I can dig the children thing! (Accckk! Gore-speak! Wash my mouth out with lye soap!!)
Soon, they will learn to appreciate the true art of grits eatin'! (Never just one "grit!" Unless it's a "True Grit!") The childrens will luvvvvv real grits, wif butter'n and specially CHEEZ! Grated cheddar -- ain't nothin' better! LOTS o' salt! (Lot, salt, get it? I'm losin' it! Hep me! Hep me! This thread has been a terrible influence!! I was sane before this! Honest to chitlins, I wuz!
I'm originally from Northwest Illinois. However, my mama was born and raised in Mississippi. We learnt grit-i-quette from her, my sisters and me did! Yeah, my Southern accent has gotten so thick you could use it to pave an Interstate or two! But 'cept, I don't TALK like this atall! Noooooo way, Jose!! Midwestern "no-accent," all the way! When I grow up, I wanna be Bill O'Reilly! Wrong sex. Details, details! Okay -- in my NEXT life!! ;-}
My S.O. has just brought me some grits! Wif cheez! I asked him nice!! (He's from Nashville -- borned and bread! LOL!) But he can cook up a mess o' grits quite nicely! Gots cheez shreds in it and everythin'! All melty and stuff! No good bacon today, but that's okay. (He's a Grits Nazi -- short notice!) But bacon 'n cheez grits will be had by all tomorrow! I'll live 'til then! ;-}