Grits: Got together with my sister for breakfast in our home town of Fort Dodge Iowa. Neither one of us had been there in a long time. I am always looking for non-chain places to eat.

JustJill Loc: Iowa

Got together with my sister for breakfast in our home town of Fort Dodge Iowa. Neither one of us had been there in a long time. I am always looking for non-chain places to eat. One by the name of TC Mae's Too came up on my on line search. So I said let's go there. They had grits on the menu and you can't usually get them here in Iowa. So we went. This was a genuine dive bar. 9am and people are at the bar drinking beer. Tuns out these were better than some of the grits I had in the South. I got a big bowl of grits 2 eggs and toast for $6.95. My sister got leaded hash browns. You could tell the sausage gravy was homemade and did not come off the food truck. The owner was friendly and we chatted with him. Dives can be great places to eat!

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nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Nice, I love them!

Papa j Loc: Cary NC

Grits look great I think dives are the best place to eat

Thanks Joe

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Looks good, Jill! We use stone ground grits for best results.

JustJill Loc: Iowa

nimbushopper wrote:

Nice, I love them!

Thanks! I appreciate the comment!

JustJill Loc: Iowa

Papa j wrote:

Grits look great I think dives are the best place to eat

Thanks Joe

Thanks for the comment Joe!

JustJill Loc: Iowa

UTMike wrote:

Looks good, Jill! We use stone ground grits for best results.

Thanks Mike!

sourdough58 Loc: Maine

looks good

Horseart Loc: Alabama

I LOVE my grits!!! Great shot Jill!

JustJill Loc: Iowa

Horseart wrote:

I LOVE my grits!!! Great shot Jill!

Thanks for your comments The owner is from Alabama so maybe that is where he learned to make his grits.

Another thing on the menu that I don't see around here are chicken gizzards. Friday and Saturday nights from 9pm until 2am. Do you like them?

They also serve Conecuh sausage based out of Alabama. You can't get that here either. My sister had sausage gravy on her hash browns I know that was better than most sausage gravies that I have had.

sourdough58 Loc: Maine

JustJill wrote:

Thanks for your comments The owner is from Alabama so maybe that is where he learned to make his grits.

Another thing on the menu that I don't see around here are chicken gizzards. Friday and Saturday nights from 9pm until 2am. Do you like them?

They also serve Conecuh sausage based out of Alabama. You can't get that here either. My sister had sausage gravy on her hash browns I know that was better than most sausage gravies that I have had.

I haven't had any for a while, cut them on the outside and turn inside out, tender meat, have chicken livers more often

Tito14 Loc: Central Florida

That is my kind of bar beer at 9:00 am nothing wrong with that. LOL

Love grits, my favorite is cheesy grits. Sound like a great place to have fun.

Great shot, glad you have fun with your sister!

Horseart Loc: Alabama

JustJill wrote:

Thanks for your comments The owner is from Alabama so maybe that is where he learned to make his grits.

Another thing on the menu that I don't see around here are chicken gizzards. Friday and Saturday nights from 9pm until 2am. Do you like them?

They also serve Conecuh sausage based out of Alabama. You can't get that here either. My sister had sausage gravy on her hash browns I know that was better than most sausage gravies that I have had.

Jill, chicken gizzards are too tough and chewy for me. I do like chicken livers if they are cooked right. My husband loved gizzards and livers and strongly discouraged my telling anyone I didn't like sausage. We were in the sausage business for 26 years. killed the hogs, even put the hams and tenderloins in out "whole hog, country sausage" and sold tons of it over 5 states. We also had a meat market where we killed our own cattle hogs goats....goat liver is far better than any chicken liver. I could tell a lot of things about meats that most would never believe. LOL

JustJill Loc: Iowa

sourdough58 wrote:

I haven't had any for a while, cut them on the outside and turn inside out, tender meat, have chicken livers more often

Thanks for commenting!

JustJill Loc: Iowa

Tito14 wrote:

That is my kind of bar beer at 9:00 am nothing wrong with that. LOL

Love grits, my favorite is cheesy grits. Sound like a great place to have fun.

Great shot, glad you have fun with your sister!

Thanks, I appreciate your comments!