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So, after my first post we've been in the road for quite some time! All the way down to North Carolina this time.
This was my first taste of 'southern' food! Fried stuff, a lot of it. Those crisps were more like fries. Pretty good!
Back on the road, driving a bit further into NC! (About 15 minutes of driving, actually.)
Stopped at 'Sheetz' and got a Cinnabon milkshake. Really good.
.. Feels like I'm gonna get a cavity. AND DOES MY THUMB LOOK THAT WEIRD?
Now we've arrived at our destination! A place called Cracker Barrell. I got a 'half pound bacon cheeseburger', look at all that nest and cheese! American bacon beneath it too!
I felt really heavy after eating it all, but I kept on going!
The final stop! Back to my friend's place for a bit of what he calls 'diner fries', he's refusing to let me call then 'diner chips' BUT HEY. Meat, sauce, cheese, jalapenos. All sounds good to me.
seamunky
Don't let the current food tour represent America. There is so much better food even for the same fat greasy food tour are choosing.
seamunky
Still.... Food isn't the most important. I hope you are having a good time. Enjoy your road trip through America!
OnlyNameNotTaken
+1 for NC
BrosephStalin2501
Well, bless your heart...
ThePaddedSquid
Expat Brit here, grab some Carolina style barbecue and cheer wine
Createdthistomehvote
Maaaaan.... If you're here in N.C. there are so many, much better choices for food than what you are having.
Raleigh33
Right?!? Sheesh...
F1L0Y1
While you are in the South get some sweet iced tea!
NomadNuka
Some say that sweet tea is too sweet. I say it's just right.
asm80dfa8sdfj
I recommend sweet tea in the midwest, cause the south is indeed quite sweet! Your foreign taste buds will feel assaulted.
MistressJubbs
Ew, Cracker Barrel; if any more foreigners insist on eating there, at least get the country fried chicken.
Zak57TR
Dude you gotta stop eating the garbage and find the better places, unless of course you're on a tight budget. If that's the case (1)
Zak57TR
Now you understand one of the many reasons that the US has a high obesity rate. Cause all the garbage food is cheap and terrible for you. (2
AtmaWepn
Cheap, terrible for you, and DELICIOUS. But seriously it's bad for your health.
TheThoroughbredOfSin
He could/should post the next place he is going. I am sure there are Imgurians that would buy him a local meal.
tracenix
TIL foreigners come here exclusively to gorge themselves on grease and sugar.
horseguacamole
NC and no smoked meats?
tarataqa
You can smoke my meat if ya like.
yourmomsawookie
Phrasing please
asm80dfa8sdfj
The NC area is about 9th on my list of US places I'd think of when thinking of smoked meats
Hokie5
Top 3
politicsandlifts
Athankyou
Edwinshap
More! Also you gotta find some southern BBQ!
AkwardBearHug
Mrw when cracker Barrel represents American cuisine..
phosphene
You've got to hit Cook Out if you're in NC! Great burgers and delicious Cajun fries.
Rinshu
Yes as an American that's called lunch.
notsoangryplatypus
Welcome to NC if you're in the clt area and need a place to try lmk
caprica007
The clit area?
notsoangryplatypus
Charlotte. But that's close. You probably couldn't find either
caprica007
Haha I was just fucking with you
notsoangryplatypus
Obviously ????
NikAnderson
Where's the pig?! Or cook out?! Cheerwine?! Decent start. Welcome to Nc!
Saturrrn
Cheer wine is overrated imho
AtmaWepn
Fuck cheerwine, it tasted like a soggy caffinated foot. And I even love cherry flavored things. Even artificial cherry usually is ok.
Saturrrn
I don't mind it, it's just the same as cherry coke / Pepsi. It's nothing revolutionary
NikAnderson
Cooooornbreaaaad!
ItTastesLikePurple
If you're still in NC, you need pulled pork.
tarataqa
hehehehe, pulled my pork
cacophonic
This. A thousand times.
asm80dfa8sdfj
Or if you're going to the St Louis area, your best bet is to wait until there. Or have it at both places! You'll get the regional oddity of
asm80dfa8sdfj
Carolina's vinegar based BBQ sauce, and I highly recommend going to SC to get the "Carolina Gold" bbq sauce, it's a mustard based beauty.
ImInappropriateAndWhatnot
Welcome to America! Save that heart attack for until you're back home because...you know...American healthcare costs and whatnot.
patrickbeaty
Yeh I'd much rather go to the DMV
justanotherfakeslimshady
Hey highest costs but the best hospitals in the world
Actualdeadpool
It wasn't this bad so long ago. Now it's even worse.
Thneitis
https://tenor.co/zpgW.gif
TheThoroughbredOfSin
Did you have BBQ? If not, drive down here to Raleigh and I'll take you out. Serious offer.
Tkeleth
Just stop in any small town and ask some locals 'what's the best local restaurant?' and try that. don't go to a franchise place. have fun!!
PunchyMcFruit
Please tell me you will get some BBQ before leaving NC...you are missing out if you don't
ItispronouncedGIFwithahardG
I keep coming across your posts in usersub. You are gonna need some serious exercise after this trip if you keep this up! Enjoy the food!
WhatWaresWouldAWerewordWear
Be sure to try some hushpuppies and succotash
RLTNY
You've got to try the local barbecue
F1L0Y1
Seconded.
Awkwardlyfrank
Definitely ask someone about a good local barbecue joint, NC is one of the greatest BBQ states in the Union.
FitzChevalric
Yes @OP your thumb looks weird
JustASlightJingleOfPocketChangePulsing
I love that gif
Noksus
he bites his nails
Emjayen
Reminds me of my own fingers: http://imgur.com/bbcNv5t
FitzChevalric
rockfireman
yourenotwrongwalter
FreeLuluNow
I actually have a short thumb too but not with the bitten nail. It's actually a congenital birth defect. At least in my case it is.
HeatingBlanketsForAll
Savage, love it
foszor
horriblybadluckbrian
Her thumbs are weird too
Kagona
I can't help it. They're double jointed! I can't even give a proper thumbs up.
FitzChevalric
Gizmodian
It's okay, I got doubles too. My thumbs used to click and stick at a ninety-degree angle and was painful to free up. Wore out as I aged.
Syyd
Half of it is that you've cut your nail to the absolute smallest it can be. Looks like a wee teensy island instead of a proper finger cover.
mameha2244
I think your wee nail is adorable.
kimipw
It's the teensy fingernail. Do you bite your nails OP?
Kagona
A lot. Like, too much. Nervous habit.
kimipw
kimipw
Helped keep me on track and let them recover. Shit isn't easy, but it's worth it for the long-term comfort (and nice lady-hands). 2/2
flufffloof
You think that thumb is weird?
Allbymyselfalone
Did you get called toe thumbs your whole life too? I was once told I should switch my thumbs and toes and it'd look better..it didn't...
TheHappyCanadian
I win http://imgur.com/KT35Opx
FitzChevalric
EverybodyAtCostcoLovesUsSoHard
KilgorTrout451
You still haven't tried any indigenous foods. Forget franchise/highway restaurants and fast-food. North Carolina... barbecue and cherrystone
KilgorTrout451
Wait till you get to New Orleans!
SNAPN2ASLIMMJIM
Yes he needs to stop in Lexington for some BBQ.... Only smilies is open on Sundays but there is like 20 in a couple mile radius
DocMilsap
Cherrystone? Or Cheerwine?
KilgorTrout451
Cherrystone clams
DocMilsap
Ahh. I lived in Durham for 2 years and never once heard anyone mention clams. But people would never shut up about Cheerwine.
timeflatcircle
Or cherry lemon sundrop
Withallduerespect
Cheerwine. Barbecue. Turnip greens.
forgetthisnoise
Carolina pulled pork hngh. I just ate fucking steak, I refuse to be hungry again
HerschelWalkerCuylerThemDawgsIsHellDontThey
Yes, no one should eat at Sheetz.
caprica007
Sheetz is my not so guilty pleasure
IDrinkNIKnowNothing
Wawa or nothing!
Saturrrn
Sheetz honestly has some of the best food of any chain in the country
KarlaOm
Sheetz is like, fast food heaven in my book
RichieYesitsSpelledRichieNotRitchieNotRichey
I dunno about that. Sheetz is still pretty good
StandardDemacian
Not as good as Wawa.
TheThingNoNotThatOne
You're tacky and wrong and I hate you. WAWA ALL DAY
RichieYesitsSpelledRichieNotRitchieNotRichey
woah woah woah, nobody said anything about wawa. gotta hava wawa
ButYouAintGotNoLegs
You have to try North Carolina barbecue. Not just any ole BBQ in North Carolina, but vinegar based pulled pork. Then go further south and
ButYouAintGotNoLegs
get the more typical BBQ
asm80dfa8sdfj
Further south into SC with the mustard based sauce? The smoky spicy southern sauces are nice, I prefer bold and tangy STL/Memphis style
asm80dfa8sdfj
I've yet to try the white bbq sauce though, it's the one the alludes me.
ButYouAintGotNoLegs
Ooh. I didn't know of a white sauce. I like bold and tangy, mustard based can be good, and I like the vinegar when the mood strikes.
ButYouAintGotNoLegs
I've lived in Fl, SC, Ky for a short time, CT, and TX now. Connecticut doesn't know how to do BBQ. The others have good and bad spots, but
smithterry
Can you feel your arteries closing already
caprica007
Ohhhhh, you poor soul. There are so many better places than Cracker Barrel. But welcome to NC!
relpmeraggy
I read that and died a little.
dpidcoe
Cracker Barrel is fine though? OP should go back there for breakfast. They made decent pancakes imo.
eepycatgirl69
Beasley's in Raleigh and Dame's in Durham are two of my favorites
MissMatchedMiracle
I second this! The fried chicken and waffles at Beasley's <3
eepycatgirl69
Their brunch is pretty amazing, too
KilgorTrout451
Seriously!
Sarah6race
If you pass through Salisbury, NC, Happ's Grill has the best burgers!
Azraelrs
BBQ, Bojangles, and Whataburger.
runswithchickens
Gatta send this guy to some local places and not the corporate ones!
SaintMaceToTheFace
So? It is still A good place
TheWeathersGreatUpHere
Ah Cracker Barrel... The Mercedes Benz of highway food.
Hokie5
I work for Mercedes. Can confirm. Bob Evans is up there
HerschelWalkerCuylerThemDawgsIsHellDontThey
Durham has incredible food!
icutthegrass
But I like Ctacker Barrel. Should I make an unpopular puffin?
garrnk
cracker barrel used to be goid. their quality went down the shitter. went their yesterday their "country ham" tasted like shoe leather. and
garrnk
grits looked like oatmeal and tasted like raw mill. wont make this mistake agian
icutthegrass
Well idk what to say I'm not their fanboy. All I know is the farther from the south you get the worse it is.
eatyourmeat
All about that chicken fried chicken
HanSolo312
Lemon pepper grilled rainbow trout man.
raifsevrence
Catfish. That is all.
ButYouAintGotNoLegs
Cracker Barrel is good (except their syrup is shit water) but it's by far not even remotely close to the best "southern food" not even in
ButYouAintGotNoLegs
semi widely known restaurant sense.
icutthegrass
I feel ya but all I said was I likes it. I know there is better of course but you can do pretty well here for $12.
ButYouAintGotNoLegs
Oh yeah, definitely! As a kid, it was one of our usual travel stops, since they're all along the interstates.
TheThingNoNotThatOne
I know, Sheetz and Cracker Barrel barely count as food. Dude needs a Wawa and a Five Guys.
SaintMaceToTheFace
Five guys is for idiots that think more money means better
humptyblargh
I was thinking Fatz Cafe.
KrisStonehead
Went to family reunion hit every Cracker barrel from Cali to Arkansas felt like a twilight zone episode
MortBabo
yay arkansas!!!!
docileirish
I'm sorry for you. Cracker barrel is a "BARREl" (AHAHA) of fun, but once a year is plenty. their food is pretty good, but like i said, 1/yr
DocMilsap
Cookout. That should've been included.
derpygirl
I don't get North Carolinians obsession with Cook out...
quesadyllan
Pretty sure they just sell heated food straight out of any grocery store's frozen section. But I love it
DeadishPool
Cookout! Used to wait forever in line after the bar closed down. Worth it every time
highlighters
The one near is wake forest university is the most clutch place ever at around 2am
Hokie5
Any college campus anywhere
Psychedelicious
I was about to mention cookout. Favorite place
iamlukenoyourenotmyfather
No
anonwhymouse
I agree
unicyclemaverick
Who knew a corndog was actually a side dish?
DocMilsap
It is in Baton Rouge.
splicepark
Or a grilled cheese for that matter
hormelchi1i
Cookout is trash
MaddMatter
Hormel chilli is trash.
unicyclemaverick
You shut your whore mouth.
iamnatmann
I have to agree. It's very cheap, and it definitely shows. There's much better places to get a burger. *cough* Five Guys *cough*
hormelchi1i
Agreed. Or even on the cheap, crappy side... go to steak and shake.
Twtmoose
He'll yeah, first time at cookout I was shocked at how much I can get for 5 bucks.