What’s your favorite Kentucky treat?
December 15, 2008I try never to leave Danville without stopping by Burke’s Bakery on Main Street for some gingerbread men.
It’s hard to pass the Rebecca Ruth shop on U.S. 60 between Versailles and Frankfort without buying some bourbon balls. (I recommend the pound bag of “boo boos,” which are cheaper and taste just as good.)
Every few months, I go by Sharp’s Candies on Regency Road in Lexington for a pound box of orange creams, my wife’s favorite. I’ll usually get some Kentucky pulled cream candy for myself, too.
My freezer still has a serving or two of barbecued mutton from the Fancy Farm Picnic. I never head to Graves County on the first weekend of August without a cooler in the back of my car to bring some home.
When country hams are being smoked in the Jackson Purchase, I can’t help but look for a restaurant serving some with eggs and biscuits. I can never drive by the Buffalo Trace, Wild Turkey or Woodford Reserve distilleries without getting just a little thirsty. And an advertising jingle I remember from childhood remains true today: “If it’s baked by Magee’s, it has to be good!”
What’s your favorite Kentucky treat? You know, the one that makes you pull off the road and stock up?
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