Cracker Barrel

     Today, me and some friends went to a nearby Cracker Barrel. Despite having six people in our party, we got seated fairly quickly. The waitress came over and asked if we were ready to order our food or if we just wanted to put our drinks in. Two of us (including me) got a hot chocolate with a ton of whip topping. Everyone else got tea. Later, nearing the end of my meal and hot chocolate, I ordered a cold glass of water.
     No matter what you order, you get a basket of biscuits, corn bread and butter. I usually have some, but I didn't this visit because I was too full to have anything except the main meal that I ordered. However, we did take the leftover bread with us.

     At Cracker Barrel (depending on the meal), you get to choose a certain amount of sides. The choices of sides are Mixed Seasonal Vegetables, Baked Sweet Potato, Brown Rice Pilaf, Low-Fat Vanilla Yogurt, Hashbrown Casserole, Macaroni n' Cheese, Fried Apples, Steak Fries, Mashed Potatoes, Breaded Fried Okra, Coleslaw, Fresh Steamed Broccoli, Cucumber, Tomato n' Onion Salad, Fresh Seasonal Fruit, Fresh Sliced Apples, Cottage Cheese, Dumplins, Country Green Beans, Sweet Whole Baby Carrots, Whole Kernel Corn, Turnip Greens, Pinto Beans, and Cheese Grits. I got most of this list off their website because I couldn't remember them all, but it should be noted that they don't have every single one of these at each location, though they do have the majority.

      I got the Saturday special Chicken n’ Rice which comes with two side. I chose cottage cheese and fried apples. I hadn't had cottage cheese lately, so I was glad to have it. I get too full for dessert, but the fried apples make a good dessert; that's why I get them as one of my sides. My meal had a mushroom sauce which I especially liked because I'm a mushroom fanatic (I actually have a box of mushrooms currently in my refrigerator). My friend directly to my left, Eli, got the chef's salad which was huge. It has three different kinds of meat: oven-roasted turkey breast, sugar-cured ham, and hickory smoked bacon. He really enjoyed it, as seen by the fact that it only took him 17 minutes to eat it. Below is a picture of what Eli got that I found on Cracker Barrels website. They didn't have a picture of what I ate on their website.

The Chef's Salad Eli got.

     After everyone in our party had finished eating and I killed my hot chocolate and ice water, we all just sat around and chatted. The waitress was only too happy to give me a second glass of ice water, despite being finished eating. The Cracker Barrel employees didn't rush us out of our table after we had finished eating.
     Later, after we left the table, we walked around the gift shop.
     On an ending note, Spring Break is over, so I probably won't have time to post for a while.