Bigdaddy,
I do cook, and bake for that matter. I'm old, and my Grandma made sure we all learned to cook. But I'm fairly sure that I am the only one of the 4 of us that still does. I cook, can, and bake through most of the winter so that I don't have to when it's hot. I can also cook and bake on my gas grill outside. I also smoke meat, for storage (jerky and for reconstition for stews later) and for eating right now (things like pulled pork and smoked brisket). Up until very recently I baked ALL of the bread we ate. And I do NOT like the stinky pre-made stuff they sell at grocery stores.
When I was growing up we ate at home, we took food with us on road trips to avoid having to spend money at restaurants (fast food was mostly unheard of, McDonald's was still new).
I can't eat a lot of fast food, and that doesn’t bother me at all.
I think you would do well in southeastern TX, where the yuppies gather around Austin and San Antonio. But I don't know if they have JITB either, I probably would have stopped to eat there a few more times on the trip east if I'd realized they weren't anywhere near here. But maybe not, because I was sick of JITB shops and the fact that their foods all taste the same.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/30/2022 09:57PM by Morledzep.