grits (noun) -
1. coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States
Synonyms: hominy grits

Dixie Porridge, (oatmeal to you Yanks).

Hmmmmmmmmm.

not oats...it is made of corn soaked in lye to remove the casings, hominy. Then they are dried and ground in various sizes.

maybe kind of related to Polenta of sorts

Where as Lil is a Horny Grits ;)

precisely;)

Interesting! I knew people put grits on their plate . . . you learn something new every day :)

There's a site, http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20021001.html, that talks about the term Dixie giving three explanations of where that term came from. The one I had heard had to do with the political "Mason-Dixon" Line that divided the states that formed the Confederate States of America during our Civil War from the Northern States. Those south of the line were called, "Dixie." Anyway, you might check out that site for more information.

Chicks, of course, is a slang expression for girls.

:)

Except that Mason-Dixon is the border between PA and MD. And MD waffled about which side to join (as did a couple of other states, which actually DO lay south of Mason Dixon).

I'm not disputing word origins here, but "boundaries" were a highly complicated issue, even for a long time after the war.

And some one tell me why I'm remembering Yosemite Sam in a Confederate War Uniform chasing Bugs Bunny around now? :)

And grumble, I apologize, I was just trying to make a bit of an in-joke for people who remembered that sit-com from about 20 years ago in North America.
Which was also immortalized in the "Boot to the Head" sketch Dr. Demento has included on a couple of his CDs (yes Steph, I know they were Canadian too).

"The best defense is a good offense. You know who said that? Mel, the cook on Alice."

Point on MD and PA well-taken, dadaist. Thanks for the clarification.

Because he did! I recalled the episode and had to do some digging to find the reference...

from: http://www.tultw.com/bios/sam1.htm

Colonel Sam of the Confederate Army
"Southern Fried Rabbit" May 2, 1953 MM I. Freleng
Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam
News of a record carrot crop in Alabama sends Bugs Bunny "Alabama Bound", but after reaching the Mason-Dixon line Bugs finds the line defended by Colonel Sam of the Confederate Army, who has been ordered by General Lee not to let any Yankee cross it.

Damn I LOVE to eat grits. Like 'em plain, with butter, or sometimes even a little maple syrup! :p


Of course that makes the men BRITS!!!! :D

not exactly....

rabbit

And ends with Sam holding a bunch of NY Yankee players at bay (this was years before any MLB teams went south, TX OR FL!)

Now could someone help me pester WB to get this stuff out on DVD? Thanks ;)

Dixie Chicks=3 loudmouth bitches

Dadaist---I always heard it as-The best offense is a good defense
I don't know what is right! Irish