A Pound of Thoughts

Okay…Newscoma has tagged me for a food meme.  Now she says she lives in Hooterville, but, I don’t think any place could resemble Hooterville any more than LuceVegas!  Okay, here it is…

1. Add a direct link to your post below the name of the person who tagged you. Include the city/state and country you’re in.

Nicole (Sydney, Australia)
velverse (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
LB (San Giovanni in Marignano, Italy)
Selba (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Olivia (London, England)
ML (Utah, USA)
Lotus (Toronto, Canada)
tanabata (Saitama, Japan)
Andi (Dallas [ish], Texas, United States)
Todd (Louisville, Kentucky, United States)
miss kendra (los angeles, california, u.s.a)
Jiggs Casey (Berkeley, CA, USA! USA! USA!)
Tits McGee (New England, USA)
Joe (NE Tennessee, USA)
10K Monkeys (Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA)
Big Stupid Tommy (Athens, Tennessee, USA)
Newscoma (Weakley County, Tennessee, USA)

And me!

Eric (George County, Mississippi, USA)

2. List out your top 5 favorite places to eat at your location.

Okay…Here’s my favorite grub-pubs:

 1.  Rocky Creek Catfish Cottage:  Dubbed “The Catfish House” by locals, it’s the best place within a 50-mile radius to get all-you-can eat catfish.  (You do know that Mississippi is the catfish capital of the world, don’t ya?)  You can choose either whole or fillet, and there are plenty of other things on the menu if you’re not feeling up to eating catfish - like shrimp, grilled fish, salads, hamburger steak, just to name a few.  It’s only open on Thursdays-Saturdays, and between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m. there’s at least an hour-and-a-half wait.  But no matter!  Once you get in, you get stuffed!

2.  Catfish Point:  Now this restaurant isn’t in George County, but it’s only a ten-minute drive from my house.  And yes, they serve catfish too!  But they also have gumbo, a blooming onion for an appetizer, and a catfish platter that will make you wanna slap yo’ mamma!  Oh, and they have a live bluegrass band every Friday night!

3.  Aunt Jenny’s Country Buffet:  This restaurant serves southern cookin’ like you’ve never had it before - on a buffet!  Fried chicken, grilled chicken, turkey and dressin’, mashed taters, mac and cheese, turnip greens, salads, and bread pudding and/or peach cobbler for dessert!  You’ll never leave here less than stuffed…In fact, they’ll have to roll you out you’ll get so full!  It’d be my no. 1 if I didn’t like seafood so much!

4.  Hokie’s BBQ and Grill: Some of the best beef brisket you’ll ever put in your mouth.  I absolutely love their baked beans, too…a very unique recipe.  And they’re fast!  You’ll get your food within 5-10 minutes after ordering.  They already have everything prepared for you, and it’s always fresh!   Wonderful, wonderful BBQ!

5.  Ranchos Los Fuentes:  Wonderful Mexican food…Big portions, and excellent chimichangas and quesadillas!  Reasonably priced as well.  I think it’s around $20 for me and the wife, including drinks and all.  Of course, we always get the queso to go with our chips!

Oh well, there ya go!  Wow, I was able to keep it local!

For my tag, I guess I’ll choose Kat over at Just Another Pretty Farce, Jo at Jo’s Cafe, Basil, and Slarti at Shoot the Moose.  As Newscoma said, to meme or not to meme is strictly up to y’all!  Have fun!