Happy birthday Michelle2677 !!

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Originally Posted by mikeschmike

Best part. Besides the baked apples...and the dumplings.

You mean the checkers? Or the rocking chairs? Or the fiyah? It sounds pretty nice, gotta say. I've had baked apples and dumplings...once, I think...not together...I was all weirded out b/c my mom put dumplings in stew, then they were all soggy. I guess I don't understand dumplings? Baked apples, though...mmm...

In fact, here, we'd be like "A wood burning pizza oven, serving delicious california quisine, featuring fresh local organic in season herbs and veggies, a treat for Vegans, with a delightful patio on which a fire, and outdoor heaters, keep patrons delightfully warm while they enjoy local made wood furniture and delight in the occasional game of checkers, and local jazz bands playing most nights"

You gotta go to our lovely redneck whitebread mountain foothill towns for what yer talking about. Luckily, my parents live there. I still don't think I've ever seen rocking chairs or checkers, though. Weak.

So, then, instead, I'd be way over at Denny's eating grease. But Denny's wouldn't have fire, rocking chairs, or checkers. They would have slightly belligerent loudmouth drunks.

My point? My point is that whenever I get over to your states, I'm hitting the Cracker Barrel, hard. In fact, the Cracker Barrel may be the whole impetus for any trip I take down theah. Word to the south.

Michelle, I must say, the more I hear about your Cracker Barrel birthday, the more I am convinced you may have had the ultimate birthday snacky greasy fun goodness. Just saying. Never been there, don't know for sure, but it is sounding pretty awesome.