I Love Hole-in-the-Walls

You gotta search for this one.    It's off Highway 49 by about a mile in Wiggins, Mississippi.   It's worth a stop.  

The Frosty Mug.   I pulled in on a Sunday afternoon and ordered up the "Lot-o-Burger".   No disappointments.  

A nice little burger and fries.  It's all outdoor dining.  Ask for a bottle of ketchup.  It was a lot-o-burger!

And then as I finished up my burger, I spied the real attraction.   But alas, the Lot-o-Burger had me feeling full, and I couldn't partake.  They had fried bologna sandwiches for $1.   ONE DOLLAR!  I'll stop for a $1 bologna sandwich any day.   

Another Great Alabama Chili-Cheese

Let's face it, this blog has a penchant for chili-cheese burgers.   And rightly so, since they can be difficult to find as one travels the world.  But, if you're traveling through Citronelle, Alabama, you're in luck.   Pop into Bertile's on the main drag and they've got a chili-cheese waiting on you.

It's a simple concept, but many can't pull it off.  Bertile's has it down.  

(And BONUS, if you're rolling through Citronelle at breakfast, they have a "White Gravy Plate" and a "Tomato Gravy Plate".  I don't even know what it is, but who cares, right?   It's got GRAVY!)

Down Home Mississippi Shopping

Question:  Where do you go when you need one stop shopping for bacon, cheese, ammo, blue jeans, horse tack, and boiled peanuts?

Answer:  Williams Brothers Store in Philadelphia, Mississippi

Turns out, this is Eli and Payton Manning's grandaddy's store.   There's some memoribilia up on the walls, but mostly it's just a good old country store.   Horse tack in the back.   Blue jeans and cowboy boots to the left.  Out front is boiled peanuts.   But everybody goes for the bacon and cheese.

Right as you walk in the door, in the middle of the floor, they're cutting bacon and bologna and red rind cheese.  You tell the man how much bacon you want and how thick a cut, and he'll scratch the info on a paper bag (because there's normally a line) and in a bit you've got your bacon/bologna/cheese.

And just look at how beautiful this next photo is.   A big 'ol hunk of red rind cheese on the block getting cut....right beside the ammo.

God Bless America!