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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