Source: Atlas Obscura
Most cities roll out festivals highlighting their local culture. And in some ways, you can say St. George, South Carolina, did the same when it created the World Grits Festival.
The small town has a population barely hovering above 2,000. But they claim to be the biggest consumer of grits, per capita, in the world.
The claim was originally made in 1985 by Bill Hunter, the manager of the local Piggly Wiggly supermarket, after offhand comments from multiple suppliers suggested his tiny town was eating more of the cornmeal-based mixture than others.And the…
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