OPINION —
One of the really great perks of writing this column, besides eating wonderful food, is meeting interesting people. A few years ago, Mike and I went on an overnight trip to Montgomery for our anniversary. At night, we rode down the Alabama River on a paddle boat. The next day, we went to a well-known Montgomery restaurant; their fried chicken had been voted the best in all of Alabama. As a fried chicken freak, I had to try that prize-winning poultry. Let me tell you, that prize was well deserved. Their fried chicken was slap your Grandma three times good.
Before we ordered our meal, Mike and I began chatting with three ladies who were at a table behind us. We quickly found out that these ladies were Bama fans, but they were so funny and nice, that didn’t matter to two Auburn Tigers…