Amen Liam! Testify! I told my husband about the grits discussion here, and he had a great observation about grits that he'd heard from his brother, who used to be a truck driver. . .

Driving through the southern states, if you go into a truck stop east of Texas and order breakfast, the cook automatically gives you grits along with everything else. West of Fort Worth, Texas, you'll automatically get hash browned potatoes instead of grits with your breakfast order. In between Texarkana and Fort Worth, you get asked.

[Of course, in Dallas, they wouldn't know what you were talking about if you mentioned 'grits' -- but, put your little finger up in the air and call it 'California style non-processed, naturally bleached, crushed corn' and they'll know what to give you!]