Does it strike anyone else as ironic that the commercials for the Colonel's own KFC (which, as we all know, stands for Kentucky Fried Chicken) play the music of the song "Sweet Home Alabama"? Does that seem odd to anyone? Because it does to me. Isn't there a conflict of interests there? Now if you were advertising Alabama Fried Chicken (otherwise known as roadkill), then maybe you'd have cause to play the song. But Kentucky? I think not.
So either the marketing team who made that commercial was too stupid to realize that they were playing a song about Alabama in a commercial about Kentucky, or the marketers decided to use the song knowingly because their song repertoire was so limited that "Sweet Home Alabama" was one of the few songs they actually knew. Which, judging from how many times that song plays in movies and commercials, I'm leaning toward thinking that is the case.
Speaking of fried chicken and the Southern states, Becky and I tried a great little hole-in-the-wall restaurant today. It served family-style meals with chicken and potatoes and all the trimmings (way too much food for two girls to eat, fyi). And people would walk around offering you different side dishes, and they would also walk around throwing rolls at you. That was great fun. I caught one of them with my left hand and impressed myself with my dexterity.
Anyway. The point of this little story is to say that today, for the first time in my life, I tried blackeyed peas. And you know what the biggest disappointment was? I discovered that they weren't peas after all; they were beans! I mean, they tasted fine, but they weren't at all pea-like, except perhaps in size. I was expecting little green peas with black dots on them. Not so.
What other Southern foods are still out there waiting to disillusion me? :)
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Have you had grits yet? If you can stomach Cream of Wheat, you might like grits (it's a texture thing). What about fried cornbread? Chicken and dumplings? Rice and brown gravy? Since I married into a southern family (ironically from Alabama) I have been exposed to all kinds of interesting foods.
I had also noticed the KFC commercial. Perhaps the song is one of the reasons why they are advertising as "KFC" as opposed to "Kentucky Fried Chicken." Or maybe the ad executives realized the conflict and assumed the American public was too stupid to notice (probably a mostly correct assumption).
By the way, I won't tell my mother-in-law that you think Alabama fried chicken is roadkill. :)
Okay, first of all, if the black-eyed peas weren't good, then somebody didn't cook them right, bottom line. If a black-eyed pea is cooked right it is good. Second of all, the black-eyed pea has a cousin called the purple-hull pea which is much better. It does actually taste like a pea. So, when ours are ready, you'll have to come over and try some!
As for the KFC/Sweet Home Alabama thing, I had heard once that since the state of Kentucky put a trademark on their state's name, that every time someone used the name, it was costing them a fortune in royalty fees. I can't find any solid proof of that rumor, however.
I've had chicken and dumplings, which I like. And I've tried biscuits and gravy, though I'm not convinced that they constitute being a meal.
And I've heard the same rumor about KFC and the alleged "Kentucky" copyright. Who knows?
ps. My sincere apologies to your mother-in-law, Christie. I'm sure her fried chicken isn't roadkill. :)
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