and, Bella, you're right about this thread-hijackin' thing - us livin' under the Mason-Dixon need to represent!
I do have to confess, though - I'm not much for grits.
I prefer oatmeal and cream of wheat Sorry!
But, like any good Southerner will tell you, if you fry it, I will eat it - all of it. Chicken, steak, chicken-fried steak, pickles, green tomatoes [we really eat them, not just watch movies about them], white potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, catfish, hush puppies, ice cream, cheese cake, candy bars - goodness, can it get any better?
Oh but yes -- in Memphis, what we're not frying, we're barbecuing - and not the kind of barbecue that means you just stick it on a grill - no, this is the kind of barbecue that requires hours/days of slllllooooowwww-cooking in a beautiful melding of spices and sauces. mmmmmm. And we can do anything with barbecue -- stick it on a sandwich, slap it on pasta, eat it by itself -- barbecued pork, bologna [one of my personal faves], spaghetti, cornish hen. We leave the beef to our Texas neighbors, by the way.
Goodness, I did get carried away!
How's your generator holding out?