A couple of weeks ago I used this space to answer a question that nobody was asking: What would you order for your last meal if you could only choose made-in-Chattanooga restaurant dishes?
It was really just an excuse to make a list of my favorite local restaurant foods. I listed dishes such as fried catfish from Southern Star on Broad Street and onion rings from Ankar’s Hoagies on Brainerd Road.
If you sense a fried food pattern here – ding, ding, ding – winner, winner, chicken dinner! Frankly, I believe the Fry Daddy will go down as the No. 1 invention of the 20th century, edging out antibiotics (2) and the internet (3).
Well, my column brought a flurry of responses. (Not a groundswell, but a flurry.) Some of the readers who sent me a list of their “last meal” choices were so enlightened that I’ve decided to share them.
My friend Betsy Alderman, a retired UTC professor, is a self-described “foodie” who has the cooking chops to prove it.