Need a Cajun

ok shoe don't know about the rest of them but I love fried taters. Root looks like you are going to be busy picking everybody up.You might end up needing a bus!

I've got a feelin I'm gonna need another steamer!:}

At least 10 pounds of those crawfish went into my tummy. :) 10 more for Trish. Lisa had the advantage because she could peel a crawfish thrice as fast as us (But she was also peeling for the children and herself, so she was slowed up!)

dave

Hah!..."dave the crawfish gulper"! Hehehe...gulps 'em down by the pound!
Root! You GOT to get some more steamers! Maybe we can make one out of a 55 gal barrel!

Shoe,I grab some more stearmers!Guess I better shop that Ebay thing and get one of them Wonderbagos,I think I'll roll north and get Shirley first,now that I got her fingers nimbled up on Goobers ,she should be pretty good with the Mudbugs,I guess I may as well bring my smoker!I do my Carolina pulled pork,with Mango Salsa,UMMMMMM!

Up here Steamers is soft-shelled clams. Usually served with clam broth and melted butter. Broth is to wash off sand and butter is to drip on your chin afore clam gets twixt lips. usually nearby are boiled bugs (Lobster) and boiled corn-on the-cob.Mitey fine eatin' My dream food vacation is Creole!!!

YUmmm, Frankay! Now that's my kind of eats! (Every yr my DD and DW go to Maine but I've never been able to convince them to send me any of those big old bugs back home! Waaahhh....!) You must be in Eatery Heaven up there!

Never had a soft-shelled clam before...but I'm willing to get my beard wet trying!

Hey can I join this party too? I can bring Idaho Bullfrogs and taters and fudge too. Root, you need to come get me first!!!!!!!!! My poor old truck won't go that far.

Ok,Pondi,Shoe you go Northeast and get the BIG Mudbugs,I'll go Northwest an get the BIG Taters,I'm starting to think the 55gl steamer is in order here:)
Bud,we're gonna need a bigger cooler Too!

WHOOOOPEE....
A creole Party!!! Let's see...I'll need my dancing shoes Alleygator, of course....some really nice perfume...like "Midnight in the Bayou", and some KETCHUP....fer them taters.....(anyone have any green tomatoes...Mystic can fry them real good.) Jo

I still have some green tomatoes! I have never had fried green tomatoes either. Sounds yummy and I can bring some too.

I love those BIG mudbugs. Ahhh when I go visit my Auntie in Salem MA that is almost all I eat while I am there. LOL

I am working on my costume for this party. Hmmmm I heard about just wearing lots of necklaces for mardi-gras. Only necklaces is it or do I have to wear clothes too?

Pond, you have to wear at least a t-shirt, so you have something with which to perform a Mardi Gras salute. (Best explained in private, so as not to make our hosts blush too red.) And I think you might not want to be standing around in nothing but beads and a tee, even in South Louisiana, as it might get a bit drafty. My personal preference is one of those long skirts made of yards and yards of fabric, circular cut and then gathered, with at least two rows of wide ruffles at the bottom, which should be at least to mid-calf. Big patch pockets to hold the goodies you collect. A simple train effect is nice if you like to walk with a certain tropical sway. And since you have gone that far, might as well ditch the tee and go for a sassy peasant blouse. Your shoes should be baby dolls, and make sure they fit perfectly so you can walk and dance the night through. Now about that hair, you definitely want something a little wild, not a fussy do that you have to worry about. So pile it all up on top of your head, stick a swizzle stick through it and let it do whatever it will. Now your big hoop earrings will show up nicely, and those dozens of bangle bracelets to match can announce your arrival. Oh, an ankle bracelet or two will call attention to your slender legs. Oh, you gypsy, you! (That is a compliment.)

Lisa
We gotta do something Cher....look at all them wannabe
Cajuns!
If we let um in the state, dey gon eat all the boudin and
crawfish, drink all de beer, start making jambalaya and
sauce picante with no seasoning and heaven only knows what
dey gon do to the king cakes.
Maybe we can get Governor Mike to declare a state of
emergency or something. How about getting the National
Guard to patrol the state line instead of the Persian Gulf?
Can you imagine steamed crawfish with melted butter?
Come on Cher, I need some help!!
P.S.
This end of the bayou is cold and kinda sleety....brrrr!
Bud

O, Bud, have ye no faith in those of use from the great white north? ;) We won't put taters in the gumbo, I promise!

(fingers crossed behind my back)

Boudin so good here and I will never forget not going to buy boudin at Breaux Bridge gas station that my dh bought some from there and I ate and feel funny as rubber in there and went back there told them not taste right explain blah blah blah and when the men go back door open and my goodness I saw pig noses full on the shelf and asked him you make boudin with that pig nose? and he said yes oh had to run bathroom got retch never order this place than ever. That's why taste rubber from pig nose. Got refund my money back.EEEEEWWWW Nose!



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What, and intestines sound yummy? ;)

Nutria is good meat always eat roots than chicken eat anything dirty. "LOL" my dh love it Nutria.

Hey Bud, glad you brought dat up and not me. I was just bein' framme' lah bouche on duh subject. I could see this was goin' no where fast. I think on Thurs. I'll call Gov. Mike on his call in talk show and warn him what is going on. I aint sharin' my boudin and I sure aint "steaming" no mudbugs....I was gettin a 'skairt. Not sleeting here, but man oh man e-fay-frah!

Mais,i got an ahnvee for some boudin dat is hot hot as fah-yuh...want dat fo I fais do-do. Bag daer be my boo....just ax me.....Cho!!!

NOW....Bud and Lisa...what i n the heck did I just say?? Translate please!! LOL Jo

heck Jo I want to know what ya said

Sounds to me like your yen for boudin caused you to drink
too much beer which has your tang all tungled up.
Be careful ....that peppery boudin can also cause some
problems when you use the pot chambre.
Come on ice cream!!

Y'all don't put weird stuff in ya'll's ice cream, too, do ya?

So us Northeners aren't good enough for you Cajuns huh? Where do you think your onions come from that you eat fried? And those good big Idaho potatoes? (that you don't put in your gumbo) And where do you get the snow to make that good homemade ice cream from? And who else has offered to bring you a big pan of homemade fudge?

Harrummmppphhhhhhhh (turning my head away in distain)

Aw, Pond, don't let it bother you. I'm from Northeast Louisiana, and I'm just as much an alien as you and GW. But I eat taters and rice both, just not boudin. Works out fine, so we all have enough to eat and the table gets cleared in time for the cards and dominoes. But I have to confess I don't have a clue as to what Jo said. It's okay, because none of the main dishes have chocolate in them for her to be planning on nabbing from under our noses.

OK! My "expert on CAjun"...google...told me I said: Well, (maise) I got a hankering (ahnvee) for some boudin (which I CERTAINLY don't!)that is very hot (using the same word twice denotes VERy....like...old old)as fah-yuh (fire). Want that before I go to sleep (fais do-do). Back there be my fiend (bak der be my boo), just ax (ask) me. WOW! (Cho!)

OK....back to Google! LOL Jo

no, no, no, jo!!! Not before you go to sleep, before you go to the dance..heheheh. (sleep=do-do, pronounced doe-doe) a gathering, dance is fais do-do.


awwww ponditis, so sorry to upset you, please don't turn your head away...or if you do, uhmm..can you leave the fudge...please...;-)

OH LISA...Dance...sleep...lot of difference, huh? Pass the fudge please. LOL Jo

Hey Ponditis
We might consider trading.....send us plenty of samples.
Especially the fudge.
Bud

No fudge for people who think they are superior to us Northeners! We are all equal partners in this feast of there will be no creamy homemade fudge with pecans or macadamias or cherries or plain brought for any of you. I AM the Queen of fudge around these parts. After all, I have made about 50 pounds of it every year for most of my life! I know what good fudge should taste like. Harrrrummmpppphhhhhhhhhhh (tossing my long blond Northern Hawaiian Hair around)

(in a small voice) Then can we have divinity with black walnuts?

NO, you must be sincere and apologize for your trying to be better than us Northeners! All of us are equals here! Some are crazy but we are all equals! So you MUST apologize. No food at all until you do!

(Lani sneaks off smiling that she told these people the truth of the matter. She gets into the pickup truck and gets out some more fudge that she had stored there and has a bite waiting for the apology. Then she sneaks under her luggage and finds the homemade taffy and popcorn balls that she brought too. "Ohhhh those tasty and gooey popcorn balls taste wonderful. At least I can make it worth their while for an apology now," she thinks to herself.)



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HMMMPF....she thinks she can force us into an apology!! OK!Ponditis, honey.....I'm SOOO sorry that you are a Northerner!! How's That?? Now...Give me a popcorn ball, please. Jo

Nope, blue and gray all the way, I shall never apologize to a Northerner. Well, maybe I could say what Jo said without it hurting too much. Yeah, bring on the treats, we're all equal here. (And we short people with short hair got lots of reason for living, so there! Talk about acting superior, did you see the way she tossed her long pipestems around while she flounced and flaunted that mane?)

Yeah! And don't you forget it!!!!!!! LOL My mane is flouncing and bouncing all the way down south to see if you guys and see if you even know HOW to cook in the south. :) I have heard tales that you even eat some kind of rodent. Who in their right minds would eat a rodent? And WHY with all the good foods available would you even WANT to eat a rodent. YEEEEE UUUUCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKK We didn't even eat rodents in Taiwan! LOL

Thats it Lani!We're goin South,I can't have no southerners talkin bout a Northern Lady's' Scruples,Toss a couple gallon jugs of water in the truck(you know these Northern pick-ups' will over heat down there)I'm gonna get some Smelt out of the freezer. Just head east till you get 1/2 way cross country,an get me.Better toss that Mane back in a ponytail,Don't want em to think the Vikings are coming!
Bud We're gonna introduce you to some Moosehead,packed in snow:0)

Root, You are coming to get me remember???

I have some really good mooseburger that will be very good done on the grill. I doubt that we could do better than that at the feast. And I will bring along some fudge for the trip south too as we need go power to go to a place that is so hot and humid! What are we doing anyway? Hot and humid is not my idea of fun!

I will put my hair into a ponytail and while you are here we can get your truck ready for that bad hot weather. And Root, I will also bring along some popcorn balls for you to take home with you for the rest of the family. And also you will have a big sack each of potatoes and onions to take home. Maybe these southerners will think twice about criticizing us northerners if they taste our goodies that we bring. Fresh crispy apples are another thing that I can bring. You better bring a trailer to tote all the extra food along! Heck, I better get an 18 wheeler to tote it all!!!!

Watch it! What makes you think we don't grow onions in the South? Why, Vidalia onions originated in Gawguh. And they grow them big as a basketball in Uvalde, Texas. But, *smile*, we don't grow apples as good as the Nawthun ones. And we don't often see a moosehead unless it's on a bottle of brew. And about them rodents, you wouldn't be talking about squirrel, I guess. I'll eat your moose and dare you to try fried squirrel with pan gravy and mashed taters. We will use your taters, of course, to make you feel at home. Big iron pot of greens and a pone of bread will round it out nicely. Oh, do you guys like a bit of lemon in your tea? We grow them in South Texas, bring 'em here by the box car load. Sweet ones this time of year, mild and sweet. Got oranges from the valley, too. I'll start gathering up some mesquite for the grill. Then we can throw in a little pecan if it's not all spalted by now.

You see! I told you so....there's a whole truckload of em
headed this way.
I guess we'll just have to roll out the red carpet and say ...Welcome Yall....
Probably won't stay too long. This rich and spicy food
of unknown ingredients will take its toll on those bland-food stomachs.
About this Moosehead yall talking about....is it food or
drink?
If it is food, I betcha I got a recipe to fit it.
And if it is drink, I probably have drank it ...and chased it with whiskey.
Yall be careful on the way down here and don't pick up no
fresh road kills .....we got plenty already. Especially
armadillo.
Waiting.
Bud

Well Bud I'm warmin up the truck!
Got the cooler full of Moosehead,LaBatts,an Leinies!

Got the steamer loaded!Stumblin round lookin for my Mississippi tennis shoes,Them black knee-high rubber ones,they are also my dancing boots!

Smelt are ready,let see,think I'm bout ready

Are them skeeters really big as bats down there,I'll toss in my racket,It's what we swat around for fun,don't need no net or nuttin.

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YIPEEEEE....dis thread done be moved to Lisa's Birthday...We go there and PARTY!!......HURRY Jo