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corn ground into the stubborn comfort food that started two American culinary civil wars

originIndigenous Muskogee people taught colonists to grind hominy
butter warsCharleston bans cheese; Lowcountry swears by shrimp
official grainGeorgia made grits its official state food
hominy trickcorn soaked in lye to unlock nutrients
linguisticsthe word comes from Old English for coarse meal
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