It Isn't Yom Kippur Break Fast at my house without this egg casserole

This story originally appeared on The Nosher.

Our family's approach to Yom Kippur break fast is a Southern one. Many North Americans associate this feast with an array of sweet kugels, bagels with all of the accoutrements, rugelach in every flavor, blintzes and maybe a special cake or two. Chances are you have never seen a spread filled with egg casserole, cream cheese grits and homemade biscuits.

Before the early 1900s, my family had not either. How did this menu come to be for a half-Sephardi, half-Ashkenazi Jewish family? It's a funny story.

I recently recovered my great-grandpa's autobiogr...