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The True Citizen, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 — Page 5A
Ronda Rich
A decade ago, I launched a
new book with a tour that, with
three exceptions, took me to
large Southern cities and three
small Mississippi towns.
The exhaustive, two-week
tour included Los Angeles,
New York City, and the mar
velous independent Rainy Day
Books in Kansas City.
After an early morning show
in New York, I stopped to have
breakfast at a Jewish-owned
delicatessen, one of my favor
ite places. Eyeing the menu, I
was jolted by an item.
“Grits!” I exclaimed to the
waiter. “You have grits?”
He nodded. “People like
grits.”
“I’ll have a bowl. I want to
know how New York City grits
taste.”
“We’re sold out. Every
morning, he makes a big pot
of grits and they go fast.”
It took four more trips before
I had a bowl of New York City
grits. They were watery and
half-cooked. An imitation.
For truly perfect grits, visit
The Lodge or The Cloister
on Sea Island. They make
their grits with real cream and
they’re purely scrumptious.
They’re also in Georgia. The
location where Southern food
is being served makes a dif-
IIMITATION IS IMITATION
ference.
In Nashville, I stayed in a
nice hotel near Vanderbilt. I
returned to my room after do
ing early morning radio and
television and ordered room
service. Since the grits episode
in New York, I decided to order
Southern delicacies at every
stop and judge.
I ordered “Southern But
termilk” biscuits with sausage
gravy. It may have been the
worst Southern food I ever
tasted. The gravy was pasty and
tasted close to the Elmer’s Glue
that I tried when I was seven.
The biscuits were dry, dusty,
and barely chewable.
Down to the restaurant man
ager, I called. “Sir, these are the
worst biscuits and gravy I’ve
ever had.”
He sighed. “I know.”
“Please, tell me that there
isn’t a Southern woman in your
kitchen who makes buttermilk
biscuits like this. It has to be a
man or a Yankee.”
He inhaled deeply. “It’s a
young man. From Argentina.
He’s trying his best to go by
a recipe.”
“Argentina??” I exclaimed.
“You have one of the top hotels
in one of the South’s best cit
ies and you’re letting someone
from Argentina make your
biscuits and gravy? Let me talk
to him.”
The young man came to the
phone and, as best
I could, I gave him
advice. RICH,
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