Chinese Food
The first time I ate Chinese food was in 1974 in Athens, Georgia, the home of the Universite of Georgia at Athens. My unlce was a professor there and me and a buddy went on the bus to spend the weekend with him. He showed us all the sights including taking us to this old two-story white painted house that looked like it was falling down and a Chinese couple had the left parlor and right parlor set up for serving. No scenery, but my introduction to Chinese food. We had chow mein. It was delicious, but it was the experience more than anything. He was a great uncle - fun. The little southern town I am from had maybe two restaurants. One was a grease pit (good tho when you had to get a cheeseburger fix...) and the other one was a locally owned steak house. It was hard to get in. They were always packed. Now, all the way from I-85 at our exit where there used to be farm land and all the way into town (about ten miles) is nothing, but one franchise restaurant after another and most have the same indentical menu.....
