# A question for my Southern Bretheren

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 5, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-my-southern-bretheren/662693 "2013-07-05T05:00:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-my-southern-bretheren/662693/61 "2013-07-08T23:27:27Z")

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A lot of mornings, I just eat grits (no eggs). I’m a bad Southerner, I suppose, because I don’t eat pork and I prefer ‘instant’ grits to ‘cooked’ grits (as my grandmother called them). The ‘cooked’ ones actually have to simmer for a while on the stove. But I can just toss a pack or two of the instant grits in a bowl, pour in a cup or so of water and microwave for 90 seconds- breakfast to go!

Is it weird that I love grits but I despise Hominy (which is the modified corn product that grits are made from)?

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**Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-my-southern-bretheren/662693/62 "2013-07-09T03:15:15Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> Possibly you could add some powdered sugar. Of course, I wouldn’t know a snowy egg-grit if I were pissing on one.

You joke, but, yeah, pretty much. Everyone I know who still eats grits treats it like oatmeal or other hot cereals. Maybe that’s the real reason why Arkansans aren’t considered part of the True South?

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