pixiecrack (the Best Wife in the Known Universe™) and I have safely returned from Jazz Fest and visiting my family in New Orleans and other sites in Louisiana.

My uncle boiled one hundred and seventeen (117) pounds of crawfish on Saturday for a family feast. Yes, literally enough crawfish to kill a man.

We escaped without too much sunburnt integument ( Read more... )

   ObDisclaimer: This is a quick, off-the-cuff writeup of facts from my nutrition class. It's not an in-depth examination, and I'm not a nutritionist. You get what you pay for. Do not sue poor people: we don't have any money. .
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   I've eaten New Orleans food at Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen twice now, after positive word-of-mouth from friends, and want to pass the word-of-mouth along.

As some of y'all may not know, I am actually from Louisiana, as are both sides of my family. I'm very picky about "Cajun" food (most New Orleans-style cuisine isn't actually Cajun), as I ( Read more... )