The Shell station across the street from work here in big ole Mulberry Florida has some of the best fried chicken in town, maybe number two next to Publix fried chicken.
Good stuff: Salty peanuts in Coke Also like boiled and honey roasted peanuts Sugar in the cornbread mix Cat head biscuits with butter and jelly Salt on watermelon - only thing I eat that gets added salt Chili with beans Beans with ham Unsweetened ice tea, no lemon Sweet lemonade Cinnamon in oatmeal or in steel cut oats Syrup or jelly and half-n-half in grits
Pimento cheese! Breaking your bacon in pieces and mixing it with yolky eggs and stiring in your grits and making it all come out even with your rye toast .
I remember growing up, and my Grandfather always put peanut in his Coke. He also put salt on his watermelon. This i dont like. I'm going to have to try the salted peanuts in Coke, just because of this thread. ...
You will want unsalted peanuts. Salted ones will provide nucleation points for the carbonation. Think Mentos + soda
My wife thinks I am nuts, but I have always salted my watermelon. It makes it taste so much better. Grits isn't oatmeal. It should never have sugar. Bacon and cheddar cheese is perfect. Sent from my DROID Turbo using Tapatalk
Uhhh No.You take a large swallow of the coke and then pour the small pack of salted peanuts into the bottle.Yes there will be some foaming but the salt of the peanuts and the sweet of the coke mix well......think salted caramel for another sweet-salty combo.When I was In elementary school at morning snack break we would swarm the canteen for this treat.However if they ran out of coke,fanta orange was good with peanuts and the addition of peanuts made a Tab acceptable to kids.Grape soda was not so good with peanuts though.
Another old fashioned southern thing is cane syrup and butter mixed together .The consistency is correct when you can take a home made biscuit and drag it thru the mix and it almost tears the biscuit apart.Ahhh the good old days.When I could tolerate sugar.Dammitman.
It's a Southern Thing. Usually a family owned gas station that also sells animal feed, fishing worms, beer iced down, and fried chicken. The local specialty here is Boudin, a sausage made with rice, pork, liver, green onions, and too much cayenne pepper for tourists. Every gas station has their own recipe and loyal fans.
I was in Michigan’s upper peninsula a few weeks ago and several gas stations were selling smoked fish. ...and flannel shirts
I had a conversation with a guy at a local college who was from Iowa.I was actually giving him some tips about being a waiter in the south.He had let my tea glass go empty ...twice.I informed him that many of the older crowd base their tips on how many times you top off their tea glass and god forbid you let them run dry.That is a subtraction from your tip.His reply was:" We like tea in Iowa but I never seen it sold in gas stations till I came down here to Georgia.You people take tea seriously down here."Yes we do. As for buying dinner at a gas station,don't knock it.Many gas stations have "deli" counters where breakfast of biscuits from scratch ,eggs,grits,various meats are sold.Lunches of a meat and 2 veggies are common in addition to fried chicken,livers,gizzards ,potato wedges,fried fish,corn dogs.Supper menus are usually the same as lunch.In most stores the cooks are older ladies who know what they are doing.In a way a lot of these places are taking the place of the independent diners that specialized in breakfast and lunch.A good filling meal cheap.Since nowadays you cannot get out of a Huddle or Waffle house for less that 10$.And usually the food is better at the gas station.
Yes! The Shell station also serves sausage on a stick! $2.13 after taxes are applied! Narm narm narm!
Growing up in the Midwest (Chicago 'burbs) Dad found a little fried chicken shack that offered fried gizzards. One summer a tornado knocked down the building. We had to make them at home after that. For a while both Walmart & Kroger deli offered them. No longer as they didn't sell enough to keep them in stock. Still can get them at Market Basket across town if I get there before they shut down the fryer. They have to be freshly cooked else they dry out and can't be chewed. Even so, a batch of gizzards will exercise your jaw. Best served with a bottle of Louisiana hot sauce. Next door neighbors made gumbo that had a unique flavor. Standard chicken & sausage, but added gizzards too. It's now part of my recipe.
There was a gas station just outside of a military post in Georgia that had a full spread. It was a good place to grab lunch. Sent from my DROID Turbo using Tapatalk
