Damn, That Was Tasty

To ease the pain after my uncle came, jumped off the old green car and had one of his employees drive it away (around the bend in the road and into the shelter at their house on the other side of the woods, really), K and I headed with my mom out to Jesup, a relatively nearby town where my dad happened to be working this morning. During the Peaches to the Beaches mega yard sale last year, K and I came across a booth a local bakery had set up at the Jesup location of the trail. They had homemade granola, whole wheat flour, and quinoa, but had run out of all of their baked goods. The granola turned out to be incredibly good and we've been meaning to make the trip to Jesup to try them out, as they're also a deli for lunch.

The only problem is Jesup is a 45 minute one-way trip from my house and the place is only open Tuesday-Friday and only open until 5:30 p.m. There's no way I'm making that during the school year. I'm not sure what reminded K about this yesterday, perhaps my dad telling her he'd be in Jesup for juvenile court, but she decided last night that she wanted to drive out today and try this place for lunch.

The only problem is that when we called to make sure they were still open (restaurants and stores that cater to our tastes tend to have a short lifespan down here) K got a number disconnected message. For some reason I decided to try the number myself and the call went through fine this time. After a quick shower, we piled into the car and headed off.

Despite being probably twice the size of my hometown, Jesup is still definitely a small town, which is lucky because we forgot to get the address and had to drive around downtown to find the place. It took us maybe five minutes. We go inside and place our orders at the counter (grilled pimiento cheese sandwich on 11-grain bread and baked potato soup for me, chicken salad on honey wheat with pasta salad for K) and E and I settle in to play with the wooden train set next to the coffee and tea counter.

The food turned out to be really good. The bread was awesome (we bought a loaf for home and it was as good as it was at the bakery). My pimiento cheese was a little sweeter than I expected, but K's chicken salad was good. The "Ranger Cookie" that came with E's kid's meal turned out to be the best oatmeal cookie I've ever had, and the strawberry cake my mom got for dessert was pretty darn tasty too.

What makes this place unusual is that it's an entirely whole wheat bakery and they even grind their own flour and oatmeal. They also seem to be interested in organic ingredients when possible. The cake was made with fresh organic strawberries. Because of the whole wheat used in the baked goods, the cakes and muffins were a little denser and more coarsely textured than unusual, but had a great flavor. The cookies were incredible, and the breads were surprisingly light in texture for a 100 percent whole wheat dough. I would love to have this somewhere close enough to go more often. I'm not even going to bother mentioning the name of the place because I seriously doubt any of you are ever going to be in the area, but if you are, ask in the comments for this and I'll get the name to you.

To top it off, Jesup also has a Thai restaurant and a natural foods store. For a town that can only support a duplex movie theatre and a two-screen drive-in theatre, that's impressive. Instead the best I can do at home is the local barbecue joint. Don't get me wrong, I dig barbecue, but I like a little more diversity in my eating out diet than barbecue "country cooking" and burger joints.