Delicious Food

Let there be no doubt why it is great to live in Georgia.  Every ingredient of this delicious bowl of shrimp and grits that I just ate for dinner tonight, came from within 25 miles of me.  Delicious shrimp from the coast of Savannah, onions from Vidalia, bacon from Sylvania, grits from Statesboro.... It's all here.

In the desert, food isn't what it is on the coast.  You just eat to survive.  There's really not much pleasure or pride in it.  Everything has to come from far away, because nothing grows there, and not a lot of good stuff is available, because everything perishable has to be frozen first.  Nothing tastes as good in the desert as it does here. 

Here, food is great.  We shop with our local farmers, ranchers, and fishermen, and we make what we can make with what they have available.  We can do that here.  I usually hate pretentious food posts, because I always feel like people are trying to prove something with them.  I hope that's not how this comes across, because this is not a pretentious food post.  This is an appreciative food post, because this time last year, this food wouldn't have happened for us.