King Daddy, let’s eat
King Daddy and I did a little recreational eating this weekend. It’s called the Franklin on Foot food tour. It’s a tasting of Southern foods at several local downtown Franklin restaurants. It’s more than a tasting. And I was just fine with that.
We started out at Puckett’s Boat House with our tour guide, Mark. I would show you a photo of our plate, but I ate everything on it before I remembered to take a picture. First stop: onion rings in a spicy dipping sauce, fried shrimp with cocktail sauce, fried fish with tartar sauce, gumbo and a hush puppy. I know. That’s a lot of fried. I had no problem with that whatsoever so keep your opinions to yourself.
Then we ambled over to the Early’s store to taste some honey. That was sweet.
Next stop: the Savory Spice Shop. We sampled sugars and spices. That was nice.
Then came the 1-2-3 punch. On to Papa Boudreaux’s where we sampled red beans and rice and gumbo. King Daddy and I split a bowl of each. It was more than a taste.
Next on to Gray’s on Main for a trio of fried pimento cheese balls with moonshine jelly, fried green tomatoes with corn sauce and fried broccoli with a spicy comeback sauce. We also had cocktails. It was 3:30 in the afternoon and it seemed like the right thing to do.
Then we waddled on over to Puckett’s Grocery for a pulled pork slider with cole slaw and another fried green tomato.
So now I’m more than full. I admire Mark the tour guide’s cheerful insistence to persevere because it’s on to Ivy Cake’s for dessert. We got to pick our own cupcakes. I got a saucy strawberry number crowned with a large puff of frosting.
Finally, it was to Kilwin’s for fudge. I am generally not a fudge person but I am a Kilwin’s fudge person. It is exceptionally smooth and creamy. We leave with a block of peanut butter chocolate fudge.
Along the way, Mark sprinkled in interesting tidbits about Franklin’s past and present including where Taylor Swift has a home. I’m not telling where. That’s the first rule of star etiquette in Nashville. You always pretend you have no idea who they are even if they just won a Grammy that very night.
So an extremely pleasant day. I can’t recommend this tour highly enough. It’s just $45 for three hours of iconic Southern food and great conversation.
King Daddy, let’s not eat. At least for a day or so.
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