Thursday, February 21, 2008

Welcome to the Official World Grits Festival Headquarters


World Grits Festival: "The History of the World Grits Festival
In late 1985, the store manager of the St. George S.C. Piggly Wiggly Supermarket, Bill Hunter, was giving a broker of a large Grits company an order for grits. The broker made a remark that his company sure shipped a lot of grits into St. George, considering how small the town was and its meager population (around 2,000 at the time). A week or two later another broker from another major grits company made a similar remark about the large quantity of grits shipped into this small town. The manager spoke with the two owners of the Piggly Wiggly, John Walters and George Axson. They all agreed that if it proved to be true that we did consume a disproportionately large amount of grits that they would do some research to find out just how much we did eat."

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

dodoblog: Blenheim Ginger Ale

dodoblog: Blenheim Ginger Ale: "Oh this is so incredibly delicious.

It stings, it burns and it uplifts.

Brewed in South Carolina since 1903,

it's a classic true to its roots.

I praise the blessed land
that also brought us James Brown.

Blenheim Old #3 Hot for me, baby!"
...Now that's some great prose! Cheers!

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Blenheim Ginger Ale from Pure Water (?)


Blenheim Ginger Ale on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Does anyone notice something different lately on their Blenheim Ginger Ale bottles? it doesn't refer to spring water now, it says 'pure water'. I think maybe last year or 2006, they switched to Dillon's water supply. I don't know the reasons, but it severs Blenheim from its roots in a very real way.

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