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Back from the USA

Sorry it's been a bit quiet on here - I've been away, in the deep south of the USA for the last 3 weeks. It's been awesome (but I did miss being able to cook)

We took our time and travelled around a fair bit...


Since we couldn't guarantee fridges in the hotels we stayed we invested a whole $4.99 in a polystyrene ice-box on our 2nd day so we could keep things cool and have a small larder of food, and more importantly cold beer when we reached our destination. 


And this gives you an idea of what I ate day by day (Pete mainly ate Catfish & shrimp until we got to Nashville

5th pancakes & bacon - airline Food - crinkle cut fries-  sap (self assembled picnic)
6th pancakes & bacon - sap - Subway / rice and beans at Vaughns
7th beignets - sap - Mexican
8th eggs/grits/sausage - sap - deep fried pickles & poboys
9th eggs benedict on biscuits - sap - gumbo
10th Blueberry pancakes - sap - Creole dinner
11th beignets - burger - seafood @ underground 119
12th make your own waffles - sap - pizza @ stone pony
13th continental breakfast - fried chicken - chicken parmigiana sandwich
14th sap - cheese burger @ Graceland - BBQ ribs
15th banana & strawberry pancakes - chicken parmigiana sandwich - sat fish, caloo & dumplings
16th sap - Arby's beef sandwich - pizza @ California Pizza Kitchen
17th corned beef hash - mega macaronic cheese with chicken & bacon
18th donut - sub - taco bell
19th sap - pizza (delivery)
20th sausage & eggs - sap - steak & shrimp
21st continental breakfast -bbq pork sandwich - pizza / burrito
22nd waffle - sap - Mexican
23rd breakfast - sap - salad
24th breakfast cereal - mega picnic - spaghetti & meatballs
25th - pancakes & sausage - burger & jacket potato - chicken wings
26th - pancakes & bacon - burger & fries - cheese covered fries - airplane food

Anywhere it says 'sap' - it means Self Assembled Picnic, mainly cheese / tofurky / tomato rolls from our little ice-box. We had picnics outside of the Jack Daniels Distillery, by a stream at Dollywood (where they also give you free iced water at all of the drinks stands) and on a bench outside of Rock City etc - between that and using Yelp for research we did well on finding local things to eat.. (which is why my next post will probably be about dieting) - 

What we really took away was 2 things, how fierce the pride in local cuisine & ingredients were, and how familiar all the food in supermarkets felt, so much of it now available in the UK.

But since I do love charts here's a general breakdown of what breakfast consisted of each day...

And finally, this gives you an idea of all of the beers we drank that you can't get in the UK:

Samuel Adams Summer Ale
Sierra Nevada Torpedo
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Nola Brewing Co - Blonde
Tin Roof Brewing Co - Voodoo Bengal
Arbita - Turbodog
Arbita - Amber
Arbita - Summer Harvest
Arbita - SOS (save our shores)
Arbita - lemon wheat beer
Arbita - Purple Haze
Arbita - Jacamo IPA
Arbita - Light
Arbita - Andygator
Nola - Hopitoulas
Nola - Magic Hat
Harpoon - UFO
Harpoon - IPA
Crescent City brewery co - light ale
Bayou - Teche Acadie
Crispin Apple Cider
Goose island 312
Crooked Letter - Crooked heffy
Lazy Magnolia sweet pecan
Margaritaville brewing co land shark larger
Ghost island pale ale
Woodchuck hard cider
Tap room No. 21
Yuengling - Larger
Sawtooth Ale - Left Hand Brewing Company
Gaelic Ale - Highland Brewing Company
Sweet water IPA

Happy Days indeed!

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