Chicken Fried Bacon

Had the bluebonnet burger at Chrome Cactus yesterday. It's topped with chicken fried bacon. I've concluded that CFB is a lot better than CFS.

Beef Jerky Recommendation

We stopped at the Beef Jerky Outlet in Destin last weekend. I'm digging their Smoky Mountain Beef Jerky. It looks like it's scored for ease of eating. Tried the Cajun and Spicy. They're both good. You're welcome.

Chicken Fried Steak Review

Nunnrey and I tested out the Steak Bites at the San Marcos River Pub and Grill. The menu describes them thus:

Our famous chicken fried steak served in bite sized portions with fries and cream gravy...

It'd be cooler if they included a couple more steak strips, but they're pretty good. I think this might be my preferred way of eating this stuff. The steak was tender, and the breading had great adherence. It would probably be even better with a dash of some hot sauce. I forgot my carry bottle today. On the downside, the Coors Light wasn't at its optimum temp.

Trip to Springfield, IL Anyone?

I'd like to take on the deep-fried horseshoe.

Chicken Fried Steak Review

Had some CFS at The Texan Cafe tonight. The CFS was aight, and it's adequately sized. Not sure if this is a good place to go if you're thirsty though. After our initial drinks and meal were dropped off we weren't checked on again until we ready to leave. Maybe they were shorthanded tonight. They do have some pretty good pie.

World PB & Banana Eating Contest @ The Isle Biloxi

Any of our Biloxians entered in this?

Chicken Fried Steak Review

Had CFS at Silver K Cafe in Johnson City, TX today. Good size to it, and was aight taste-wise. Afterwards I saw a sign around the corner for a different place claiming to have the best CFS in TX or the world or at least Johnson City. Guess I'll try it next time.

Bad Way to Start the Day

This morning while on my way to work I was eating an English muffin. I ate half of it and grabbed the other half to start on it. On my second bite of this half I noticed what appeared to be a hair on my muffin. Not too alarmed since I assumed it was mine or Shey's I simply put the muffin down and continued on to work.

When I got in the parking lot I picked up the muffin to inspect a little closer. If it belonged to Shey I wanted to know so I could give her a hard time about it. But no...not this time...I could see that the hair was sticking out of the middle of the muffin like it had been baked in at the factory. Gross.

Name Hardee's Biscuit Holes

Hardee's is having a contest to name their b-holes in case any of you creative geniuses are bored.

Chicken Fried Steak Review

We went to Randy's IceHouse in Taylor, TX yesterday. I'll begin with a seating tip. It was still pretty hot outside when we got there. There's a table in the back directly under a ceiling fan--sit there. Our table wasn't under a fan, and judging by the amount of sweat on James's forehead it was pretty hot in our little corner of the room. The food was good. The CFS wasn't hanging off the plate, but the menu does list the option of doubling the meat (single portion below).



The only bad thing I can point out is there were a couple of flies that were hanging around most of our stay, and you know I don't like bugs.

Backtoms: 1 Year Anniversary

Happy one year anniversary to Backtoms!

What have we learned in the last year?

• We are over 300 posts strong. That is a lot of crap!
• Guns and food definitely seem to top the list of things written about.
• Michael C. must have a serious girlfriend since we haven't heard from him much in 2009.
• We've had views on the site from 14 different countries
• Some of the top keyword searches that brought people to our site:
• backtoms
• starkville sweet tea vodka
• hattiesburg prostitutes
• little brown crackhouse
• hooters in mississippi
• hooters passports
• larue tactical stealth sniper system lt011
• tweeder drank beer
• If you have forgotten or never learned how to post it is quite easy. Here are some notes:
• What's It Gonna Take
• Blog Template
• Your name doesn't have to be James or John to post/comment on here (of course thanks to those of you that have participated)

Here's to another year!

Let Me Post That For You: Chicken Fried Steak

From Nunnrey:

I think I just found the chicken fried steak for you... Just saw one delivered to a table with a 9-10 diameter.

He follows up with:

Unless that plate is a couple feet wide, and that's a 64 oz cup I'm not impressed.

Leaving One Day Early

Sitting here at the airport waiting on my delayed flight back to Austin. Just read about the Mississippi Picnic in Central Park at SunHerald.com. Too bad I'm not staying one more day so I could go enjoy some fried catfish and sweet tea.

Pizza in NYC: Part II

Back up in NYC this week and since getting in last night I've hit two places (imagine that).

Last night I walked from the hotel and grabbed a slice over at Redstone Pizzeria. Not too shabby, but nothing to call home about. I would say it was better than the slice I had last time though. The crust was a little to crisp for my liking.

Today we had lunch at Piola. Now that was a good slice. I had the Honolulu which John wouldn't like because of the delicious pineapple on top, but why would you want to take pizza advice from a dude sharing beauty secrets anyway? I'll report more if I get the chance.

Slim Jim Plant Explosion

From FOXNews.com:

GARNER, N.C. — An explosion at a Slim Jim meat products plant Tuesday injured at least 38 people, including four who suffered critical burns, and left a toxic cloud around the facility as authorities searched for two people still missing.

Couple things:

• What delicious chemical(s) in my Slim Jim is causing the toxic cloud?
• If you were trapped in a room of Slim Jims could you eat your way out of it?

And joking aside, of course I hope the best for those involved.

Pizza in NYC?

I'm staying in NYC near Rockefeller Center.  Any good recommendations on where to get my slice tonight?  I'm on W. 51 St. near 6th Ave. if you are trying to pinpoint.

I've seen some dumpy looking cafe's, a couple of Pronto Pizza places and I know there are a couple variations of Famous Original Ray's Pizza withing a few blocks.  I'm open to other suggestions.

Chicken Fried Steak Review

All this CFS talk made me hungry. I tested the offering at Monument Cafe in Georgetown, TX. It was good, but I was a little disappointed that the 8 oz. was the large. I expect it to be bigger than the plate it's served on.

Nunnrey is a Bia - Reason #24

Remember back in March when John mentioned the beginning of chicken wing madness?  No...here's a refresher:

• Feb 2008 - JT, John, Nunnrey, me embark on the 2008 challenge to visit 25 of the restaurants so we can have the wing parties.  Can read the details in my original post from June.
• Nov 2008 - I receive completed passports in mail from JT as documented here.
• Nov 2008 continued - I fill out the required forms and go submit the completed passports via certified mail for John, Nunnrey and myself.
• Dec 2008 - Everyone receives certificates for their wing parties which must be completed by March 31, 2009 (this is key)
• Mar 2009 - JT kicks off chicken wing madness with the first party in Minnesota (although he didn't report it to any of us).  John has his party the following week.  I have mine two weeks after that.

Which brings us to now.  

Backtoms: But James...looks like you missed listing when Nunnrey had his party.  

James: Oh, I didn't miss anything...Nunnrey conveniently waited until the last day of the promotion and was unable to have a party.

Backtoms: But why would anyone give up a party for free chicken wings.

James: That is a good question.

So if you needed another reason about why Nunnrey is a bia...here you go.

Ever Heard of Chicken Fried Steak?

Yesterday on my way home from work I was listening to some talk radio on Sirius XM.  One of the hosts was talking about his recent trip down to Texas (I believe the show is located in the New York area).  I didn't catch it all, but sounded like he must have stayed with a friend somewhere near New Braunfels (which is located just north of San Antonio).

I'll spare you most of the boring details I remember, but there were two things that he said I wanted to point out:

1. He had never had (or heard of) chicken fried steak.  He started making an issue about is it supposed to be chicken or beef...this is some crazy dish from Texas, etc.  The other guys on the show pointed out that he can get this "crazy" dish at several restaurants in their area.
2. Much like John, he had never heard of Twang.  He couldn't actually remember what it was called, but he saw lots of people putting the salt-like substance in their beer while tubing down the Guadalupe River.

Okay, I'll give him not knowing about Twang.  But not knowing about chicken fried steak?  If that is the hidden gem of the South that he made it out to be then people are missing out.  Maybe I should open a place in New York specializing in chicken fried steak, steak sandwiches (The Project style), and putting Twang in the beer.

When in Greece...

I think some of you guys would have loved Greece.  Here are some of the places we saw that reminded me of you:

The ol' Ramrod Club (Mykonos) looks like something Mark would enjoy.  Coincidentally, it's on the beach just like Joey's in Biloxi.

I'm not exactly sure what goes on in the B.A.Q (Be A Queen) building (Mykonos), but it sounds like something up John's alley.  Maybe he could share his beauty tips there.

Here is a knife and gun store in Athens.  I believe all of the guns are actually BB guns though so don't get too excited.

Nunnrey, they even have slices for you in Split Croatia.

Just not so sure what the neighborhood is like after dark.  This was right around the corner from the slice shop in Croatia.