Living in the land of Dixie and proud of it!

[Apocalipstic]

Originally Posted by Write14u

I go either way, PEEcan or PeCAHN. Speaking of which, my momma called and has two of 'em ready for tomorrow night, no matter how it's pronounced.

Speaking of grits, the only way I knew to eat them was with sugar. My dad said it's because they were such a special treat when he was growing up. They got oatmeal all the time, but not grits. So when they got grits, they fixed them the same way as they did their oatmeal -- with sugar.

Oh man that sounds great! The pies I mean.

I like my grits with red eye gravy!

What kind of gravy you eat is a huge thing in the South...Sawmill, chocolate, red eye, tomato....my favorite of all is red eye. I made poor Cynthia, my long suffering Yankee G/F learn how to make it. *beam*

[TheBellyBionic]

Originally Posted by apocalipstic

Oh man that sounds great! The pies I mean.

I like my grits with red eye gravy!

What kind of gravy you eat is a huge thing in the South...Sawmill, chocolate, red eye, tomato....my favorite of all is red eye. I made poor Cynthia, my long suffering Yankee G/F learn how to make it. *beam*

Ha! Dreadgeek has southern roots, too, and I've learned to cook a lot of southern food since we've been together. Before I met her, I was 30 years old and had never tasted grits, collard greens, or sweet tea. Now I make them all, and we just had some seriously good homemade from scratch biscuits and gravy for dinner. I'm stuffed.

I had no idea people put sugar on grits. I always eat them with cheese and Frank's Red Hot sauce. I tried them with maple syrup once, but that was kind of gross.