Did you put Tunica, Mississippi after Las Vegas, Nevada and Atlantic City, New Jersey? The casinos in Tunica continue to greatly influence the Mississippi Delta economy. And while the various casinos are major players, they’re not “the only game in town”.
Located off Casino Strip Drive and Old Hwy 61 in Robinsonville, The Hollywood Café, home of the fried dill pickle, is a landmark concern that has been viable long before (since 1969) the casinos arrived in northern Mississippi in the late 20th century. Situated on the corner of School and Magnolia Streets is The Tate House, the oldest residence in Tunica; the Tunica Queen Riverboat [voted best non-gaming attraction in the Tunica resorts area], an authentic riverboat sailing from the magnificent Tunica RiverPark in the Tunica Casino Resorts area, offering Sightseeing, Dinner & Entertainment Cruises. A “ripper” is the name given for a hot dog [a dog that is made specifically for deep frying] served at Rutt's Hut [of the Mississippi Rutts, not the New Jersey ones], probably the most well-known hot dog joint near Tunica. [The skin rips from the hot oil, hence the term "ripper".]
It’s that time of the year; celebrate Christmas at the Victorian-style Manship House Museum in Jackson. Because Eudora Welty left her house and collection of thousands of books to the state, and the Welty family donated furniture, you can see Welty\'s house as she lived in it at the Eudora Welty House Museum on Pinehurst Street, also in Jackson. It just sounds good. Big Mama's Country Cooking Buffet on McDowell Road Ext . is a hometown favorite for country, soul food, and down home cooking.
Meandering way south to the Mississippi Gulf Coast area, near Biloxi, is Beauvoir, last home of Jefferson Davis, the first and only President of the Confederacy, where he wrote his memoirs and spent his final years. The Hurricane Camille Memorial is on the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer's Biloxi beachfront grounds. Katrina destroyed the church and damaged it, but the memorial is now repaired and serves as a reminder of the 172 dead or missing on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Also on Highway 90 is the memorial dedicated to the gulf coast victims who perished in Hurricane Katrina. The Memorial stands 12 feet tall, about the height of the water during Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge at the Town Green in August of 2005.
Amazement,
“Holy cow! (Sacred bovine!)”
Precarious driving,
“After all the ice and snow, the main highway’s okay but the side roads are slicker
‘n snot.”
Inept,
“He’d mess up a wet dream.”
or
“She’d screw-up a two car funeral.”
Be prepared,
“If you wanna get big fleas, you gotta run with the big dogs.”
Don’t be timid,
“Come big or stay home.”
or
“Never send a boy to do a man’s job.”
Bad company,
“If you sleep with dogs, you’re gonna get fleas.”
Implausible story,
“If you find one rat, there’s probably 40 more.”
Irrelevant,
“Tell me. What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?"
Unattractive,
“It'd be a dark night at the well before she'd get a drink.”
or
“He's ugly as a mud fence.”
Overheated [person],
“I'm hotter than a popcorn fart.”
Move!,
“Don’t just sit there like a bump on a log!”
Hard rain or thunderstorm,
“It all-of-a-sudden come up a gully washer.”
or
“Last night’s frog strangler washed out my driveway.”
or
“It was rainin' harder ‘n a cow peein’ on a flat rock.”
Hopelessly lost,
“He don't know if he's on foot or on horseback.”
Lethal and easily irritated,
“Don’t mess with her. She’s mean as a junkyard dog.”
“What’s a metaphor?’
“Put cows in.”
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