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I just want some crawdads.

Chad
 
For those of us that can't get to New Orleans today, there's always Pappadeaux's! I'm hoping to munch on some crawfish and wash 'em down with a hurricane or two... :biggrin2:

Besides, it's rained so much in the Big Easy, the parades may be cancelled for today and tonight. :disappoin
 
Zippsy:
Incidentally, Mania. You'd may be surprised to learn that the church kind of teaches slightly different things in different places. Your version is not really different from glbirches'.
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Well I do know that different churches teach differently but still today is not necceserly the day of mourning, thinking about my sins and miserable life - I would say rather opposite - this is the last day I can have fun and party as much as I can. tomorrow is the day for some serious thinking - when in Catholic church they put ash on your head to remind that this all we are - an ash.
As for snowbear - yeah, you're right. But after all Jesus was only one - could we survive not eating and not drinking for 40 days???? As far as I'm concerned - I even wouldn't survive on bread and water only....
So - let's have fun today - I'm going to eat a lot of "faworki" - this is typical Polish dish for Shrove Tuesday. It's a cookie fryed in deep oil with sugar added later on the top - very good stuff!!!!!
Mania
 
ckharlan66:
I just want some crawdads.

Chad
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The mudbugs that were available were very small too. The big ones are still denned up for the winter. Jumbo head on shrimp fresh from the boat were $3 a pound. Large blue crabs were about $1 each.
For some odd reason I boiled a mess of shrimp and sausage Sunday for the Pass Parade over here.

Jeanne and I boiled a dozen crabs "just for us" on Sat. :wink:

Natasha, King Cakes are available locally from the 12th day after Christmas until Mardi Gras. The normal office tradition is the person who gets the baby brings the cake tomorrow! Blueberry, strawberry and choclate are some of the more traditional fillings, as is creme cheese in combination with any of the above, and with walnuts and pecans.

The theory in our office is the that "extra" calories in the King Cakes simply offset the losses in the future fast. I'm not sure my wetsuit agrees with this though.

It's still just too cold and wet for the mudbugs. The 4 seasons of the New Orleans and Central Gulf Coast year are Mudbug, Shrimp, Oyster and Crab. Crab is about over, with Mudbug season really starting in another 3 to 5 weeks depending on rainfall and cold weather. When the large bugs get to about $.60 a pound or less it's time to get the big pot out again. Mudbug season really runs from about easter to memorial day, with a late Mardi Gras being about the start of the spring run.

FT
 
mania:
snowbear - yeah, you're right. But after all Jesus was only one - could we survive not eating and not drinking for 40 days????
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I doubt it - especially the water part.
A guy who retired from here a year or 2 ago did survive on only water for 40 days - though he was neither physically nor psychologically healthy for the experience. After a week-long hospital stay and several more weeks recovery time he was able to return to work. He never would say whether he was "cleansed" or not.
 
Check out Chuck Taggart's web page at gumbopages.com.

We host a Mardi Gras party every year and always cook up a bunch of food, using mainly his recipes. Everything that we've tried has been really good - be warned though, they make LARGE batches.
 
mattengstrom:
Check out Chuck Taggart's web page at gumbopages.com.

We host a Mardi Gras party every year and always cook up a bunch of food, using mainly his recipes. Everything that we've tried has been really good - be warned though, they make LARGE batches.
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Cool web site. Good stuff there, yummy.
I made some venison last night, with cajun rice, okra, and cornbread.
 
Natasha:
Cool web site. Good stuff there, yummy.
I made some venison last night, with cajun rice, okra, and corn bread.
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Cornbread is one word. You should know better ;)
 
jonnythan:
Cornbread is one word. You should know better ;)
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LOL I'll change it now. What if I add butter and honey.. three words right? :wink:
 
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