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You've got to be kidding me! Cracker Barrel? Seriously?

 This MAGA-inspired explosion of hatred toward Crack Bar, as a friend calls it (the food can be as addictive for carb lovers) is boggling what is left of my mind. 

I started going to Cracker Barrels in the 1970s. I was on a competing speech team that traveled to colleges in Tennessee and Kentucky, and we celebrated by stopping at Cracker Barrel on the way back. Our coaches loved it. We loved it. Since them, living in the mid-South (i.e., Chattanooga area) meant regular visits. It is part of life. 

Does anyone remember that the logo used to NOT have the old man on it? Does anyone remember the hillbilly-font-and-spelling style menus? 

Does anyone remember when they got in trouble for not seating African Americans "in a timely manner?" or from not hiring gays? (probably using AIDS as excuse? Both of these were back in the early 1990s. 

I personally cut back on my Cracker Barrel visits when they started to sell alcohol. It just didn't set right with me--did they really think that would make young people flock there, because of the opportunity to have mimosas with Uncle Herschel's breakfast?  I felt a bit as if they had betrayed their loyal customers--older people (who die, I guess, and have to be replaced) and teetotaling Baptist types. 

The menu has changed and portions have gotten smaller. That is a good thing (it's not like the country and especially the South isn't obese already). I don't think the food has deteriorated, but some things have been removed from the menu.

This outrage about the logo change smells manufactured to me. And I don't have a sense of smell except for extremely stinky stuff. People who should know better are posting and reposting their rage on Facebook. 

It's a company, people. Companies exist to make money. If you don't like it, help them lose money by not patronizing there. Save your money and cook at home (Oh, no!) or go to one of those lovely alternatives like Chili's or a mom and pop meat and three or a burger joint. 

But for the love of country cuisine, stop with the anti-woke stuff!   

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