Yesterday I made the following post to Facebook:
Foods we need Downtown1, Chicken fried steak (the REAL kind, not “country fried steak”)2. Pho3. Indian food
I was at Local on Main eating lunch when I posted that. About 30 minutes later Jessica went downstairs where the kitchen is. She came back up and told me, “I talked to Miss Helen (the cook). She says we’ll have chicken fried steak as a special next Wednesday. With the white gravy.”
So I guess I’m officially a social media influencer now!!! I’ve eaten enough of Miss Helen’s cooking to have little doubt she makes a proper chicken fried steak.
The Grizzlies hit the road tonight for a game at the Sacramento Kings. Tip time is 9:00 Central. I sure hope the bar where I watch games has figured out how to get Bally Sports Southeast on their Xfinity package.
Bad news for the Grizzlies, though: Second-year G/F Ziaire Williams, a key reserve, will miss 4 to 6 weeks with a knee injury.
The trouble with 9:00 Thursday games is that the bar TVs will already be tuned to Thursday Night Football and people will get mad if I ask to change the channel, even if it’s for a local Memphis team. Hmmm…. who’s playing tonight… Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay. Lamar Jackson vs. Tom Brady. Well, that won’t be too bad.
I’ve been talking a lot about Ole Smoky moonshine on here recently. Yesterday someone was telling me that the distillery in Gatlinburg has tasting tours. “You only get 0.5 ounces in each sample,” he said. “But you get to try EVERY flavor of moonshine, and there are like 25 of them, so you can get pretty buzzed. And you get to try the moonshine pickles and cherries too. It’s not expensive. I think it’s only like five bucks.”
Hmmm… maybe a bunch of us need to rent a party bus and go to Gatlinburg. I hear that part of the state (other than the shithole known as UT) is beautiful. I bet our friend Allison could write the trip off as a business expense.
Today is American Beer Day. I recommend celebrating with the very finest American beer. I’m talking, of course, about PBR.
Lunch specials at Local on Main for the rest of this week:
- Thursday: Turkey & dressing, green beans, cranberry sauce
- Friday: Fish & chips, slaw
Young Rock will continue to film in Memphis. The EDGE board granted the production a 4-yeat PILOT as an incentive to stay here.
Old Dominick will release Straight Tennessee Whiskey next week. It will be the first whiskey completely made in Memphis since Prohibition.
Oh! I just remembered – I have another piece of Ole Smoky moonshine news. If your moonshine flavor is under 60 proof, you can stick it in the freezer and eat it like a slushie. A friend told me that yesterday.
Gotta run. Back tomorrow with more news.