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[at-l] The "Grit" Debate



David Hicks wrote:
> ... I have often wondered if the difference in how folk eat grits originates from 
> where the folk who settled the area immigrated -- grits replacing oats.  Where 
> did the folk in the Mississippi Delta come to the US from?  

Acadia? ;)

Many of the folk
> from the mountains of  SWVA, TN, NC, etc came from Scotland and northern 
> England.  

Via Northern Ireland - hence Scots-Irish

Much of their cooking is rather Scottish.  OTOH, the tidewater folk
> where more "Cavalier" influenced and their food was more "English."

We still refer to the Hoy Toid (for high tide) and have good English 
woods like Mommick and Mobscribble.

- Alglo Greenbriar

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> Chainsaw