Unfortunately, it has rained all day today, the only full day I'll have here at Topsail Beach, NC.
However, I did go to the Jolly Roger Pier looking for a copy of the Wilmington Star-News newspaper. They didn't have any, but did have a jar of those great peanuts as prepared and packed by the First Methodist Church Peanut Crew from Mt. Olive (a town also famous for their pickles which are now sold in Illinois).
Just seven ounces and I paid $3.99, but worth it. Some of the best you'll ever eat. I also like the jars for pens and pencils.
One other place you can buy the jars is at Wilber's BBQ in Goldsboro.
Only Sold At the Most Discerning Places, You Know. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
It's a Pickle Thing...You Wouldn't Understand
Just what would a town that calls itself the Pickle Capital of the World drop? You got it.
Every New Year's Eve, some 2,000 revelers enjoy pickles, cookies and hot chocolate during the Mt. Olive New Year's Eve Pickle Drop in Mount Olive, NC, (pop.4,589). A glowing green pickle drops into a redwood tank.
It started as a lark 14 years ago when Johnny Walker, president emeritus of the Mt. Olive Pickle Co., gathered with a few employees to watch a pickle slide down a rope and it grew from there. Since Walker had another party to attend that night, he had it at midnight Greenwich Mean Time, which would be 7 p.m. eastern.
It's just as dark at 7 as at midnight. The party begins at 6 p.m. and ends at 7:05 p.m. Partygoers bring canned food items for a local food bank and have a chance to win a door prize which includes a 3-foot pickle identical to the descending dill.
I need to go there sometime for this event as my family is much-tied to this town, My dad was born there and my grandparents lived there.
It Drops Home With This One. --RoadDog
Every New Year's Eve, some 2,000 revelers enjoy pickles, cookies and hot chocolate during the Mt. Olive New Year's Eve Pickle Drop in Mount Olive, NC, (pop.4,589). A glowing green pickle drops into a redwood tank.
It started as a lark 14 years ago when Johnny Walker, president emeritus of the Mt. Olive Pickle Co., gathered with a few employees to watch a pickle slide down a rope and it grew from there. Since Walker had another party to attend that night, he had it at midnight Greenwich Mean Time, which would be 7 p.m. eastern.
It's just as dark at 7 as at midnight. The party begins at 6 p.m. and ends at 7:05 p.m. Partygoers bring canned food items for a local food bank and have a chance to win a door prize which includes a 3-foot pickle identical to the descending dill.
I need to go there sometime for this event as my family is much-tied to this town, My dad was born there and my grandparents lived there.
It Drops Home With This One. --RoadDog
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