Stu, my answer to your, "what do you all put on your grits in the morning?"
Butter, salt & pepper mostly, sometime I crumble bacon in ... or if I have red eye gravy I'll do that.
Some times mixed with the yoke of the sunny side up egg.
Hominy on the other hand, was never in the morning as I recall, it was Mid day or Supper side dish , also with butter, salt & pepper...
Corn meal was for making Corn Bread (Baked in a cast Iron Skillet) served in wedge with butter.
The Cracker Barrel and some others have corn bread in squares and is kinda sweet , it's OK but nothing compared to Moms from the Skillet.
The wife makes Corn Bread Muffins from a mix , It too is sweet , and will do ,
just barely.
Good luck LIT..sounds like plan !
I'm kinda thinking Dec. 2014 myself....not sure it's doable, certainly no earlier for me.