Boiled Peanuts...

I know my western friends think I'm crazy when I complain that they don't sell boiled peanuts at the baseball game, but in the south they are sold at every sporting event. Heck you can buy boiled peanuts in the parking lot of most Walmarts in the south. After I get my Chick-fil-A and Rush's fix when I come south, my dad always buys me a bag of boiled peanuts. I spent the third quarter of most high school football games eating a bag of boiled peanuts that I bought a the concession stand. I have been told that boiled peanuts is an acquired taste, but once you start enjoying them you are stuck, I think they are totally addicting. I know people tease me for not have a southern accent and not always eating like a traditional southern, but this is one thing that can defiantly define me a southern. In fact, I haven't met many people not from the south that have liked them, then again I don't think they give the a chance, but is OK with me-- more for me to eat. I think I am finally going to attempt to make some when I go back out west, just to see all my friends freak out.

On May 1, 2006, Gov. Mark Sanford came to York County and officially signed into law, H.4585, to make the boiled peanut South Carolina's official state snack food.

SECTION 1. The General Assembly finds that boiled peanuts are a delicious and popular snack food that are found both in stores and roadside stands across the State, and this unique snack food is defined as peanuts that are immersed in boiling water for at least one hour while still in the shell. The General Assembly further finds that this truly Southern delicacy is worthy of designation as the official state snack food.

Eatin' Good...

Whenever I come home to South Carolina there are only a few things on my must do list, amazingly they all revolve around food. As soon as I come south I have to eat at two places:

One of the first places I stop is Chick-fil-A, although I know there are some in Utah, I just never seem to find them. Nothing seems to taste as good as a southern style chicken sandwich, waffle fries, and their tasty lemonade. They also have the best service ever, I had the most polite cashier, someone walking around getting drink refills for people, and an young man that took the tray to the trash to opened the door for me.



The next stop for me is a local fast food place called Rush's, they have the world's BEST Chili Burger, they are on the expensive side, but it is worth it. It is funny all of my siblings that have moved away from home, always stop by Rush's for a burger and a milkshake. Plus Rush's is the only place that I know if that vinegar out with ketchup, just like it is normal to put vinegar on your french fries.

Week in Review

Well another year has come and gone and I'm a year old, but I don't know if I'm a year wiser. I have been waiting to turn 23 so I can sing "Gangster's Paradise" there is a lyric that says "I'm 23 now, will I ever see 24, the way things are going I don't know." I have been listening to that song since I was pretty young, I remember thinking I can't wait until I'm 23. Some of my friends tried really hard to make my birthday special. Two of my friends went out to dinner with me on Tuesday, on Wednesday Grandma made dinner for all of my friends, and on Saturday I we are going to go to the Real Salt Lake game. This has been a very exciting week for me, besides my birthday, it was also the last week of school. I rather enjoyed this last week, we didn't really do anything. I never really got to move into my new classroom because the retiring teacher was taking a long time to move out of their. I guess I understand though, it is hard to move everything after 30 years. Now I have no more school, just soccer every now and then over the summer. I'm the assistant coach for the girls soccer team, and they are going to need all the practice they can get. Last year they only one game the entire season.