Adventures in Road Food

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On Saturday we went for a day trip, I had a film showing and talk to give at the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum.  Anyway, we decided to take the boys and make a day of it.  Focusing on being prepared for my talk, I completely overlooked the opportunity for adventures in road food-- fortunately Joe, my husband, did not.

Halfway there, we pulled into a gas station.  After pumping gas, my husband and my older son disappeared into the quickmart and emerged with several novel food choices.  Who knew that you could buy super hot BBQ corn nuts?  However, it was the new potato chip flavor that amazed me the most: I kid you not, it was "chicken and waffles."

Now, when in life do you see chicken combined with waffles? Even more bizarre, as a flavor for potato chips?  I theorized that the major shareholder of the company had died suddenly, and that control of the company had passed to his 20-year-old stoner son.  However, that is just a theory and I cannot prove it...I took my phone out and dialed the 800 number on the back of the bag.  However, in an obvious effort to frustrate consumers who wanted answers on the chicken and waffle combination, that number is only operational during office hours on weekdays during central standard time.  I ask you, is that an obvious dodge, or what?

As for the super hot corn nuts, they also factored into the events of the day.  There was a folk group playing before my time slot, and I was sitting there listening to the music.  Joe had taken the boys outside to see the exhibits, or so I thought... 

The folk group had come down off the stage to get closer to the audience while performing a moving a capella song about a dying grandmother.  Then-- BOOF!-- the door burst open and my older son came into the hall, ran between the group and the audience, and out the other side of the hall to the water fountain.  Apparently, my guys had been out there giving each other dares about how many of the super hot corn nuts they could eat...

What with all the possible road food adventures, sometimes it's hard even to find time for the cultural things!