Comments | ursulav: KUEC #24

ursulav

KUEC #24

Feb 21, 2011 21:25

We are back! Barely! There were massive flight delays and much rushing down concourses and missing of lunches and so on, but now we are home and alive and the dogs missed us and the cats are pretending not to care but are still somehow spending more time in the bedroom than usual.

And my artichoke seeds sprouted spectacularly and have ginormous leaf ( Read more... )

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wedschilde February 22 2011, 02:34:34 UTC

i will admit that seafood dip scares me.

lots42 February 22 2011, 02:36:17 UTC

In other news, running down concourses is still allowed.

fatfred February 22 2011, 02:55:17 UTC

Glad you are back safe!

fatcook February 22 2011, 03:42:17 UTC

For the crawfish withdrawal:
Check the frozen food sections of your local supermarkets, you'd be surprised by what you might find.
Many supermarket butchers carry or can order pre-cooked crawfish.
Then just let Kevin go crazy.

perkyrusalka February 22 2011, 04:06:57 UTC

Yes, but frequently they are Chinese crawfish, which are an abomination. Sure, maybe in an etouffee your tastebuds won't know the difference, but your soul will.

fatcook February 23 2011, 20:29:54 UTC

Not always, you just have to be careful and read the packaging. I get most of ours from a local butcher and a local chain grocery.

perkyrusalka February 26 2011, 02:55:50 UTC

Really? All the ones I've found are bewilderingly packaged in Louisiana, but not actual crawfish. You give me much hope to think that the market hasn't been completely overtaken. (Which grocery chain?)

samborho February 22 2011, 04:30:26 UTC

Paula Deen scares me quite a bit. It's something about her smile and the accent... It makes my skin crawl. It sounds really exaggerated and fake to me and just wrong somehow.

Good green bean casserole recipe though.

tashabear February 22 2011, 04:46:52 UTC

The waitresses in South Carolina were like that when my Army Reserve unit was there on a mission. They were so FRIENDLY and SOLICITOUS, and us poor Northerners were all WHAT DO THEY WANT FROM US

It was scary.

samborho February 22 2011, 04:54:46 UTC

Oh, haha, I'm from a small town in Oklahoma. Strangers talk to each other in line at the grocery store, so I'm used to the extreme friendliness and SMILE AT EVERYONE tendencies. It's not that :P

The accent bugs me because it sounds exaggerated for tv, which irks me (Southerner stereotypes). The smile is too white, and also seems fake (especially on airbrushed magazine covers). It's like she's projecting an aura of southern hospitality but actually plans to serve you as the next entree.

lots42 February 22 2011, 05:32:25 UTC

Hell, I don't even want people I know talking to me in the grocery store line.

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