Cracker Tracker

I woke up this morning thinking about cornbread crackers. Have you ever heard of such a thing? Me either. But never has a cracker given me such grief.

See, tonight I am cooking these:


Shrimp burgers, which I found the recipe for in the May issue of Southern Living. I all but slobbered on the page when I saw them. Instead of traditional burgers and fries, I thought I would make a healthier version — shrimp burgers with baked sweet potato fries.

Southern Living is great for home cooks because the recipes are fairly simple and ingredients are familiar. You usually won't be scratching your head and wandering the isles of the grocery store looking for some obscure ingredient the store manager has never even heard of.

Or at least I thought that was the case. Last night, I wandered the Line Avenue Brookshire's, each isle up and down with no cornbread crackers to be found. I bought corn meal instead. I doubt there would be any similarity beyond the involvement of the word "corn," but I had to do something.


I've been dying to try these burgers, and I wasn't going to let a simple cracker get in my way. So, this morning I Googled, which led me to the Kellogg's site and wouldn't know you, I found a Cracker Tracker. I typed in my zip code, and the site directed me to Albertson's on Southfield.

I should have cornbread crackers in my hand this afternoon and perfect shrimp burgers tonight. Thank goodness I found the Cracker Tracker. As of this morning, I was the only cracker crumbling.