My mom's side of the family is from Mississippi, I grew up on the stuff! It's great with butter and salt and bacon bits/crunched bacon on the top.

Oh there is this restaurant in Chicago (Wishbone) that serves southern food, and I got cheese grits there -- I had never tried them before, but they are DELICIOUS. I've also had grits with jalapeno peppers -- also amazing.

Why yuk? Chicken and dumplings, at least made by my mom or sister, are great.
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OMG! That was one of my favorite childhood foods! My grandmother (who is Polish, not southern) used to make it for me all the time. I never knew it had a name until now - Thanks! :D

My mom is a great cook, I just don't like meat or chicken (esp. chicken)

Thanks for clarifying.

I like my grits simple...with butter.
I hate chicken * dumplings.

FYI, there was an enterprising Southern Lady who started a business based on "GRITS - Girls Raised In The South". Needless to say, she's done pretty well!;) :D

Being from California I had never eaten grits until I was nine and visited the southern east coast... (Florida, the Carolinas) but I must say I enjoy them greatly... they are very closely related to cream of wheat... another thing I had never tried until I visited the south was hush puppies.. WHY DO YOU SOUTHERN PEOPLE hide these things from us ?????!!! OH they are sooooo great !! I LOVE LOVE LOVE them !! I find it interesting how things like grits and hush puppies can't find their way from the south... but borders and starbucks have seem to creep onto every corner !

OMG!!! SO delicious! If anyone has never tried a hush puppy, you are TRULY missing out!!! I haven't had one in a minute, so know I am REALLY craving some! mmm!

I second that! I have them almost every week-a seafood restaurant makes them here. I eat them with gumbo-ummmmmmm.