Birmingham is home to a great many Greek immigrants, many of whom started restaurants. One endeavor has become a fairly large chain in that part of the South. We tried Zoe's in the Federal Building downtown. It reminded me somewhat of SUBWAY with a Greek attitude, except you didn't see the folks making your food. It was very good, and when we told them it was our first Zoe's experience. . . . FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE!
Birmingham is also the home of Jim 'N Nicks, who helped sponsor FoodBlogSouth. Alice got to partake there for the first time and was duly impressed by their collards, among other things. Good Stuff all around!
You can get regular sized bowls or try several smaller amounts of different kinds. In addition to the soups and stews, folks bring salads, deviled eggs, pimento cheese sandwiches, etc, and a variety of desserts. It's not near as heavy as your basic Dinner-on-the-Grounds type of event, but it's still a great meal and a great time! Man, the Liver Nips were some of her best ever! We took about 2 gallons up to church and only brought back about a quart, (which Stewart took back to USC-not sure if that's legal, what with crossing the county lines and all).
Tonight, however: Salad!
On the way back we stopped in Oxford, Georgia, and ate at a placed called Jefferson's. They specialize in wings, burgers, and oysters(?). As we are want to do, we asked the waitress what her favorite menu item was, and she told us about the double dipped wings. Fried, dipped in hot sauce, and fried again. Well, we just aren't that big on wings, but she sold us, so we got a platter. They were very good: crispy hotness, or hot crispiness, however you want to call it. Enough of each, but not too much.
When we got home on Sunday afternoon, Alice made a big pot of Liver Nips for a Soup Supper we were having at church last night. (She already had everything pretty much ready before we left.) The Annual Soup Supper is a very fun event the Worship and Music Committee does every January to raise money for a Summer Music Camp for children in the community. Check out all the soups:
You can get regular sized bowls or try several smaller amounts of different kinds. In addition to the soups and stews, folks bring salads, deviled eggs, pimento cheese sandwiches, etc, and a variety of desserts. It's not near as heavy as your basic Dinner-on-the-Grounds type of event, but it's still a great meal and a great time! Man, the Liver Nips were some of her best ever! We took about 2 gallons up to church and only brought back about a quart, (which Stewart took back to USC-not sure if that's legal, what with crossing the county lines and all).
Tonight, however: Salad!
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