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I think Waffle Houses in NJ and NY would do very well. Most things originating in the South (food-wise) seem to do well up here. Look at the number of Chick-fil-As that have popped up in Jersey. I have no idea why there aren't more Krispy Kremes considering that it's one of the most delicious things on earth. Once they bring Waffle House and Cook Out to the Tri-State region, it's a wrap. Maybe the diners don't want the competition.
Hey, I am happy that Cracker Barrel appeared in the northeast!
I'm southern born and bred, but I've traveled all over the place and now live in Texas (which I consider southern but it's not the deep South). My husband was raised here in East Texas and he had never had grits before he met me. Grits are on the menus here in Texas but what will usually come "automatically" with your breakfast is hash browns - you usually have to ask for grits. In many southern diners, grits are the "default" and you have to ask for hash browns. Grits just aren't as common here in Texas as they are in the other southern states.
It's the same in Pennsylvania - you can GET grits but they're not the "default" menu item. The further I get from the southern states, the more unusual grits are.
Sad, but true.
Love me some grits!
I think they're like chitlins in that you have to grow up eating them to like them, otherwise you just want to spit them out, lol. I've tried grits but they have no taste that I can discern and the texture is unpleasant to me.
What if I've had the opportunity to have grits (which I have) and have had no desire to try them (which I have)? Still "need to get out more" because I personally have no desire to try something much more popular in a different region of the country? Grits are available here, but they're not popular, nor are they a big deal... neither is Waffle House seeing as we don't even have them in my state or a neighboring state (New York). I do wonder if they'll try to expand here, though. If they really wanted to, I imagine they would have already.
Idk, it's interesting you've never been curious to try them. I love food so I'll try almost anything at least once, including grits. IMO, they're nothing to write home about, but not bad for a filler (I grew up down south but would be fine if I never saw a grit again).
What if I've had the opportunity to have grits (which I have) and have had no desire to try them (which I have)? Still "need to get out more" because I personally have no desire to try something much more popular in a different region of the country? Grits are available here, but they're not popular, nor are they a big deal... neither is Waffle House seeing as we don't even have them in my state or a neighboring state (New York). I do wonder if they'll try to expand here, though. If they really wanted to, I imagine they would have already.
You're missing out on one of the greatest foods on the face of the planet, which a simple Google search shows is VERY popular and VERY easily found throughout New Jersey!
Hey, I am happy that Cracker Barrel appeared in the northeast!
Indeed. According to their website, there are 6 (six) Cracker Barrel's in New Jersey, 9 (nine) in New York, 4 (four) in Massachusetts, 2 (two) in Connecticut, 1 each in Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, and 23 (twenty-three) in Pennsylvania -- and every one of them features southern-style breakfasts, including grits, on the menu.
I've tried grits but they have no taste that I can discern and the texture is unpleasant to me.
Poor thing.
You have to put a LOT of butter and a LOT of salt on them.
And they shouldn't be cooked to death. Too many restaurants do that.
Have you had polenta? Pretty much the same thing.
Poor thing.
You have to put a LOT of butter and a LOT of salt on them.
And they shouldn't be cooked to death. Too many restaurants do that.
Have you had polenta? Pretty much the same thing.
The state of Georgia declared grits its official prepared food in 2002.[4] Similar bills have been introduced in South Carolina, with one declaring:
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 grits mill and every local economy in the State used to be dependent on its product; 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 Charleston's The Post 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."[5]
There are no Waffle House locations in Alaska, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin or Wyoming.
Well there are two Waffle Cabins in Massachusetts, four in New Hampshire, and eight in Vermont.
Soooo........
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