyDeleteIndeed she should have.
Grits is the shitz, no matter how you dress 'em up. Better with butter, sure. With or without cheese, that's good too. With or without gravy (red-eye or otherwise) works as well. Even grits without grits (?!) if you have your livermush, 'cause mush brings its own grits to the party.
ReplyDelete:) I like Scrapple also even though it originated in Yankee-dome.
DeleteMy sister Anne remembers it as "get" yellow grits not "beat" yellow grits.
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