How far would you go for good food?

[Orfy]

If SWMBO have a spare day then we'll go for a run out.
If I can tie it in with a beer or food related visit then all the better.
Quite often I'll set a target to a particular vendors and make a day of it.

Yesterday was 200 miles for a pork pie.

 

[Melana]

Wow orfy that looks yummy!

 

[david_42]

Last time I had a pork pie, I traveled 650 miles. Must admit, the trip was for the The Great Dickens Christmas Fair and the pie was just one of the treats.

 

[ScubaSteve]

Hmm, England is roughly 550 miles long. You went like halfway across the country for a pot pie, man! No way in h*ll am I doing that here in the US! That pie does look good though.

 

[ScubaSteve]

I have thought about making down to Memphis, K.C, & St. Louis for a Barbeque tour; just to hit up some of the legendary spots. I like Texas style a lot ( that & N. Carolina style are the ones I prefer) but it's a bit out of the way, not to mention it is a frickin' huge state.

 

[menschmaschine]

Those pork pies do look yummy. I'm sort of the opposite though. When I want good food, I usually go... home. Two examples... SWMBO makes some of the best Indian food I've had and I can make a killer homemade pizza. I always seem to end up disappointed going out. But, then again, apart from the exceptions, American food is a bit commercialized and homogenized.

 

[talleymonster]

I'll usually drive 95 miles to my moms house, or 110 miles to Mother in Laws house

 

[ScubaSteve]

Those pork pies do look yummy. I'm sort of the opposite though. When I want good food, I usually go... home. Two examples... SWMBO makes some of the best Indian food I've had and I can make a killer homemade pizza. I always seem to end up disappointed going out. But, then again, apart from the exceptions, American food is a bit commercialized and homogenized.

I completely agree. I love doing curry at home....and homemade pizza (took some trial, error, and a few smoke detectors) is the best! I know this sounds cheesy, but World Market has a curry paste that is awesome! You could make it yourself, but it's one of those things that's time consuming and the end product is just about the same.

 

[Orfy]

I would take home food over most restaurant food any time but there are good food suppliers out there and they are worth tracking down.

 

[Ryanh1801]

Those pork pies do look yummy. I'm sort of the opposite though. When I want good food, I usually go... home. Two examples... SWMBO makes some of the best Indian food I've had and I can make a killer homemade pizza. I always seem to end up disappointed going out. But, then again, apart from the exceptions, American food is a bit commercialized and homogenized.

Im the same way, I can cook way better than most restaurants. Course I cant afford to go to five start restaurants either so that might be why.

 

[ScubaSteve]

I'm with ya Orfy....I'm all about going out with SWMBO for an evening, but I like to secretly parlay it into a beer adventure. Brewpubs are awesome for this: She gets the big hamburger she'd been craving; I get the Nitro Porter I can't make at home

 

[Melana]

We have been known to take a 90 minute ride on a work night to try out that 'not quite out of range' brew pub. I love the simple fact that my husband loves beer like i love beer....

 

[Adolphus79]

Does flying from Maine to Ohio last winter for Bob Evans, White Castle and Skyline Chili count? Oh yeah, and visiting the family while I was there too... SWMBO had never had real White Castle (she had had the frozen ones), and had never even heard of Skyline...

 

[Neomich]

There is no such thing as 'too far' to get good barbecue. Unless of course, you travel outside of Texas, at which point you have gone 'too far'.

I went to Jamaica for some jerk chicken. We were on vacation too but that was some good jerk spices. Too bad I forgot to pack my sauces in my checked bags after customs, the security guys confiscated my cooking sauce.

Travel as far as necessary for the good stuff.

 

[DUCCCC]

When I lived on the Central CA coast for a while, Lompoc to be exact, I would ride the Harley I had at the time to Bakersfield just to go to Sonic and get a Coney, Tots and a Cherry Slush. Over 300 miles RT if I remember correctly, which is a ways to go for a hot dog, tater tots and a slurpee, but it was also about the journey, not just the destination. I'd make this trip about once a month, just cause I felt like it.

 

[Adolphus79]

When I lived on the Central CA coast for a while, Lompoc to be exact, I would ride the Harley I had at the time to Bakersfield just to go to Sonic and get a Coney, Tots and a Cherry Slush. Over 300 miles RT if I remember correctly, which is a ways to go for a hot dog, tater tots and a slurpee, but it was also about the journey, not just the destination. I'd make this trip about once a month, just cause I felt like it.

Ug... I lived in Bakersfield, why the hell would you go to Bakersfield just for Sonic? I'd think that you'd rather have gone to SLO or Morro Bay or somewhere nice instead... I know I would've...

Which reminds me... we've been considering a trip back to Cali just to get some In & Out... mmmmm...

 

[DUCCCC]

Ug... I lived in Bakersfield, why the hell would you go to Bakersfield just for Sonic? I'd think that you'd rather have gone to SLO or Morro Bay or somewhere nice instead... I know I would've...

Which reminds me... we've been considering a trip back to Cali just to get some In & Out... mmmmm...

The only Sonic in CA was in Bakersfield at the time