Born & raised in Montgomery Ala, grew up in Virginia. I love it in Colorado, but will always consider myself Southern.
My dad (bless his soul) did that but added catsup also.
My favorite way to eat grits: Take a couple of over easy eggs, several strips of crumbled up bacon, butter, and a heap of grits. Mix it all together and salt and pepper to taste. Then spread the mixture on toast and enjoy. That's good eatin'!
Where in Colorado? I lived there for years and I found it as far from the south as you can get culturally. I really hated it and couldn't wait to get back to the south.
Now I KNOW y'all are gonna give me a hard time, but I LOVE sugar on my grits! I guess it was a kids thing, like sugar on Cheerios. Actually, since we're in MA it's Maple Syrup on them now (one of the only culinary advantages to being here)! My Daddy usually had whatever meat was left over from the night before on his grits, pork chop, fried chicken, etc. But his favorite was a fried egg over them. He also love to crumble hot cornbread in cold milk, especially buttermilk if Mama had some.
We heard a story by the late Gamble Rogers who was a humorist from northern Florida. He used to tell about Southerners bleaching coffee grounds and serving them to the Northern tourists along the Interstate as grits. He said that it went a long way toward explaining why Yankees don't like grits!!