Edgy Mama

Asheville’s first Dunkin’ Donuts opens tomorrow, just a ways down the road from the pnav. We were sooooo sad to lose the original Sisters McMullen’s donut location just around the corner a few several years back (of course, it was good for my hips when Sisters moved). Dunkin’ won’t be quite as good as the Sisters (I hear the donuts will be made in Greenville, S.C., and trucked up here), but still…yumorama!

When we lived in Boston, there seemed to be a Dunkin’ on every other street corner. I became a Dunkin’ coffee and cinnamon cake donut addict. And the kids don’t have school tomorrow. We’ll all be there in our jammies. See y’all!

Update: Took the kidlings there this morning. What a scene! Smart of them to open on a day that kids are out of school. Parking is atrocious. I do feel for the folks down Coleman (my former hood) whose street was packed with overflow parking from DD! And they got my donut order wrong, but it was pretty loud in there.

Don’t read this if you’re hungry.

My mom forwarded me an e-mail yesterday from her sis, my Aunt Sally, about this weekend’s tailgate party which will precede the Georgia-Auburn football game in Athens, Ga.

Aunt Sally and her hubby met and married each other like 50 years ago when she was a cheerleader and he was (not) a football player for the Georgia Bulldogs (or Dawgs, as us grads like to call ‘em).

For almost 50 years, they and their family and friends have been steadfast Georgia fans, attending 99 percent of home games and a good number of away games. They have a prime parking spot, right next to the stadium, and their pre-game tailgates are true Southern feasts.

I got many a date in college who wanted to take me to the football game because they knew that first we’d get fed hard at Aunt Sally’s tailgate. In grad school, I rarely actually attended the games, but I always went to the tailgates. The only “balanced” meal I ate some weeks was out of Aunt Sally and Uncle Huel’s trunk.

Anyway, here’s the PARTIAL list of what Aunt Sally and her friends are bringing to this weekend’s tailgate party, per the e-mail:

BBQ butts, buns and sauce, BLT dip, artichoke dip, cheese straws, stuffed mushrooms with sausage, pasta salad, deviled eggs, chocolate-dipped strawberries, Mexican layered dip, olive tray, lemon squares, pecan bars, Petit Fours, pimento cheese, pimento cheese sandwiches, chocolate cake squares, caramel squares with icing, toasted pecans, cheese dip, milk punch, grapes, apples and caramel, pepper jelly, chicken salad sandwiches, 100 Zaxby chicken strips, salsa, guacamole and bean Dip, Hello Dolly bars, orange blossoms, ham, large tray of chicken nuggets from Chick fil A, chicken salad, cheese wafers, water, drinks, beer and ice in coolers…..and Buh’s fried chicken !!! (with bone in as he and Sonny like it that way–no nuggets for them).

Buh and Sonny would be, respectively, my uncle and first cousin.

Make your mouth water? I might have to make the drive to Athens this weekend. Although I think I gained five pounds just reading this list. Anyone else wanna visit Southern tailgate heaven?