Memories of food

I would have to make a trip with someone who is not bothered by a more old-fashioned ambiance. I understand that Charlies' still allows people to smoke in the restaurant, which would take Cindy out of the picture. Kate might go. I remember when I was a child and we always would pass Charlies' either way as we passed from Hopkinsville to Clarksville or vice versa. I was always entranced by the brick building and the cows on the premises. Big Hereford cows. I imagined that they borrowed cows from my grandfather's pasture for the pictures.

It was only later when I was in college before I could visit and eat a steak. It was a good steakhouse and I understand is still pretty good. Going to a restaurant you went to as a youngun is rife with problems. It is somewhat akin to going to your old elementary school and realizing how small the halls are, despite how large they were when you were young. It is an optical illusion perpetrated by time and memory.

I would like to go to Charlie's and Farrell's up in Kentucky. Farrell's is a little hamburger stand in Hopkinsville, which is akin to Krystal or White Castle, but only has one store, on Main Street in Hopkinsville. You can visit on youtube, if you want.

I wouldn't mind drinking some bourbon in the Talbot Tavern in Bardstown. I wonder if that restaurant that Cindy and I ate in in Bardstown is still there. They specialized in Kentucky food and had country ham and mushrooms. They had marinated mushrooms as an appetizer. They were delicious.

We also at In Harrodsburg and Pleasant Hill. Both delicious. I am getting hungry. I hope I don't have to drive to Kentucky to eat tonight.