5 Things I Didn’t Know About Georgia!
1. Okefenokee Swamp encompasses over 400,000 acres of canals; moss draped cypress trees, and lily pad prairies providing sanctuaries for hundreds of species of birds and wildlife including several
2. The pirate Edward “Blackbeard” Teach made a home on Blackbeard Island. The United States Congress designated the Blackbeard Island Wilderness Area in 1975 and it now has a total of 3,000 acres.
3. In Gainesville, the Chicken Capital of the World it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork.
4. Georgia was named for King George II of England.
5. Georgia is the nations number one producer of the three Ps–peanuts, pecans, and peaches.
I sort of knew about the pecan connection and we always stop for a bag on the way down to Florida… probably to shut me up as I’m getting kind of antsy after the long drive. And that cookbook that I have featured… Paula Deen is one famous lady down in the south. Everywhere I went, I saw her face on the cover of a book or magazine.
*Paula Deen’s Kitchen Classics: The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook and The Lady & Sons, Too!
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