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WHO'S YOUR DADDY AND CAN HE DANCE?

ROAD FOOD

LIL' LADY LIKES TO FLY EVERYWHERE WE GO IF POSSIBLE. I'M OK WITH THAT, BUT I DON'T MIND A ROAD TRIP EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. A ROAD TRIP ALLOWS YOU TO SEE WHATS BETWEEN WHERE YOU START AND WHERE YOUR GOING. FLYING ALLOWS YOU TO SEE THE SUBWAY AND THE AIRPORT.

LATELY WE HAVE DRIVEN TO MOBILE, GULF SHORES AND PENSACOLA. THESE ARE SOME OF THE SPOTS WE ATE OR TRIED TO EAT AT. FOLLOW LINK FOR INFO ON EACH RESTAURANT.

ON THE TRIP TO MOBILE WE STOPPED AT SHELIA C'S BURGER BARN IN TALLASSEE, AL.
AWESOME BURGER AND THAT'S ALL. BURGERS. DRIPPING GOOD.
ON THE WAY TO SHEILAS WE PASSED A FOOD TRUCK ADVERTISING FRIED SEAFOOD. SO ON THE WAY BACK TO THE INTERSTATE WE STOPPED THERE. IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. I BOUGHT A PLATE OF FRIED SHRIMP.

THE LAST PLACE WE STOPPED WAS CONECUH  SAUSAGE. WE DIDN'T EAT THERE CAUSE THEY DON'T SERVE PREPARED FOOD. SO WE BOUGHT A BUNCH OF SAUSAGE AND BACON. I DIDN'T KNOW THEY SOLD BACON.

ON THE TRIP TO GULF SHORES WE STOPPED AT THE HAMBURGER KING IN MONTGOMERY, AL.

WE HAVE SEEN THIS PLACE BEFORE, BUT COULD NEVER CATCH THEM OPEN. FINALLY. THIS IS A COOL SPOT, LIKE AN OLD DINNER. MOSTLY BURGERS AND BREAKFAST.  I HAD A DOUBLE W/CHEESE STACEY HAD A SINGLE. BOTH WERE GOOD, BUT NOT AS GOOD AS SHEILAS.

OUR NEXT STOP WAS B.K.BBQ ADVERTISED AS HOWLING GOOD AND IT IS. STACEY ACTUALLY HOWLED WHEN SHE BIT INTO THE PULLED PORK SAMMIE. THIS IS A BBQ SHACK RIGHT OFF THE INTERSTATE SHARING A PARKING LOT WITH A BP GAS STATION.
MOST TIMES WE ARE EATING WITH A BUNCH OF GUYS WEARING CAMO AND DRIVING MUDDY PICKUP TRUCKS. ALWAYS A GOOD SIGN.

IN PENSACOLA WE TRIED TO EAT AT CHET'S. CLOSED. TO BAD I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT CHET'S FOR YEARS AND FINALLY GOT THERE ONLY TO FIND IT CLOSED. CHET'S IS ALL ABOUT THE MULLET. CLICK HERE AND READ A REALLY GOOD ARTICLE ABOUT CHET AND HIS MULLET. YOU WILL SEE WHY I WANT TO EAT THERE.

SO WE WENT TO JERRY'S.

I HAD DINNED AT JERRY'S ONCE BEFORE, ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO AND IT WAS AN INSTITUTION BACK THEN. JERRY'S HAS A HUGE MENU, BAR SERVICE OR TABLES. EVERYTHING FROM FRIED GROUPER TO A MEAT AND 3 PLATE. EVERYTHING I'VE EATEN THERE WAS GOOD. REAL GOOD.

BOB

I was talking to my dyslectic friend Bob the other day. His folks named him Bob so he would always be able to spell his name. Anyway I was complaining to Bob how I just don't get it, the world doesn't make sense these days. It's all backwards. The people causing the most trouble are getting rewarded. The guys at AIG, big bonus. The guys at BP, big pay checks. The Assholes in Washington. And on and on.

I told Bob I just don't get it, it's all backwards.
Bob said he gets it, he gets it just fine.

PERRY IN PEORIA

I MET PERRY 10 OR MORE YEARS AGO AT A NEIGHBORHOOD FARMERS MARKET. PERRY WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, SAW MY PRODUCT, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS STRICTLY FURNITURE MADE FROM ANTIQUE PINE.
ANYWAY PERRY STOPPED AND INTRODUCED HIMSELF. HE CHECKED OUT MY WORK AND MORE THEN LIKELY TOLD ME OF HIS LATEST PLAN. THE PLAN WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE A POP UP NIGHT CLUB DECORATED WITH ALL KINDS OF COOL FURNITURE, ART AND NEAT OLD STUFF ALL FOR SALE. PERRY ALWAYS HAD A NEW IDEA AND MOST WERE GOOD. I HAD FUN DOING ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS WITH PERRY WHILE HE LIVED IN ATLANTA.
MOST OF THESE PROJECTS INVOLVED ART, FOOD, MUSIC AND ALL KINDS OF HAND MADE STUFF. ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ALWAYS SHOWED UP TO A PERRY EVENT.

PERRY MOVED TO PEORIA, IL. A FEW YEARS AGO AND WE HAVE STAYED IN TOUCH.
ABOUT A MONTH AGO I WENT TO PEORIA TO SEE ABOUT DOING ART FOR A NEW RESTAURANT PERRY WAS INVOLVED WITH. THE ART DIDN'T WORK OUT, BUT I HAD A GREAT TIME HANGING OUT IN PEORIA WITH PERRY FOR 24 HOURS.
PEORIA IS WHERE PERRY GREW UP. HE KNOWS EVERYONE AND THEY KNOW HIM. HE SHOWED ME ALL OVER TOWN AND PUT ME UP IN A BED AND BREAKFAST WHICH SITS ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER. THE ILLINOIS RIVER IS A MIGHTY RIVER AND BARGE TRAFFIC IS HEAVY. THIS B AND B WAS ACTUALLY BUILT OVER THE RIVER. VERY COOL.
 THE BEST PART OF THE TRIP WAS GOING FOR DINNER IN DELAVAN, A SMALL TOWN ABOUT 40 MINUTES FROM PEORIA.
DELAVAN IS ONE OF THOSE TOWNS THAT HAS ONE OR TWO TRAFFIC LIGHTS. BUT, THE SMALL TOWN SURROUNDING THOSE TWO TRAFFIC LIGHTS IS A PRETTY LITTLE TOWN.
WE WERE HAVING DINNER AT THE HARVEST CAFE WHICH IS MORE FINE DINNING THEN CAFE.
A FRIEND OF PERRY'S OWNS THE CAFE AND THE HIGH END BOTTLE SHOP NEXT DOOR AND SHE IS ALSO CONVERTING THE LOCAL OLD BANK BUILDING INTO A SMALL BATCH DISTILLERY. THE DISTILLERY WILL ALSO SERVE FOOD, I THINK IN THE GASTRO PUB STYLE.
THE HARVEST CAFE IS FARM TO TABLE AND I BET MORE FARM TO TABLE THEN MOST FARM TO TABLE RESTAURANTS. BEING IN A RURAL AGRARIAN PART OF THE WORLD I BET THEY HAVE INSTANT ACCESS TO THE FRESHEST PRODUCE AND MEATS. AND IT SHOWED ON THE PLATE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN VENISON ON A MENU BEFORE. I HAD IT AND IT WAS GREAT, TRULY ONE OF THE FINEST PIECES OF MEAT I HAVE EVER EATEN. IT WAS LEAN AND COOKED TO PERFECTION.  IT WAS SERVED ON TOP OF A CAULIFLOWER PUREE WITH GREENS AND FRIED GARLIC. THE FRIED CHICKEN AND BRUSSEL SPROUTS PERRY HAD WERE AWESOME AS WELL. PERRY KNOWS HOW MUCH I ENJOY A GOOD MEAL AND THIS WAS REALLY A TREAT FOR ME.
AFTER CHECKING OUT THE TOWN AND HAVING DINNER AND A VISIT TO THE BOTTLE SHOP I THINK I MIGHT MOVE TO DELAVAN.

GULF SHORES THANKSGIVING

FLYING MY KITE FROM THE 15TH FLOOR.
CLICK ON PHOTO TO REALLY ENJOY. I MUST SAY STACEY TAKES MOST OF THE PHOTOS ON THIS BLOG. THE GOOD ONES ANYWAY. SHES PRETTY GOOD FOR A ROOKIE WITH A $100 DIGITAL CAMERA.

CAN'T BEAT THIS LADIES MEAT

Her name is Delia. She opened the Flying Biscuit Restaurant around 1994. She franchised and sold the business not long ago. And not long after that she opened Delias chicken Sausage Stand. And the shits like crack man. I can not get enough. I have had it everyday since Tuesday. Today is Saturday. I will have some today and then go to the Stand tomorrow and buy some more. Delias offers Slingers, Sliders and a few breakfast sandwich's. She uses great bread as well. That's a photo of her sliders. It's from her website.

I love sausage. I eat it 3 or 4 times a week. I have been digging Coneuh
Sausage. It's a pork sausage made in Alabama. It's not the largest operation, but it is massed produced. Delia has been working on this recipe for 15 years. She refers to her sausage as "small batch hand crafted".
She uses the best chickens she can get. Local I'm sure. I am not sure what the casing is, but it is like silk. It feels like a sausage encased in silk. The texture is what I would imagine silk would feel like if you ate it. That's the jumbo link. The breakfast patty is as good. It is flavored so well. I think it's sage. It's what you wish that log of Jimmy Dean sausage could taste like. And it's chicken. Delis also makess breakfast links. I have some in the fridge, but haven't tried then yet. That's right you can but it fresh by the pound and take it home and use it any way you want. Tonight we are going to make a squash and sausage casserole.

And it is very inexpensive which is a trend I am seeing and liking. On their website they say they want to be an alternative for fast food. The most expensive item on the menu id $6.49. WHA.....  That's right
$6.49. It is in the hood. It is counter service. Seating is outside, although we stood at the counter inside and ate since it was rainy. But this is what we need more of. Awesome food, awesome ingredients.  The place is small and someone did a great job on the design. Cool wallpaper. They are opened all the time, like they never close. Maybe they don't.