I’m a lifelong Southerner & I can admit: they’re right. There are no good grits in restaurants. Grits are just unsweetened hominy cornmeal porridge, they’re only good when someone’s momma cooked them for you with love
My fellow Brits are so bad at slagging off American food.
Grits. Grits exists. And it's not some weird thing, it's literally on breakfast menus all over the South.
Next time they come for Beans on Toast, just start replying with a photo of Grits.