It's not to my taste either, but just about everyone I know eats them that way. I prefer my tomatoes separate and not for breakfast.

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I'm a born southerner, not raised though haha, so it's acceptable for me to add to them

I just add brown sugar to them. It melts into the grit, very good.

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I love grits!
I eat them with:
butter and shredded cheddar cheese
butter, salt & pepper
Butter and sugar

I have never added jam to my grits, but I have tried it in cream of wheat and it was pretty good.

I live in the south and we eat them all the time. Expecially for breakfast and with fish. We mix cheese in with them, butter and some salt and pepper also. For breakfast alot of people here mix them in with there medium fried eggs or sunny side up eggs. Personally I don't like them mixed with my eggs, I just eat them with butter for breakfast.

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