When we came to TN nearly six years ago, our former pastor's wife, Barbara contacted us and warned that we were in for a "culture shock".... things were just different over here. She was right, and we realized she meant no harm in telling us that, but we ARE in a different state and in SOME ways it was like being on a different planet.
What with the likes of Hot Dog World in Hendersonville, I mean HOW could you get a good hot dog like that over here (or anywhere else)... and if they were to be found, HOW could they be as good as the "World's" in Hendersonville?
Low and behold, we discovered Kay(s Ice Cream out on Chapman Hwy..... the same Kay(s that Ginger and I walked to, to get lunch when we were kids and I'd be over here for the summer....fab hot dogs....and a couple of blocks from Aunt Anne and Uncle Jimmy's house, by golly. Alas, it was closed that day.
Then
we discovered that we had ANOTHER Kay)s closer to the lake and we couldn't wait to get in there and get some of those good hot dogs.
Walked in one day and ordered 4. Slaw, chili, mustard and onions JUST the way we love 'em.
Got them back to the car and to our HORRIFICATION, the mustard was ON TOP of the slaw, running all the way across the hotdog. I wish I had made a picture of Charles and I after we tried to take the first bite of those dogs. We had mustard all over our mouths, on our chins and on our noses.
How absurd to put the mustard on top! So the next time we requested that the mustard go on FIRST..... got the dogs to the car and it was going right across the TOP again. Can't these people hear plain English?? Apparently not, because we NEVER got the mustard on the bottom. It must have been a job security issue because the mustard was ALWAYS across the top.
Kay's went out of business (can you guess what we're thinking? (laughing))....SO....we've had no hot dogs in East Tennessee lately, but tonight was different.
Quick fix for din din and something just "got into me" when I was making those dogs..
I presented Charles' dinner to him and got just the response I wanted. He yelled with laughter, ate heartily, smacked his mouth and wiped mustard away for the remainder of the meal.
What with the likes of Hot Dog World in Hendersonville, I mean HOW could you get a good hot dog like that over here (or anywhere else)... and if they were to be found, HOW could they be as good as the "World's" in Hendersonville?
Low and behold, we discovered Kay(s Ice Cream out on Chapman Hwy..... the same Kay(s that Ginger and I walked to, to get lunch when we were kids and I'd be over here for the summer....fab hot dogs....and a couple of blocks from Aunt Anne and Uncle Jimmy's house, by golly. Alas, it was closed that day.
Then
we discovered that we had ANOTHER Kay)s closer to the lake and we couldn't wait to get in there and get some of those good hot dogs.Walked in one day and ordered 4. Slaw, chili, mustard and onions JUST the way we love 'em.
Got them back to the car and to our HORRIFICATION, the mustard was ON TOP of the slaw, running all the way across the hotdog. I wish I had made a picture of Charles and I after we tried to take the first bite of those dogs. We had mustard all over our mouths, on our chins and on our noses.
How absurd to put the mustard on top! So the next time we requested that the mustard go on FIRST..... got the dogs to the car and it was going right across the TOP again. Can't these people hear plain English?? Apparently not, because we NEVER got the mustard on the bottom. It must have been a job security issue because the mustard was ALWAYS across the top.
Kay's went out of business (can you guess what we're thinking? (laughing))....SO....we've had no hot dogs in East Tennessee lately, but tonight was different.
Quick fix for din din and something just "got into me" when I was making those dogs..
I presented Charles' dinner to him and got just the response I wanted. He yelled with laughter, ate heartily, smacked his mouth and wiped mustard away for the remainder of the meal.
