The state Senate of New York voted Tuesday to designate yogurt as the official state snack. This is all well and good for New York, but these people obviously know very little -- or perhaps too much -- about snack foods. (Although one state senator did worry about whether lactose-intolerant New Yorkers would be offended by the choice of yogurt. Another senator assured her that citizens would not be compelled to eat yogurt.)
We set out to learn what Georgia's state snack is and, well, the Peach State doesn't have a state snack. South Carolina has already grabbed boiled peanuts as its official state snack (as if!). Georgia does have an official prepared food, grits, and an official fruit (you know, this ain't the Grapefruit State!), and, of course, an official state vegetable, which is grown in the magic soils of Vidalia.
But what should our official state snack be? Should we get double duty out of peaches? Or just bite our thumbs at South Carolina and go with boiled peanuts? Or maybe choose something that clogs the arteries?
You decide.
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