i haven't lived in that many places, but i've lived in enough places to get mad that different places have different things. well, i guess it works both ways. like a place doesn't have good bbq, but it has a soft drink i like that other places don't have. i guess i just wish this country weren't so huge and then maybe we could have everything everywhere. but for now, here's a few words about favorite foodstuffs that seem to exist only in certain places.
i guess maybe the one that has come to be the biggest issue for me is bbq. i grew up an hour from memphis, and i truly feel that the tomato based sweet sauced pulled pork is the only way to go. so living in north carolina for a few years was tough because the bbq there was like the stuff you get when you clean out a pencil sharpener. it was dry and chopped and gross.
on the other hand, north carolina had cheerwine which is an amazing soft drink that seems to exist only there and in parts of east tennessee. it's hard for me to go long without that sweet nectar.
then there's stuff at the grocery store. this really should be everywhere, but it's not and that's so weird. frankenberry is my favorite cereal, but i couldn't get it in north carolina. they have it here in alabama. but they don't have my favorite kind of powerade. i don't know the name - i think it's "arctic" something. it's kinda white/clearish. pretty much the only certain place for that has been my hometown of jackson, tn.
jackson also has a dunkin donuts which is by far superior to krispy kreme. but they don't have 7-elevens there, so i can't get slurpees. chicago has both in abundance, and so often i really think i want to live there. but for now, chick-fil-a doesn't exist in the windy city, and i just don't think i could live there long without my favorite fast food.
perhaps someday the free trade of food will be limitless, but for now i'll keep traveling in search of my foodstuffs nirvana.
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