Tennessee is a landlocked state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi to the South and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. The capital, centrally located Nashville, is the heart of the country-music scene, with the long-running Grade Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and a legendary stretch of honkytonks and dance halls. Memphis, in the far southwest, is the home of Elvis Presley's Graceland, rock and roll pioneering Sun Studio and blues clubs of Beale Street.
Tennessee has had several nicknames, but the most popular is "The Volunteer State". The nickname originated during the War of 1812, in which the volunteer soldiers from Tennessee, serving under General Andrew Jackson, displayed marked valor in the Battle of New Orleans. This reputation for volunteering was reinforced during Mexican War when the secretary of state asked for 2,800 Tennessee volunteers and got 30,000 respondents.
Famous Tennessee dishes include barbecue, country ham, flaky biscuits and fried chicken. Memphis is known for several famous barbecue restaurants and a major barbecue cooking competition held in May. Memphis barbecue is primarily two different dishes; ribs, which come "wet" and "dry", and barbecue sandwiches. Wet ribs are brushed with sauce before and after cooking, and dry ribs are seasoned with a dry rub. Barbecue sandwiches are typically chopped pork served on a simple bun and topped with barbecue sauce and cole slaw. What is interesting is Memphians to put this chopped port on many non-traditional dishes, such as spaghetti, pizza or nachos.
On the other hand, Nashville's hot chicken brings a rash of chile-induced seizure to the Valley with its hot-sauce-drenched chicken. Current reputation aside, however, not all of Tennessee's friend chicken is measure in Scoville unit. The Scoville unit (SHU) is a measurement of the pungency (spicy heat) of chili peppers, such as jalapeno, the ghost pepper, and the world's current hottest pepper.
The Bumblebee at Welcome Diner in Phoenix, Arizona is definitely a great fried chicken to try, hot and juicy and stacked on a biscuit with honey, mustard and pickles. Welcome Diner is a local restaurant in a residential area of Phoenix, the kind of place that hotel concierge is likely will not recommend and a friend who lives in other parts of town isn't likely to know about it. This is restaurant is indeed a 4.5 star diner with excellent food, service and yes they serve spirits too.
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