Posted on 12/09/2020 12:27:03 PM PST by mylife
Back in the day, when Southerners hit the road five-deep in the family car to visit relatives during the holidays or head down to the beach for the annual summer vacation, there was always time for a stop at Stuckey’s, the most beloved of all retro roadside stores founded in Eastman, Georgia, in 1937. It served as the perfect spot to grab their most legendary product: pecan logs. You know, the things with the fluffy homemade nougat center, thin coating of homemade caramel, and a crunchy outer layer of pecan pieces?
Stuckey’s pecan logs have been “world-famous” for decades now (at least in the South), and now the family-owned convenience store chain is expanding into previously uncharted territory with their own Pecan Log Roll Beer in partnership with Georgia brewing company, Wild Heaven Beer. And it’s destined to be the sweetest six-pack in the South.
Featuring real Georgia roasted pecans—sourced straight from the Stuckey family farm—and hints of nougat and maraschino cherry, Stuckey’s Pecan Log Roll Beer might be the only brown ale out there that can bring back cherished memories of childhood road trips and help create new memories of the classic Southern treat. “I wanted to make a beer that still tastes like beer, while spotlighting what makes people love the pecan log roll. And as a horticulturist, using real Georgia pecans is as true as it can be,” says Wild Heaven Beer brewmaster Eric Johnson.
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I remember when they were “Saxon’s pecan logs.”
I remember as a kid (in the mid-60s) Stuckey’s would advertise “free log roll with fill-up.”
“Dad, can we get gas at Stuckey’s?”
There was a local truck stop, Flying J, that used to sell an assortment of Stuckey’s products. I always bought some pecan logs for stocking stuffers. I stopped at the truck stop Monday and nothing, no Stuckey’s at all. I asked the clerk he said he didn’t know if they were getting any products this year.
I checked Stuckey’s website and the nearest spot is now hundreds of miles away. They must have scaled back or changed their marketing strategy. I guess there is always mail order.
I did not know Stuckey’s was still around.
Whenever I travel, I look for those old, forgotten buildings. Makes me very sad, I bet it was a great time to be a kid then. I feel so bad for little kids now.
I love the old places.
Me either. Perhaps less than 20 per search.
Loved their pecan divinity my grandparents brought me as a child.
Howard Johnson used to be ubiquitous
Man I loved HoJos fried clams
Fried clams at HoJo. Yummm...
Hell to the yeah!!!
I could do an entire thread on great American road tips and the places that dot the road
If anyone can find a pic of this nut brown ale, post it
GRANDMA'S SALTED NUT ROLLS
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METHOD Pour 1/2 jar dry roasted peanuts in sprayed 8x10 pan. Cover w/ Topping. Press rest peanuts in gently. Chill. Cut in squares. TOPPING Melt bag peanut/butter chips, three tb butter. Add can condensed milk, tsp vanilla. Micro 2 min/stir smooth. Add bag mini marshmallows.
GRANDMA'S SALTED NUT ROLLS
METHOD Pour 1/2 jar dry roasted peanuts in sprayed 8x10 pan. Cover w/ Topping.
Press rest peanuts in gently. Chill. Cut in squares.
TOPPING Melt bag peanut/butter chips, 3 tb butter. Add can condensed
milk, tsp vanilla. Micro 2 min/stir smooth. Add bag mini marshmallows.
I last stayed in one in 1998.
Loved their (unnatural) GREEN mint chocolate chip ice cream as a kid.
I didn't, either. Back in the '80's, there was a Sunday night comedy show on KCRW, a local FM station called the Cool & the Crazy that claimed to be sponsored by the Stuckey Corporation.
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