[Note: This post, prepared originally for the NC Folklife
Institute's NCFood blog, is hosted on the institute’s website, with excerpts and
a link to the website posted here.]
How do you celebrate Valentine’s Day? Many celebrate with
traditional gifts such as sweet chocolates or red roses. Not me. I take
advantage of the foodways traditions of North Carolina to make the day special.
First, start with a breakfast treat that says love better than chocolate:
BoBerry Biscuits from Bojangle’s, which got its start in Charlotte in 1977.
Instead of a standard biscuit, celebrate with a special made-from-scratch sweet
biscuit baked with blueberry flavor and topped with icing. This Valentine’s
special is a Tar Heel version of the English blueberry scone and gets taste
buds thinking about the next foodways tradition to celebrate February 14.
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| Start Valentine's Day with something special for breakfast. |
