ah yes, a southern specialty, not so much in the north U.S.
There is a story a northern person ordering breakfast in the south and saying to the waitress, "I didn't order grits and receiving the answer, "you don't order grits, you gets them".
Linked to the hard times of the American Civil War, or if you are from the south, the War of Northern Aggression.
Sunday here, the Lord's day, had wonderful rain, we were close to drought conditions.
blessings