Grits!!!! I love grits!! With a touch of brown sugar or maple syrup!
I used to do this contract up in Orlando, and after I made my delivery of my product, which I had to make early, I would always stop at a Cracker Barrel for breakfast. It kind of made up for getting up at 3:30 and driving 2 hours each time I went (about 3 times a week).
So I'm sitting at my usual table.... waiting on some fried catfish and GRITS, and this family of 2 women and 4 kids sits down next to my table. As soon as they begin talking it is obvious they were from NYC and going to Disney (of course). Well my breakfast is served while they are looking at the menu. All of a sudden, they stop talking and I hear a whisper, "what the heck is that stuff". Out of the corner of my eye I can see they are staring at my table. Without looking up or at them I simply said.... "They are GRITS".....
"Oh lord, is that what that is"? We all laughed out loud.
I offered them each a taste and surprisingly, they tried it.... now I had put my smattering of maple on them already, and they LOVED it! They each ordered some as a side dish and were enjoying them greatly when I left.
I wished them a great day at Disney and was on my way.
I got a chuckle out of the fact that white bread Cracker got to introduce some black family to grits..... yah...they were black! It's a regional thing!!! Next time I bump into them, I'm gonna share some black eyed peas with them too...