The Tennessee State Legislature voted this week to make milk the official state beverage of Tennessee.

Really? Milk?

Now I have nothing against milk (it makes my cereal even tastier after all) but I really don’t see how milk is supposed to represent Tennessee.  I suppose the law makers are trying their hands at some relatively benign social engineering but I for one would like to see an official state product truly represent the people of the state.

So, to that end, in no particular order, I give you my five picks, each of them better than milk, for the Official State Drink of Tennessee:

• Coke (which is defined as any carbonated beverage regardless of flavor, brand or copyright.)
• Moonshine
• Jack Daniels
• Sweet Tea
• Mt. Dew

While we’re at it I have some other gripes about my beloved home state’s ‘official’  bric-a-brac.  In most circles Tennessee is known as the Volunteer State, a reference to the disproportionate number of volunteers Tennessee sent to the War of 1812. Up until WWI we were more commonly known as the Hog and Hominy State, a title I suggest we return to.

We have a lot of official state songs and interestingly, none of them are the Tennessee Wig Walk which is totally unacceptable.