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From: "Katie Crow" <>
Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Re: Georgia Ice Cream, A.K.A. as Grits
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 17:39:48 -0500
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Before we get blasted for posting off the topic, I have to mention the
nectar of the Gods---
Georgia peaches!

I have never tasted anything so wonderful in my life!

Katie

----- Original Message -----
From: Angus P. Robinson Jr <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 5:28 PM
Subject: [GA-Roots] Re: Georgia Ice Cream, A.K.A. as Grits


> Good Afternoon,
> As a southern born boy my grandma, God Bless her, often
> made grits. Sometimes we ate them like kids eat cereal today,
> and at other times we ate them as a side dish to bacon and eggs.
> How I would love to see her cooking on the old wood stove again.
> She also ironed her clothes using the old time cast iron "iron"
> that was heated on the wood stove. How she could handle the
> heat isn't know but Grandma Ida Morris Robinson did it.
> Surprisingly, many of the local restaurants serve grits. Of
> course we are a farming and recreational community. Back in
> the big city when you ask for grits the waitress looks like I just
> asked her to unrobe. Unless she is southern born she just says
> "huh".
> Angus "Scotty" Robinson
>
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