[gonzo]

Originally Posted by ukthunderace

man....my sister's crawfish etoufee....if I could only get some of that over here
Guess I will just have another frickin' schnitzel

I am guessing you are military. Being half German half English a schnitzel with potatos sounds pretty good.

[txusa03]

Thanks, now there is a very well organized boycott inside my skull indicating that no more work until crawfish etoufee is delivered to the stomach, what should i do now?

[Buschy]

Originally Posted by gonzo

If in the Addison area go to Nates on Midway/Beltline. He is 100% coon ass and it rocks.
Driving a new Mini Cooper S and the Titan. The Titan is going bye bye and I am getting a luxury sport sedan of some sort. Still shopping.
About 90% done with the construction business and don't need the truck. New line of work with a new line of cash flow. Thank God. Hope all is well.

Did you get your M3?

no M3 jsut canceled the 09 order I had, I bought a toyota tundra and still have the X5, I plan to add a 135i soon as BMW get head out ass and has decent incentives on it.

AND, we went to nate's not that long ago, I ate 4 pounds and a shirp po-boy.
it wasnt bad, BUt I jsut dont understand why people add seasoning after the damn things are cooked.
seems that a lot of crawfish are steamed and seasoning added after, and thats nasty(to me).
I need them boiled with a shit load of other vegggies and stuff, and I need them soaked for an hour, then them are deeeelicious.

[ukthunderace]

Originally Posted by gonzo

I am guessing you are military. Being half German half English a schnitzel with potatos sounds pretty good.

Yeah, I am military...have been overseas for a long long time though (about 17 years of my career). I like a lot of German foods (mother in law is German, so I have eaten that since I met my wife), but most of the time it is fried something or another and is never spicy, unless you count garlic...nothing like a knoblauch schnitzel.
I miss the spice of food back home. And I miss po-boy bread.

Buschy, I agree...they need to be spiced while they are cooked. Best crawfish I have ever had were cooked by an 80something guy in the poor part of town in a trash can 20lbs at a time in his back yard (yes the can was clean). Buy 'em, take 'em home and sit on the back porch all afternoon drinking Coors (can't believe I ever drank that stuff) and eating crawfish.

[gonzo]

At Nates just ask for no shake. He offers "turbo" bugs. Blaaa. They cake them with really hot shake. You can't even taste the crawfish.

I use water and beer a bag of boil mix, garlic bulb and an onion. Bring back to boil and take them off. Dump in a bunch of ice, cover and let them sit for an hour. Mmmm Mmmm. With cold beer of course.

UkthunderRace. Do you need me to send you some good hot sauce? At least you could put it on food and imagine.

My grand dad used to cook hamburgers with an old washing machine. He took the spinner thing out and put a mesh grill on top. Best burger ever. Then we would chase fire flies and squish the glow stuff on our hands.

[SoYank]

Originally Posted by gonzo

^ Oh I am sorry did I just make you hungry for some jambalaya?

Yes!

BTW, what's the difference between a crayfish, crawfish, and a crawdad? Are they just different regional names for the same critter?

[gonzo]

All the same. Bugs are what true fans call them.

[Sara]

It's not Mardi Gras yet

[Buschy]

Actually crawfish is what most people in louisiana call them, unless they are trying to be cool, then they call them mudbugs. I guess that makes a unique gesture or something.
but there are some really really really really true cajuns that call them mudbugs, BUT you cannot even understand what they are saying anyway, its alls jiberish,LOL.
if you never heard a tru cajun speak you have no idea.

[ukthunderace]

Gonzo,
Thanks, but I can get some good stuff over here...just not the seafood I need. It's okay though...it has caused me to branch out in my cooking.

When I was in Baghdad, we got some 8'oClock Coffee sent to us from some folks in New Orleans...that was pretty cool. If only I had the stuff to make beignets out there!

[gonzo]

No prob. 8 o'clock has chicory flavor right? That is some potent stuff. Take it easy.

Can you smell it?

[ukthunderace]

Looks like fried oysters...good on a po-boy!


Yeah, chicory coffee is strong and is an aquired taste I think. Most of my guys didn't care for it, but anything is better than what you get in the chow hall over there.

[gonzo]

Shrimp & catfish!

I took a swig of chicory ONCE. It made my skin tingle...I am an ol' 100% Columbian guy which I am having right now. 7:12am CST.

[SoYank]

Good morning to you, Gonzo.

[gonzo]

Howdy!

[Sara]

Now I want some hushpuppies

[SoYank]

Originally Posted by Sara504

Now I want some hushpuppies

Shhhh! They're asleep.

[Sara]

Originally Posted by SoYank

Shhhh! They're asleep.

oh but so tasty

[ukthunderace]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Shrimp & catfish!

I took a swig of chicory ONCE. It made my skin tingle...I am an ol' 100% Columbian guy which I am having right now. 7:12am CST.

Yeah, I don't do the chicory anymore. Italy got me hooked on arabica...good cappucino in the morning, grappa and espresso after dinner.

I will be in Texas in late September though. Looking forward to a good steak!

[gonzo]

We have plenty of them!

In Dallas- Del Frisco's Double Eagle or Chamberlains for me. Cowboy bone in rib-eye, sauteed garlic spinach and a wedge/blue cheese salad. With a good single malt afterwards.