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hubcapsc
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« on: January 15, 2010, 03:44:47 PM »


Beautiful day in South Carolina today... me and Henry met up with some other riders, including
a Red and White rider I didn't know about that lives near by (gave him a SCVRCC shirt  cooldude )...

We met out at a country crossroads where a really cool restaurant called "Grits and Groceries" is
located. Naturally, I had grits. A big slab of fried grits with gravy and some country ham. And a bowl
of thick spicy chicken based soup. And a slab of pecan pie with ice cream.

Forgot to take any pictures until after it was just me and Henry again... this old Grocery (sign says
1897 - 1947) is at another crossroads 10 or 15 miles from Grits and Groceries...



-Mike
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Thunderbolt
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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2010, 05:40:57 PM »

Some nice riding area you have there.  Good to have someone that likes to ride as much as you do also.
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« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2010, 08:34:11 PM »

The sign says 1897 to 1947

How did they know they would be in business exactly 50 years when they had the sign painted?

Did the guy painting the sign say to himself "Boy, these guys are screwed, they are going to lose it all in 47" ?
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2010, 06:02:04 AM »

The sign says 1897 to 1947

How did they know they would be in business exactly 50 years when they had the sign painted?

Did the guy painting the sign say to himself "Boy, these guys are screwed, they are going to lose it all in 47" ?

I've been going by there for 20 years and nothing has changed. My guess is that the grocery is an
icon in that community and that was painted on there at one time by whoever keeps the building up...
There's a gravel road leading off to a big old farmhouse across the road... maybe Stricklands still live there?

Now I'll have to ask around  Smiley

-Mike
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« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2010, 06:37:18 AM »

You folks know a thing or two about grits there in South Carolina! 

Fried grits with gravy...Woo Hoo! cooldude

A friend of mine - Hoover Alexander - who owns Hoover's restaurants in the Austin area introduced me to grits with shrimp.  He said it was a recipe he got from relatives in South Carolina and served it as a breakfast dish.  Oh boy, I couldn't get enough... Wink
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2010, 08:50:56 AM »

You folks know a thing or two about grits there in South Carolina! 

Fried grits with gravy...Woo Hoo! cooldude

A friend of mine - Hoover Alexander - who owns Hoover's restaurants in the Austin area introduced me to grits with shrimp.  He said it was a recipe he got from relatives in South Carolina and served it as a breakfast dish.  Oh boy, I couldn't get enough... Wink


They always have shrimp and grits at Grits and Groceries... I've gotten it so often that I force myself
to get something else just not to be in a rut. The gravy on my slab of fried grits yesterday must be
the same gravy they put on the shrimp and grits - there was a shrimp mixed in there with the
pieces of country ham. I didn't complain  Smiley ...



-Mike
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« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2010, 02:21:02 PM »

So what are grits? I always thought it stood for Girls Raised In The South.  Wink
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2010, 03:48:23 PM »

So what are grits? I always thought it stood for Girls Raised In The South.  Wink

That's GRITS.  cooldude

Grits is coarsely ground corn cooked to a porridge-like consistency.

"quick" ain't grits, and grits don't come from the microwave. A guy in my Sons of Confederate Veteran's
camp makes the most awesome yellow grits I know of using 100 year old milling equipment. That's
the kind of grits I've been eating at home for the last ten years or so. I rue the day he quits making
them.

I put cheese in my grits sometimes, though some purists think that's a sin. Grits goes with bacon and
eggs, salmon oooked right sitting on a bed of grits is really good, shrimp and grits... grits makes good stuff
better.

-Mike
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