Paula Deen to open eatery in Pigeon Forge

AP - via WJHL ^ | February 25, 2014

[don-o]

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Paula Deen's comeback trail is leading her to the Smoky Mountains of east Tennessee.

The Savannah, Ga.-based celebrity cook announced Wednesday she's opening a new restaurant, Paula Deen's Kitchen, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. A hub for tourists visiting the Dollywood theme park and the nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Pigeon Forge draws about 10 million vacationers a year.

[don-o]

Location, location, location!

[miss marmelstein]

Pushing old Dolly out?

[Uncle Chip]

So then will pigeon be on the menu —

[don-o]

There’s plenty of room in PF and they have built a lot of road in the past few years.

[trisham]

Smart move.

[don-o]

The name “Pigeon Forge” comes from an iron forge built by Isaac Love (1783–1854) sometime around 1820. The name of this forge referred to its location along the Little Pigeon River, in the vicinity of what is now the Old Mill. The name of the river comes from the flocks of passenger pigeons that frequented its banks at the time of the first Euro-American settlers’ arrival.[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_Forge,_Tennessee

[TomServo]

Great - more fat asses walking around Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[Sacajaweau]

I wish her all the luck in the world. She's a gem.

She's a good example of PC gone awry.

[who knows what evil?]

...still another reason to fire up the moving van for a return to East Tennessee!

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

I visited that area with my sister and our mother back in 2006. It’s beautiful there.

(But the roads were scary as hell).

[Dilbert San Diego]

but, will the liberals launch boycotts and protests and such, for her sin of having said the N word?????

Why is it okay for blacks to use this dreaded word?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

She’s got great chompers...

[Uncle Chip]

So they are now extinct:

[P]igeon meat was commercialized as a cheap food for slaves and the poor in the 19th century, resulting in hunting on a massive and mechanized scale. A slow decline between about 1800 and 1870 was followed by a catastrophic decline between 1870 and 1890.

Interesting — As went slavery declined so did the passenger pigeons they ate or vice versa.

[HangnJudge]

So then will pigeon be on the menu —

Possum Pie
Fried Squirrel

Home Brewed Moonshine

[don-o]

True story: I was in Spruce Pine, NC, trying to get on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Entrance was closed, so I followed the detour sign and down we went. Down a steep, narrow, twisty road with no shoulder and no place to even think of turning around. It was so steep that all the stuff in the back of my van was sliding forward and I had a real fear that I would burn up my brakes. Then I saw the sign:

ROAD IS WORSE AHEAD

[don-o]

Can you say Chik Fil A?

[latina4dubya]

So then will pigeon be on the menu —

yes, but she will call it squab... on second thought, she will likely call it pigeon...

[latina4dubya]

a good example of PC gone awry.

i'll say... she is an Obama supporter...

[andyk]

Agreed - good luck to her.