On our way to Charleston we made a stop in Hilton Head. What a glorious time, our first trip to the Atlantic Ocean on this coast, and certainly not our last. We enjoyed the sun and drink at the Tiki Hut.
Hilton Head, SC
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Monthly Archives: September 2003
Savannah, GA
This weekend we decided to check out Savannah, GA. The trip takes about 5 hours and is 245 miles away. We left at about 12:30pm on Saturday.
We made our first stop in Dublin, GA…which came after Danville, GA and was a few miles from Walnut Creek! The Cracker Barrell was our destination for lunch, and they met us with open arms, including calling over the manager to greet us as first timers! The hospitality was unmatched anywhere, the hostess even came back to our table a few times to check on us. I ordered the Chicken and Dumplings with fried okra and turnip greens. Tina had the house salad and a biscuit. We then visited the Country Store on the other side of the restaurant, and I bought a Mason Jar full of Sour Balls (a real glass, southern, Mason Jar). There were a lot of cool ideas for christmas presents throughout the store and we will be going back before the holidays to shop.
As we headed into Savannah and checked into the Comfort Inn on W. Bay a few blocks from the City Market. Savannah is an amazing town…you can’t really understand it until you are here.
We ate at Belfords, which is a great front porch setting with giants fans to keep away the bugs and the humidity. The Filet was a little underdone and the potatoes were over done, but everything was just right. More to come…
To Read more about the history of Savannah click here
To See the Pictures click here
Part of the Old Testament Proven True
Read 2 Kings 20:20 and 2 Chronicles 32:30 in the Old Testament and you’ll find a reference to a tunnel that was built in 700 B.C. by order of King Hezekiah to protect Jerusalem’s water supply against an Assyrian siege. Long considered an engineering feat for that day and age, the serpentine tunnel ran 1,750 feet long and moved water from the Gihon spring across the entire city of ancient Jerusalem to the pool of Siloam.
Fast forward to modern-day Jerusalem… Read More…
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Southern Fried Talapia
An excellent after church meal…I may not have to go back to the Blue Willow Inn as often. 
4 pieces of tilapia filet
1 cup flour
1 cup dry bread crumbs or more as needed
salt, pepper and other seasonings of choice
2 large eggs
1/2 cup beer, lager or ale (I use whatever is in the fridge)
In a bowl mix eggs and beer.
Have another plate with seasoned flour and another plate of bread crumbs.
Dip fish filets into egg-beer mixture, then roll in flour, dip into egg mixture again and lastly roll into breadcrumbs.
Fry in hot oil, turning only once until browned on each side and fish is fork tender. Place filets on paper toweling to absorb any excess oil. Mix any remaining flour, breadcrumbs and egg-beer mixture into a batter. Fry spoonfuls of the batter in hot oil until puffed and golden on each side. Serve along with the fish.
Sweet Tea on a Sunday Afternoon
After getting back from a business trip to Dallas, I was having southern sweet tea withdrawls…I made a pot of “Andy’s Famous Sweet Tea”. Here’s the recipe:
8 cups of cold water
4 tea bags (Lipton Iced Tea Regular or Luzianne’s)
1.5 cups of sugar
1 pinch of baking soda to make it dark and remove any remaining sucrose bitterness
Put the water and tea bags in a pot on the stove and allow to come to a boil. Do not continue to boil, remove the pot from the burner, remove the tea bags and as it is cooling add the sugar. Make sure to add the sugar while it is still hot, otherwise you will not get southern sweet tea…it will taste more like the yankee stuff. Stir the tea until the sugar is dissolved. You can then either add cold water and ice and serve, or if you are like me and want it a bit stronger just add lots of ice per serving.
Pour into a glass and enjoy on your front or back porch.
(you are not allowed to shoot trespassers while drinking my tea)
