Beans and Cornbread Had a Fight---Beans Knocked Cornbread Out of Sight

Well, this is the vacation edition of this blog. Enjoy.





I needed a little R&R from the day to day Eat Sleep Save Lives (suck up to family members of drug addicts), and so hubby and I took a vacation. Friday night was a bust---the state park we were to camp at was full, so on to the first rv park we could find and that's exactly what we got.





However, no to be deterred, we headed up to Mountain View AR the next day and were not terribly disappointed. Except when we stopped on the side of the road and I had to pee, and was assured by hubby that nobody could see me with all the van doors open. then, he shut the back door, and to my chagrin, there was a pickup truck parked behid us with a man in the passenger seat looking straight at me and my lily white you know what. what fun what fun.





on to mountain view where we met my sister, cosmomartini@blogspot.com and her hubby. Had a good time on the mountain top at the folk festival center, seeing all the old-time craft demonstrations. cosmo and i especially enjoyed the hoe cakes, cooked on a wood burning stove, with peach chunky. the fried peach pie was heavenly. Supper that night was less than heavenly.

At the Angler's Inn, hubby naturally had to have the fried catfish. I opted for the special of the night, which was prime rib. My first clue should have been when the waiter asked how I wanted it cooked. I replied "um, rare" with inflection tantamount to "you idiot". The slab of meat I received was well done. And gray. I quickly sent it back, telling Bill that the cook was probably in the kitchen right now saying "what do I do, it's all overcooked, and you can't uncook it". Sure enough, I was told that a mistake was made and all the prime rib was overcooked. I chose to cancel the order and partake of the "salad boat". I think this boat had a leak, because the salad was floating in water. The baked potato I ordered had been cooked probably the day before, and barely reheated. I'll let my sister post her experiences in this restaurant on her blog http://www.cosmomartini.blogspot.com/. But at least hubby's meal was satisfactory. On to Eureka Springs the next day. The mountains were beautiful. Our campsite breakfast consisted of sausage and eggs, with toast, cooked on the trusty electric skillet. Lunch was at a wonderful place in town called Local Flavor. I had the turkey, avocado and pepper jack cheese on sourdough, with cole slaw on the side. Hubby had the Eyetalian beef (his pronunciation). I have already written an online review. Absolutely delicious. We enjoyed the sites of this excellent tourist destination, and back at the campsite, I fashioned a smoker from a disposable grill and aluminum foil and water-soaked hickory twigs (I am quite proud of myself on this). The smoked pork chops were excellent. Now to the beans and cornbread. This is the only town I have ever been to where many restaurants advertise beans and cornbread. What a great idea! We stopped at Grandma's Beans and Cornbread and picked up both pinto and great northern beans and slabs of cornbread to go with our smoked porkchops. Again, heavenly. If only I had the funds, I would open a Beans and Cornbread restaurant. Cause my beans kick butt!

In case you are wondering where the music is in all this, go back to the label for this post. If you remember on Tv some years back, there was a series on TNT (I think) called Dinner and a movie. Beans and Cornbread was the theme song. I thank my sister's attention to detail on this, because I honestly never noticed.

Stay tuned to this blog, because sis and I are whisking Mom away to a surprise destination for Mother's Day. I'll tell ya all about it. Different Bat Time, Same Bat Channel.