Eat Local Challenge, Day 1

My Eat Local Challenge is not truly beginning until I return next week from a visit to my parents in Indiana. However, in keeping with the spirit of the month, we did have a pitcher of Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company's Southern Pecan beer with our dinner, a belated birthday pizza at the neighborhood Mellow Mushroom. I had never tried Southern Pecan, and was unaware of Lazy Magnolia, located 90 miles away from Mobile in Kiln MS. (While most of the ingredients would not be local, pecans are, so in this case I'm settling for locally made with some local ingredients.) I'm no beer connoisseur, but the ale was yummy, full-flavored and rich without being too heavy. I definitely recommend it. Discovering a cool new local product made a happy start to my Eat Local Challenge, and I hope the rest of the month holds more delicious surprises.