Who likes Stuckey's? (Indian, peanut, crunchy, glass)
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I was surprised to see one recently while traveling through the south (or possibly somewhere in TX). I thought they were all long gone. We used to stop at them when I was a kid. I never liked their food, but I always wanted to buy some of their souvenir trinkets. Of course, my parents would never let me. They always said it was too expensive.
I haven't been to one in years, I also assumed that they were long gone. They were our primary meal stop on family vacations when I was a kid. When I travel I see a lot of the old ones, most are abandoned and falling down although a few have been converted to something else.
I loved Stuckey's. For me it was the praline store. I'd buy a mixed bag with plenty of coconut pralines and eat them while I drove.
I once had a very happy experience with their cheeseburgers. I was leaving New Orleans with my late wife one Sunday morning. Wanting one more NOLA experience we stopped at the Pearl Oyster Bar and loaded up on raw oysters with sauce we concocted from the batch of ingredients they had out. We washed them down with Dixie Beer. We really ate too much. But who can stop with raw oysters? The problem was that entire breakfast was ice cold.
When we were driving I mentioned that we needed some hot food. At first my wife turned a little green but then agreed. Suddenly we saw a Stuckey's looming ahead. I bought four cheeseburgers. I had almost three; she had a little more than one. We felt good, really good. Those greasy cheeseburgers cured our ills and the rest of the day was great. We must have bought some pralines and something to drink. But I have no memory of those but only of that wonderful warm repast we ate while driving.
I remember them from my travels but had no idea that they were still around.
I was going to say the same thing, we are talking back in the 50s, so they have been on the scene for over 1/2 century. They were a restaurant as well, sorta like a Crakcer Barrel but much smaller.
I was surprised to see one recently while traveling through the south (or possibly somewhere in TX). I thought they were all long gone. We used to stop at them when I was a kid. I never liked their food, but I always wanted to buy some of their souvenir trinkets. Of course, my parents would never let me. They always said it was too expensive.
I guess all our parents were the same: the stuff was always too expensive, boy did they know how to spoil traveling for us. Of course we didn't or don't do the same do we?
We have several left in South Carolina. The one on I-85 at the Blacksburg exit is where we use to stop for their pecan pralines!
They use to have great candied dates stuffed with pecans but we haven't been to a Stuckey's in a long time.
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But who can stop with raw oysters? 
The problem was that entire breakfast was ice cold.
