ThrowBack Thursday #TBT to #Winetasting

"Frogtown Winery" of course had a lot of cute and funny frog statues made of glas

Throwback Thursday - eller tilbagebliks-torsdag til torsdag for to uger siden hvor jeg var til vinsmagning på Frogtown Winery med Valdosta North Rotary. 

Arrangementet som egentligt bare gik ud på at mingle og hygge sig i godt selskab, var også kombineret med MetroOne som er en gruppe af unge professionelle her i Valdosta - læs mere her. 

Aftenens højdepunkt var at anerkende Jamie Baltrus og Eric Johnson (billede nr. 2), som begge er rotarianere, og begge i MetroOne, men som i øvrigt at blevet kåret til "Georgia's Trend 40 under 40". 

Der kunne vi måske lære lidt af USA - de er altså virkeligt gode til at anerkende og værdsætte folk som gør en speciel indsats indenfor et hvilket som helst område. Noget af en kontrast til vores jantelov :-) 

Udover det gode selskab var der også mulighed for at nyde et godt glas lokalproduceret vin og lidt ost og kiks.

Det er altid dejligt at få en mulighed for at lære nogle af rotarianerne bedre at kende, f.eks. Joe og Linda Crane på det første billede. 

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Throwback Thursday to Thursday two weeks ago where I went to a wine tasting at Frogtown Winery with Valdosta North Rotary. 

The event, which was basically just a mixer to mingle and have fun with good company, was also arranged with MetroOne, a group of young business professionals here in Valdosta - read more here. 

The evenings highlight was the celebration and recognition of Jamie Baltrus and Eric Johnson (picture no. 2), both rotarians and both in MetroOne, but who had been announced as some of "Georgia's Trend 40 under 40". 

This something we could learn from in Denmark - here in the US they are generally really good at acknowledging and appreciation of people who do something special within any kind of field. Something that is far from Danish culture and our "law of jante" (I have talked about this earlier here) :-)

Besides the good company we also had the chance to try some good, locally produced wine,  and some cheese and crackers. 

it is always nice to have an opportunity to get to know some of the rotarians a bit better like Joe and Linda Crane in picture no. 1. 

Fried chicken...

Jeg ved hvad du tænker.. Kan det virkelig passe at dette indlæg handler om friturestegt kylling?! 

Ja! Det gør det, og det er et emne som helt sikkert har brug for sit helt eget indlæg!

Fried chicken er kæmpe stort her i syden. I kender sikkert kylletter, Kentucky Fried Chicken eller chicken McNuggets fra McDonalds.

Det er ingeting sammenlignet med den overflod af muligheder der i virkeligheden er med friturestegt kylling - og frituren generelt. 

Når jeg er til Rotarymøder om onsdagen er der altid - ALTID - et fad med fried chicken. Det er altså en uundgåelig og næsten uundværlig del af et måltid hernede. 

F.eks. har en af skolens to cafeterier lige annonceret at de fremover vil servere fried chicken HVER DAG. 

Der er selvfølgelig mange andre ting at vælge imellem, men det er muligt at spise fried chicken hver dag :-) 

Fried chicken er godt, men jo desværre ikke særlig sundt, og slet ikke hver dag. Så på de fleste restuaranter kan du selvfølgelig også vælge en salat med fried chicken... 

Og nu vi er ved fried, så kan man jo heldgivis putte alt i frituren - eller den gyldne brønd om man vil. F.eks. cheesecake, oreo, is, og cola. Disse har jeg dog stadig til gode at prøve :-) 

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I know what you are thinking.. Can it really be true that this post is about fried chicken?!

Yes! It is, and it is a topic that requires it's very own blog post!

Fried chicken is huge here in the South. In Denmark we have a few varieties that we know from KFC and McDonalds, but it is nothing to compare to the Southern style, and it is really nothing compare to the many opportunities there are for fried chicken - and fried stuff in general. 

When I attend the Rotary meetings on Wednesdays there is always - ALWAYS - a tray with fried chicken. It is an inevitable and almost indispensable part of a meal down here. 

For instance, one of the dining hall on campus recently announced that from now on, they will be serving fried chicken EVERY day. 

Of course there are still other options, but you can eat fried chicken every day if you want to. 

Fried chicken is good, but as we all now, unfortunately not very healthy, and especially not every day. So in most restaurants you can choose a fried chicken salad instead...

Speaking of fried, there are luckily a lot more stuff you can fry - or put in the "golden wishing well" as we call it in Danish. Examples are cheesecake, oreo, icecream and coke - all of which I have yet to try :-)