Snacks
This is great. Unexplained Snacks of America. For example:

Grits

This one… I have no idea. They eat it in The Shawshank Redemption so I can guess it’s from the southern U.S. and it’s probably some kind of food for the poor and downtrodden. So is it just what it sounds like? Are you just sitting in front of a bowl full of grit – basically just bits of rock – and spooning gravel into your mouths? Do you put sugar on it? I don’t even know if it’s a savory or sweet meal of pebbles. Unless you’re that guy from The Neverending Story, it’s simple – don’t eat rocks.

Educated guess: Maybe a cereal byproduct – like porridge, but with texture.

Instant assumption: A mouthful of sand.

On Saturday, Matt and Lindsay told us over the brunch table about a snack experience while in New Orleans for Jazz Fest last month. Lindsay, who usually eats vegetarian, decided to sample a little meat that weekend in the spirit of things. One of the first things that they purchased was a bag of "Cracklin'," something that they thought to be deep-fried pork. After trying a couple of them, they decided to chuck the sack in favor of finding something else to eat. Recently, while Matt was waiting in line at a gas station here, he saw a bag of "Cracklin'" for sale. They were advertised as "DEEP FRIED PORK FAT."