Southern cookin’ and lovin’
In two days, I’ve eaten at two restaurants with great Southern food.
On Thursday for lunch, I ate at Mrs. Wenger’s and had a great meal of fried chicken (white meat), mac and cheese, turnip greens, biscuits and sweet tea. It really doesn’t get more Southern than that (at least for me). I was stuffed to the gills and it was all delicious. The turnip greens weren’t my favorite part – I’m not a huge fan of sopping wet greens – but they still had a tangy taste to them that I liked. And the more I try fried chicken down here, the more I love it. Didn’t get too much of it in Illinois. The most we’ve got up there is KFC.
Mrs. Wenger’s biscuits deserve an award. I haven’t tried too many different biscuits around here yet, but I’ve heard Mrs. Wenger’s are the best in Sanford. I believe it.
Bud’s Barbecue for lunch Friday was also tasty. I got the barbecue sandwich, hush puppies and sweet tea. Bud’s hush puppies were probably the best I’ve ever had. They were the round ball kind I like, and they had a great cornmeal taste without being overpowering. And nice and fluffy.
Their barbecue had just the right amount of tang and it was deliciously juicy. Came on a great bun, too.
Both places don’t look like much on the inside, but that’s the kind of place I like. The food is what matters. And at Mrs. Wenger’s and Bud’s, it’s fantastic.
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For Valentine’s Day, I’m hoping to do a package about love and share different love stories. I’d like to find a good mix of people: a newly married couple, a mother and her child, a couple that’s been married 60 years, etc. I think it would make a nice centerpiece for the paper. Got any other ideas for me? Would you be interested in telling your love story or do you know of a couple that might? My number is 919-718-1219; my e-mail is cmullen@sanfordherald.com. I’d love to hear from you.
