Date:  Sat, 16 Mar 1996 10:56:05 -0500

From:  "Margaret G. Lee -English" <mlee[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CS.HAMPTONU.EDU>

Subject: Re: Clabber milk



As a native of the western part of Virginia, I eat grits as a hot

cereal: with sugar, butter, and milk. However, I never had grits until I

attended college in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. Growing up, my

family served hominy, from which grits are derived.



Margaret Lee



On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, David Robertson wrote:



>   Does any of you Southerners know about the supposed 5 ways of

> serving grits? I've only been through North Carolina once, five years

> ago, so the restaurants there are my only experience of this. I seem to

> remember that grits could be ordered "plain", "covered", etc., and

> *"smathered"*. That last is a word I've never heard elsewhere in

> America. Any info out there?

>

>   Thanks.

>

>   Dave

>