CAN YOU FRY A GRIT???

A NAWTHUN friend told me recently that what is wrong with southern food is that we will FRY anything...........even a GRIT! Now, I take offense at this for a coupla' reasons: 1) we, in the south, know that "grit" is only singular if it refers to that stuff under your fingernails after you've been feelin' around the seams of your sofa for loose change; and 2) you could only fry it up if you let it get cold, smushed it up into a little cake and dipped it in egg batter and flour. THEN, maybe you could fry it! (Hmmmmm......).