glynnis:

Whereas, throughout its history, the South has “relished its grits”, making them “a symbol of its diet, its customs, its humor, and its hospitality”; and

Whereas, every community in the State of South Carolina used to be the site of a grist mill and every local economy in the State used to be dependent on its products; and

Whereas, grits has been a part of the life of every South Carolinian of whatever race, background, gender, and income; and

Whereas, grits could very well play a vital role in the future of not only this State, but also the world, if, as The Charleston News and Courier proclaimed in 1952: “An inexpensive, simple, and thoroughly digestible food, [grits] should be made popular throughout the world. Given enough of it, the inhabitants of planet Earth would have nothing to fight about. A man full of [grits] is a man of peace”.

Now, therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding: “Section 1-1-703. The official state food is grits.”

As Will said when he sent me this link, it looks like my parents chose to live in the right state.  I miss me some cheese grits and breakfast sausage…where are the biscuits, France?

I can relate to this. As a son of a career Naval Officer we moved around quite a bit. When we were north of the Mason Dixon line my mother had a heck of a time buying grits for our Saturday morning breakfast.  By Christmas she had resigned herself to buying grits in bulk while visiting our stomping grounds. I have many fond memories of mornings around the breakfast table with my family.  My Dad is gone now but those memories of country ham, grits and red-eye gravy will always be with me.