|
Speaking of Apalachicola food… Before visiting Apalach, I’d never tasted boiled peanuts. That is, until I boarded Captain Gill’s boat for a tour along the Apalachicola River and Scipio Creek. As we snacked, his wife explained that unlike other methods his doesn’t yield mushy peanuts. He graciously shared his “recipe.” Get some good fat green peanuts. [...]
{ 0 comments }
I’m not exaggerating when I say that my mouth was watering while writing this and thinking about the food I had in Apalachicola. The food scene in Apalach is completely, refreshingly, unpretentious, just fresh local fish, shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico and oysters from Apalachicola Bay, straight up — with a side of stunning [...]
{ 7 comments }
“Apalacha-where?” a friend asked me when I shared my pre-trip plans last fall. “It sounds very…mmm…rural. Besides, you don’t even like Florida.” She was sort of right. That’s because the Florida I knew mainly consisted of suburbs around Fort Lauderdale, where I lived for a few years while working in a corporate cubicle. I wore [...]
{ 0 comments }