My Culinary Odyssey: Errata, Part One

    Mistakes were made. 

    When I first came up with the idea for this series, I made a few notes to make sure I got the order right and didn't leave anything out.  However, that wasn't the exact case. Many days, I was rushed to type my post to make sure I had it up in a reasonable timeframe. Sometimes, I would leave something out. If I remembered in time, I would change it that day, but not much later than after I posted the link on Facebook. Other times, I didn't. If I didn't realize soon enough, I would just leave it for the errata section, which I was always planning on. I would forget to either add an entry or an important fact for it. If I was too pressed for time, I deliberately skipped some briefer entries and made plans to add them here. I wound up finding out some details well after the fact (strange what can pop up on your feed). Anyway, all of those facts are included here. I originally planned on just one post for the errata, but it looks like it will be so long that I will have to split it up into two parts. The second part will either be another special post on Monday or in the regular spot on Wednesday.  Other things will be coming up to determine which day it will be. The entries are listed in the same order as the original posts in the series. Blue indicates places that are still open; black for places that have closed. Brackets indicate places where I haven't officially eaten; either I only got drinks or someone else stopped here for something. TO means 'take-out,' while DI is for 'dine in.' Let's get on with this.

    Wheelwright: I left out bake sales and parties for Osborne Elementary, both of which became rarer the older I got. Individual hallways would host bake sales in the spring, with each homeroom getting to bring in food. My mom would frequently volunteer for my room's turn. I would get money to get stuff, with more money for my room's/hallway's day. In sixth grade, my mom made a batch of cupcakes, but the next day was a bad flood, so I missed out and the cupcakes were lost. Parties were usually held on various holidays. Sometimes, homemade food was brought in. However, by fifth grade or so, all such stuff were premade, for the few times people brought in stuff for everyone. These events included 4H meetings. For some reason, my mom's bad cooking, I took cooking one year. I made some dessert bars to take in, but I had a Boy Scout meeting that night. (I only stayed a year or so, and never went on any camping trips or anything.) My grandmother forgot to take the bars out in time, and they were partially burnt. I still managed to find a few to take in, but I never tried them nor did I ever bring anything in again. Probably didn't take cooking again either. In hindsight, I should have given Wheelwright High School a full entry, as I remembered other food-related facts. I don't think I got any concessions at games. There were a few parties, but I don't remember eating at them. The lone exception may be the year-end Academic Honors dinner. I went all four years, wearing a new dress shirt each time. I had a Sprite the first year or two, but nothing after that, as my hatred to Coke products grew. The school gym (the only building remaining of the old school) had a fall fair one year when I was a kid. I went for a few minutes and left soon after as I didn't really feel for it. I don't think I got any food.  Finally, I totally forgot about the movie theater. I went there a few times, such as for Star Wars and one of the 'Star Trek' movies. (Also for Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart Club's Band as part of a school trip.  Not really appropriate.) I had some concessions each time. The theater closed in the 80s. People would fix it up for other uses, but they would always closed. The place was even considered to become the home for a new library, but politicking shut that down. It is currently the warehouse for the prison.

    Martin: I could be wrong about the restaurant being a Burger Queen, because many became Druthers before changing to DQ.  The place had a yellow color scheme, which wasn't Druthers, but who knows. I recently had to stop at the McDs for my mom, so I added a star (⭐️) to the entry to show I've been there recently. I didn't go in, but I got to watch a baby bunny scampering behind the Mexican restaurant, El Toro Negro, 'The Black Bull.' I tried to take a picture, but it was so small and far away that it didn't take.

    Prestonsburg:  First, I made a mistake in the Hoebert's Pizza steak Stromboli recipe clone. To make garlic lettuce you soak it in Italian dressing with added garlic powder, not water. I changed the recipe in the original post as well as here. Next, I totally forgot to include a location. I guess it was because it was between two posts.  Anyway, here is the official entry.

• [Prestonsburg High School, DI technically: I went here a few times for games. For a pre-season tournament, I may have gotten a drink. I stopped doing that for all other games, as I felt the sugary drinks could harm my trumpet. The school cafeteria also hosted the year-end countywide academic dinner. I was invited my freshman and senior years. I didn't eat either time, but I did receive trophies, even though the one for my freshman year had the wrong topper and had to be changed.]

Finally, my mom mentioned that Prestonsburg had a Burger King around the time I was born, but I think she is mistaken. It is more likely to have been a Burger Queen that got updated to a Druthers by the 80s. While I don't think I ever ate there, my mom may have gotten some collectable glasses instead. I might even have one or two still. I think the Druthers may have become Hardee's instead of a DQ, since the town already had one, but I may be mistaken.

    Pikeville:  When I was very young, my mom took me to a place called the Lantern Restaurant. There, I would paraded around like a celebrity. I may even remember one of those times. The place closed, but the building might now be used by the Happy Day Diner, but I don't remember the locations. Back in the early 90s, there was once a pizza place on the inbound road to Pikeville, just past the flood wall. It was next to a hairdresser I went to a few times. I know my mom got something there once, but I don't think I ever ate there. The place closed after a few years.  The building now holds a leather goods/cobbler shop (owned by the son of the man mentioned in the original Prestongburg entry) and a pet groomer. There was also a loan advance there, but it recently moved to a building across the road. Finally, there may have been a Checkers/Rallys in the north end of town, where Krystal was. For many years, I had an emergency straw I think was from there, but I don't really remember eating there, so I could be wrong. As mentioned earlier, the spot is now a branch back and a used car dealership.

    Coal Run: I'm pretty sure I dropped my mom off at Sam's Hot Dog Stand at Crossroads Plaza. I may have even gotten a drink, but I don't usually eat hot dogs at restaurants. (I only eat beef and the occasional veggie dog. Anything else is suspect when eating out.) There was also KFC there in the 2010s as well, but I never ate there as the downtown spot is way closer to the store. The place closed, and there is now a Japanese steakhouse there instead.

    Williamson/Norton: For Williamson:  I'm pretty sure that the snack place was called Frontier Fruit and Nut Co.  Definitely apt for their products. I still haven't checked on the condition of the local restaurants from the recent floods.  For Norton:  My mom says we went to a restaurant in Pound once. Don't remember it, unless it was the place I thought was in Hazard. Don't know why a relative would go there for a party though if that was the reason. I recently had to go to Norton, and I had to stop at a new place.  Here is its entry.

• [Wendy's, TO, ⭐️:  I had to go to Norton recently on my quest for my missing comic books. (More in a later post.) I went through Knott and Letcher countries, and the roads were still bad from the '22 and '25 floods in spots.  At least I got to see a deer and some buzzards, and a few other animals. My mom needed a restroom break, so she suggested here.  She got her regular, and we then left. I didn't go in, as usual. If I go again, it will be via a different route.]

    Whitesburg/Hazard;  For Whitesburg: I think I dropped my mom off at the Pine Mountain Grill once, but I don't recall why or when. It wasn't for long though. I may have also stopped at the McDonald's once. We were seriously thinking about stopping at Pizza Hut once, on the way back from Norton/Pound, but I can't remember if we went through with the idea. I am unsure about the conditions of all three places, but the Grill is the one most likely to have been unaffected from the floods. As to Hazard, I don't think there is anything to add.

    With that, I finish Part 1.  Come back Monday, or for the regular post on Wednesday, for the conclusion of the errata, and the finale to this series.