dinner with martha

[DA]

i just have dinner with martha at willy rays bbq. it was soooooooo good. kate and the liberals would not have liked the place because they had cow heads on the wall and we ate beef and pork. liberals only eat plants and shrubery.

[KDK513]

Lucky you! With our very own Martha? DA and Martha, WOW! Heh DA, you would like my 18 year old son. He is President of the GOP club in his all male Jesuit high school. He believes he is just about the only true conservative in his school... he is now serving an internship with Congressman Rob Portman from Ohio. He scarfed up tickets to see the President next Tuesday in Cincinnati. So what did you and Martha talk about?

[martha]

Kath, I think he means Martha2. As much as I'm sure I would enjoy it, I can't get away from the paintbrushes, etc. long enough to eat with anyone! BUT DA, I totally agree about good bbq. I've become hooked on a place called Sonny's in FL. It may be a chain but they have wonderful pork ribs! Yummmmmmmm.
martha

[DA]

Originally posted by KDK:

Lucky you! With our very own Martha? DA and Martha, WOW! Heh DA, you would like my 18 year old son. He is President of the GOP club in his all male Jesuit high school. He believes he is just about the only true conservative in his school... he is now serving an internship with Congressman Rob Portman from Ohio. He scarfed up tickets to see the President next Tuesday in Cincinnati. So what did you and Martha talk about?

great, tell your son to give a message to president bush. "invest the usa into medical cures"

[marco25]

Yep he meant martha2, but martha it would have been great if you could have joined us. I'm sure you were battling the same rainstorms we were. And it's still pouring in Houston now!

DA, as usual, I had a wonderful time with you and your mother. And the food was wonderful. Willy Ray's smokes their meats for THREE DAYS! It was so tender! I had spare ribs and DA had the brisket and smoked sausage. I had a bite of his brisket and it melted in my mouth. I have to admit that the rice dressing was a little disappointing, but we south Louisianians take our rice dressing seriously. However DA's mom and I both remedied that by adding some barbecue sauce to ours. DA, you said yours that you make is better. I want your recipe. The other side order I had was not disappointing. It was a twice-baked potato casserole. YUMMY! It was rich, so I couldn't eat it all.

The conversation was delightful. DA, I get the feeling your mother isn't as excited about Republican politics as you are, but, hey, parents are perfect! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

Folks, he acts like a tough turd but he's such a nice guy. And Kate, believe me, he's crazy about you. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif I'd give anything to be able to sit and with the two of you! What fun!

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

Yep he meant martha2, but martha it would have been great if you could have joined us. I'm sure you were battling the same rainstorms we were. And it's still pouring in Houston now!

DA, as usual, I had a wonderful time with you and your mother. And the food was wonderful. Willy Ray's smokes their meats for THREE DAYS! It was so tender! I had spare ribs and DA had the brisket and smoked sausage. I had a bite of his brisket and it melted in my mouth. I have to admit that the rice dressing was a little disappointing, but we south Louisianians take our rice dressing seriously. However DA's mom and I both remedied that by adding some barbecue sauce to ours. DA, you said yours that you make is better. I want your recipe. The other side order I had was not disappointing. It was a twice-baked potato casserole. YUMMY! It was rich, so I couldn't eat it all.

The conversation was delightful. DA, I get the feeling your mother isn't as excited about Republican politics as you are, but, hey, parents are perfect! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

Folks, he acts like a tough turd but he's such a nice guy. And Kate, believe me, he's crazy about you. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif I'd give anything to be able to sit and with the two of you! What fun!

next time i'll pick the place to eat in beaumont. or maybe i'll do the cooking.

[Steven Edwards]

Don't trust him, marco. He'll add some spices to brainwash you and make you a diehard Republican. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

-Steven
...I like pleasure spiked with pain and music is my aero-plane

[betheny]

Is willy ray's a little shack of a place on the right hand side as you're going on I-10 west thru beaumont? I'm glad y'all had fun...jealous though. :-)

C5/6 incomplete, injured Aug. 2000

[marco25]

Sounds like a plan to me DA.

Steven, LOL http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

Yep Beth. That's exactly where it is. Have you eaten there before. I noticed on my way out it has a drive thru. Just may have to get a brisket sandwich on my way home tomorrow.

[DA]

martha i was thinking pappadeauxs would be a nice place to eat next time.

[1 Fine Spine RN]

Sounds like you guys had a nice time at dinner! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

I am glad.

Mary

If I can see it, then I can do it. If I believe it, there's nothing to it.

[marco25]

DA, that is so weird! When I was driving through Beaumont this evening, I saw Pappadeaux's and thought that would be a great place for us to eat sometime.

Great minds and all that ... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

Mary, thanks. You should have called me on my cell phone and joined us! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

[DA]

this where martha and i ate.

willy ray's (http://www.willyraysbbq.com/)

[1 Fine Spine RN]

Looks like cowboys are going to come flying out the windows any minute....shooting and saying...quit eyeing my meat....LOL

I am glad you all had fun!!!

Mary

If I can see it, then I can do it. If I believe it, there's nothing to it.

[marco25]

DA, great link. I only wish they'd had a picture of that monstrous steer head that loomed over us while we ate .. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif I don't think I've ever seen anything so BIG!

Yep Mary it was a real Texas bbq joint. What surprised me the most was that they also served boiled crawfish ... and these Texans were eating them! I did a double take! However, DA has explained to me in the past that southeast Texas is more or less an extension of south Louisiana. Lots of Cajun families, cooking, customs, etc.

See ... and I bet everyone thinks Texas has greater influence than little ol Louisiana! Hah! They DREAM of being Louisiana! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[betheny]

That's the place I was thinking of! There is only a river between Louisiana and Texas, Martha. I used to go there every year and go swampboating for my birthday. Man, I'm missing Texas. My friend calls Beaumont Bore-mont. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

C5/6 incomplete, injured Aug. 2000

[kate]

Whoa, whoa, whoa!! Cow heads on the walls?! Eeeeyuuuu.

Swampboating for your birthday??? What the heck is that?

Brisket sandwich??? Oh my. I gotta go eat some rabbit food just to clear my mental palate. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

[marco25]

Yes, there may be just a river between Texas and Louisiana, but when I cross it on my home from my travels, it's like crossing the Jordan River into the Promised Land .... home, sweet home. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Swampboating!?! Far out! Haven't done that in years. LOL ... Bore-mont! She must not know DA! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Kate, we've gotta do something about you. You need to spend a summer in the hot, sticky southern swamps ... it'll make a swamp ridin, alligator wrestlin, gun totin, red meat eatin, beer swiggin woman outta ya! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif Heck, you may even end up voting for Bush!!

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

DA, great link. I only wish they'd had a picture of that monstrous steer head that loomed over us while we ate .. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif I don't think I've ever seen anything so BIG!


everything is big in texas. btw, "I don't think I've ever seen anything so BIG!", i hear that a lot from women.


Yep Mary it was a real Texas bbq joint. What surprised me the most was that they also served boiled crawfish ... and these Texans were eating them! I did a double take! However, DA has explained to me in the past that southeast Texas is more or less an extension of south Louisiana. Lots of Cajun families, cooking, customs, etc.

See ... and I bet everyone thinks Texas has greater influence than little ol Louisiana! Hah! They DREAM of being Louisiana! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

martha act like a cajun by saying mudd-bugs. good ole mudd-bugs and kush kush sha.

[DA]

Originally posted by kate:

Whoa, whoa, whoa!! Cow heads on the walls?! Eeeeyuuuu.

yes cow heads and deer heads. c'mon on down kate-lynn i'll show up. i'll stuff you with mudd-bugs and bull ribs and deer brisket and cow chip tea.


Swampboating for your birthday??? What the heck is that?


Swampboats are the suv's of the south.


Brisket sandwich??? Oh my. I gotta go eat some rabbit food just to clear my mental palate. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

rabbit....i thought you were a vegeterian.

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

Yes, there may be just a river between Texas and Louisiana, but when I cross it on my home from my travels, it's like crossing the Jordan River into the Promised Land .... home, sweet home. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif


i suppose you didnt notice all the pot holes in I-10 on your side of sabine river.


Swampboating!?! Far out! Haven't done that in years. LOL ... Bore-mont! She must not know DA! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif


nope, her friends must be in the wrong city.


Kate, we've gotta do something about you. You need to spend a summer in the hot, sticky southern swamps ... it'll make a swamp ridin, alligator wrestlin, gun totin, red meat eatin, beer swiggin woman outta ya! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif Heck, you may even end up voting for Bush!!

and more cow chip tea for kate.

[marco25]

OMG DA! You're taking over MY Food Forum! LOL http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Listen here my friend, I-10 is a very sensitive subject to us south Louisiana folks. Do you know how many frickin years we sat in traffic due to all that *&%$# road work? Like, uh, 10!!! There is nary a pothole to be found on that smooth as a baby's bottom asphalt. In fact last Sunday I noticed how much smoother the highway got the moment I crossed back over into Paradise. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

What is cow chip tea? Sounds pretty bad. Kate, don't drink any until we have it analyzed.

As far as everything's bigger in Texas ... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

DA, you crack me up. Don't EVER change! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[kate]

Originally posted by DA:

everything is big in texas. btw, "I don't think I've ever seen anything so BIG!", i hear that a lot from women.


DA, this needs to be your tagline. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

And I said "rabbit food", as in, vegetables. I wouldn't eat rabbit! Gak, what are you thinking. Now give me another pellet, please.

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

OMG DA! You're taking over MY Food Forum! LOL http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Listen here my friend, I-10 is a very sensitive subject to us south Louisiana folks. Do you know how many frickin years we sat in traffic due to all that *&%$# road work? Like, uh, 10!!! There is nary a pothole to be found on that smooth as a baby's bottom asphalt. In fact last Sunday I noticed how much smoother the highway got the moment I crossed back over into Paradise. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

What is cow chip tea? Sounds pretty bad. Kate, don't drink any until we have it analyzed.

As far as everything's bigger in Texas ... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

DA, you crack me up. Don't EVER change! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

i cant believe someone from louisiana doesnt know cow chip tea...drive over to avery island or the back woods and find out. kate will love it...Mmmmmm Mmmmmmmm

[marco25]

DA, I just did googled "cow chip tea" and there was not one link to it, therefore it does not exist and is a product of your delusional mind (ie potholes on I-10 in Louisiana http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif).

Please explain what this disgusting sounding beverage is. I don't have time to drive to Avery Island to find out. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

[marco25]

Sorry DA ... I googled CareCure instead of the web. This is what I found ... YUCK!!!

BTW, the article said something about this being only in Texas ... and you can KEEP it in Texas!

Cow Chip Tea
Indications: For the treatment of chest congestion.
Preparation: Find a fresh cow pattie, nice wet one that's good and green from a cow eating lots of fresh green grass. Scoop it up and put in a kettle with fresh clear water. Boil for a good while. Strain several times through layers of clean cheese cloth until you have a perfectly clear, light green tea.
Usage: Serve the sufferer a large cup of Cow Chip Tea, full to the brim. Within an hour the subject should begin to cough up the congestion from which he suffers.
Note: Repeat treatment as necessary

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

Sorry DA ... I googled CareCure instead of the web. This is what I found ... YUCK!!!

BTW, the article said something about this being only in Texas ... and you can KEEP it in Texas!

Cow Chip Tea
Indications: For the treatment of chest congestion.
Preparation: Find a fresh cow pattie, nice wet one that's good and green from a cow eating lots of fresh green grass. Scoop it up and put in a kettle with fresh clear water. Boil for a good while. Strain several times through layers of clean cheese cloth until you have a perfectly clear, light green tea.
Usage: Serve the sufferer a large cup of Cow Chip Tea, full to the brim. Within an hour the subject should begin to cough up the congestion from which he suffers.
Note: Repeat treatment as necessary

seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, i told you it exist...just like those pot holes in I-10. I read a geologist mistaken 1 of them for a crater.. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[marco25]

DA, I had fillings flying out of my mouth the roads were so bad in Texas! I'll give you my dental bill when we eat at Pappadeaux's. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

[kate]

Cow chip tea, huh? After some to the stuff I put into my body in the good old days, it sounds kind of tame. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

[DA]

Originally posted by kate:

Cow chip tea, huh? After some to the stuff I put into my body in the good old days, it sounds kind of tame. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

its all natural kate.

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

DA, I had fillings flying out of my mouth the roads were so bad in Texas! I'll give you my dental bill when we eat at Pappadeaux's. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

louisiana pot holes is so bad, it was smoother driving through swamps in a on rtoad vehicle. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[marco25]

Well, DA, if those potholes on I-10 are so bad, then you'll NEVER be able to make it to my house for some real cookin, sha. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

Sigh ... oh well, your loss. Of course, if you were to take back all those nasty, mean, untrue comments about the People's Paradise of Louisiana, I might reconsider and pull out the gumbo pot for you. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

Well, DA, if those potholes on I-10 are so bad, then you'll NEVER be able to make it to my house for some real cookin, sha. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

Sigh ... oh well, your loss. Of course, if you were to take back all those nasty, mean, untrue comments about the People's Paradise of Louisiana, I might reconsider and pull out the gumbo pot for you. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

i passed by the port of beaumont today. there were tanks and military hummers waiting on the docks. i can take a tank to your house. im sure it'll make it over those pot holes.

[marco25]

DA, you're hysterical ... I can't top that! You win! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Cow chip tea: my mother writes a gardening column for our local paper, and she knew about cow chip tea, but ONLY AS A FERTILIZER FOR PLANTS!!! What in the heck are you Texans doing drinking that? And for congestion???

OMG! If I drank a cup of that stuff it would be more than my congestion coming up! GAG!

We have Cow Chip Tea in Alabama, except here it's called Many Weed Tea! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif And here, they recommend adding a little lemon juice to it. And also here, it is said to cure ANYTHING, not just conjestion! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif I have never tried it, but about a year ago there was a big article in the Birmingham news about this woman who makes it for herself and who ever else might be sick and want a swig. She was a very old lady, and in very good health, so it must work! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif I, however, will choose death over the ingestion of cow dung! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Carol http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

[marco25]

X, that's interesting. So, Alabama too, huh? All I can say is "Viva la Louisiane!"

However, if you think about it, you boil that (literal) sh*t for quite awhile, so I assume it's killing all the bacteria, but still ... barf!

I'm thinking about posting a question for KLD/Wise about this in Care. I know they already think I'm a little weird, so a question from me about cow chip tea shouldn't surprise them too much. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I thought more on this (maybe I think too much if I'm giving serious thought to cow poo! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif) and I'm thinking about all the good things a cow eats. Alfalfa grass, red clover, dandelion, honeysuckle, and probably lots more things that are medicinal herbs just growing out in the field. Things we pay a fortune for at the health food store. So maybe by the time it goes through the cows digestive system it's a super herbal infusion. Like when you make an herbal tea infusion straight from the herb, but this one is power packed by being infused through the cow first. Then you take the pattie and make another infusion that draws all the "goodness" out when you make the tea. hmmmm....granny may have been right after all! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif I've always looked at it from the angle of "but it's cow poo!"...I wasn't thinking about all that herbal goodness the cow eats! It will be interesting to see what the medical experts here have to say! My dad always suggests some Many Weed when we are sick, but we just laugh. Maybe we should be putting the kettle on instead? http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

DA, you're hysterical ... I can't top that! You win! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Cow chip tea: my mother writes a gardening column for our local paper, and she knew about cow chip tea, but ONLY AS A FERTILIZER FOR PLANTS!!! What in the heck are you Texans doing drinking that? And for congestion???

OMG! If I drank a cup of that stuff it would be more than my congestion coming up! GAG!i learned of cow chip tea in new iberia LOUISIANA, not texas. besides we drink oil for our tea. prounonced AAAAAwl.

[marco25]

NEW IBERIA!!??!! OMG!! That's where I was born! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/redface.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/confused.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

... and up from the ground come a'bubbling crude,
aawwll, that is,
black gold,
Texas tea ...

http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

NEW IBERIA!!??!! OMG!! That's where I was born! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/redface.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/confused.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

... and up from the ground come a'bubbling crude,
aawwll, that is,
black gold,
Texas tea ...

http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gifi have lots of family from there. we maybe cousins.

[1 Fine Spine RN]

See DA and Martha are cousins..that should put a stop to that crazy rumor going around...

Coming to New York DA? http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

If I can see it, then I can do it. If I believe it, there's nothing to it.

[DA]

Originally posted by 1FINERN:

See DA and Martha are cousins..that should put a stop to that crazy rumor going around...

Coming to New York DA? http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

If I can see it, then I can do it. If I believe it , there's nothing to it.

cousins can marry in the small towns of louisiana. Naaaaaah. so start the rumors again.

[marco25]

Cousins? LOL. Could be! So, am I to interpret your last response as a marriage proposal? If so, sorry, nothing personal (cough .. cough) but inbreeding is not my bag. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I posted a question in Cure about cow chip tea, so another discussion has started there. So far, Wise and KLD haven't responded. They probably think I've lost my mind!

DA, gotta ask: Did you ever really drink it? C'mon, be honest! What was it like? (*shudders of repulsion*) I can see using it as plant fertilizer, but to drink? Not this bayou babe.

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

Cousins? LOL. Could be! So, am I to interpret your last response as a marriage proposal? If so, sorry, nothing personal _(cough .. cough)_ but inbreeding is not my bag. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif


can we at least fool around in the swamp shack?


I posted a question in Cure about cow chip tea, so another discussion has started there. So far, Wise and KLD haven't responded. They probably think I've lost my mind!


dont give dr young ideas. he might make it part of the cure.

DA, gotta ask: Did you ever really drink it? C'mon, be honest! What was it like? (*shudders of repulsion*) I can see using it as plant fertilizer, but to drink? Not this bayou babe.
nooooooooo. we eat the cow, not the cow left overs. the wildest thing i ever ate was frog legs...and conk...alligator. i never had chittlings before.

[marco25]

At least you don't consume that nasty tea. Since you've delighted our palates with thoughts of cow chip tea, then I'm sure some would enjoy hearing what chittlins are.

(Warning: read further posts at your own risk! People eat this stuff. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif)

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

At least you don't consume that nasty tea. Since you've delighted our palates with thoughts of cow chip tea, then I'm sure some would enjoy hearing what chittlins are.

(Warning: read further posts at your own risk! People eat this stuff. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif)

intestings...the smell is awful.

[Raven]

Originally posted by DA:

intestings...the smell is awful.

Hey, that's what we call menudo. Hispanics eat this delicious plate or should I say bowlful of menudo. They are cleaned, boiled and then hominy is added with some red chili. It is very tastry. We add chopped raw onion, oregano, and a bit of lemon if desired. From what I have heard it is good for you when you have a hangover. Never had one so don't know if it is true.

If you ever visit me and are willing I will feed you some. Just try not to think of it as cow intestines. It helps. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif The smell may be awful while cooking but the taste is yummy.

[DA]

Originally posted by Raven:

Originally posted by DA:
intestings...the smell is awful.

Hey, that's what we call menudo. Hispanics eat this delicious plate or should I say bowlful of menudo. They are cleaned, boiled and then hominy is added with some red chili. It is very tastry. We add chopped raw onion, oregano, and a bit of lemon if desired. From what I have heard it is good for you when you have a hangover. Never had one so don't know if it is true.

If you ever visit me and are willing I will feed you some. Just try not to think of it as cow intestines. It helps. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif The smell may be awful while cooking but the taste is yummy.

deal, i'll bring the cow chip tea to wash it down... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Diamond Downs]

The chitlins discussion reminds me of a funny story:

A few years back a friend of mine took me with her to visit her friend who was recently released from the hospital. When the door opened I was hit with a horrendous smell. My first thought was that someone in the house had had an "accident" and maybe everyone was used to it and didn't realize others could smell it.

We went to her friends room to visit as she was bedridden and sat to talk for about 20 minutes or so. I missed most of the conversation as I couldn't get my mind off that s**t smell and wondering how everyone was enduring it.

Finally my friend says to her friend "those chitlins sure smell good" and turned to me and winked. She was a sly one (I say was because she died 3 years ago of breast cancer) and would always get me with things like that. She knew I was suffering that whole time but knew I wouldn't say anything so as not to embarass anyone. I said "thank God, I was thinking everyone here lost their sense of smell."

We had a good laugh about that for many years. I still miss her antics.

Jewel http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

[marco25]

DD, love the story about the chitlins. Friends like that are the good ones, aren't they. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

DA, I'll be passing through Beaumont again tonight, but I'm afraid the monsoons we've been having are going to be pretty bad, at least according to our forecasts. Think I'd better just keep on truckin, let you and your mom stay dry. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

Pappadeaux's next time. Looking forward to it. Until then, behave!

[Carl R]

I wonder if cow chip tea has some of the same crazy effects (hallucinogens) as shroon juice. I had some friends in college who boiled the mushrooms that grew in cow chips and it was some pretty crazy stuff. Too dangerous for me, but I was tempted. They only used the mushrooms from cowsh*t.

Of course, this old man who is a friend of the family in Mississippi still keeps a potion in his refrigerator that he swears will cure anything. Best I can tell, it's moonshine, honey, peppermint, and lemon juice. If nothing else, you will sleep good. and yes, there are still quite few people with stills.

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

DD, love the story about the chitlins. Friends like that are the good ones, aren't they. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

DA, I'll be passing through Beaumont again tonight, but I'm afraid the monsoons we've been having are going to be pretty bad, at least according to our forecasts. Think I'd better just keep on truckin, let you and your mom stay dry. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

Pappadeaux's next time. Looking forward to it. Until then, behave!

errrr rah, no rain today. the sun is out right now. martha those potholes has rattled your brain. it has you seeing rain where there is none. btw, when you pass by ford park. pat green is having a concert there tonight.

Originally posted by Carl R:

and yes, there are still quite few people with stills.

shhhhhh! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif Don't tell them that! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

I can't remember what those mushrooms are called....they just call them 'shrooms and it's 'shroom tea here. I would never try it. They are poisonous and can be deadly or at the least, make you go crazy. Yes, I suppose when making your cow chip tea, you'd have to be real careful not to pick up a patty with mushrooms in it! Always be picky when picking your patties! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[marco25]

DA, I read your post about the absence of rain right before I left town, and determined you were crazy. It was pouring at my house. Houston was flooded. Surely Beaumont was in the line of fire. However, sure enough, got to Beaumont and I could see the stars in the sky! Also looked like a great turnout for the Pat Green concert.

Tallied up all the potholes on I-10 in Louisiana. Let's see ... according to my records there were exactly: 0! However, once in Texas there was that oh so pleasant ....thnk.thnk.thnk.thnk.thnk....on the highway until I thought I would lose my mind!

Sigh. Traveling through Texas sure makes me appreciate home. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

[marco25]

DA ... were you at Willy Ray's this afternoon around 2 p.m.? I drove thru for a brisquet sandwich and saw a vehicle that looked just like yours in the HP space, tag and all! That would've been too weird!

BTW I'm stopping at the Chevron by Willy Ray's now every time I pass through Beaumont. The cashier there was so nice. She even came out to the pump and took my cash for the gas! Unheard of! Beaumont's got some nice people. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

Saw that ZZ Top and Hank Williams Jr. will be at Ford Park June 2. Maaaannn ... if I wasn't going to NYC, I would ask you out on a date for that one! Do you like Redneck music?

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

DA, I read your post about the absence of rain right before I left town, and determined you were crazy. It was pouring at my house. Houston was flooded. Surely Beaumont was in the line of fire. However, sure enough, got to Beaumont and I could see the stars in the sky! Also looked like a great turnout for the Pat Green concert.

Tallied up all the potholes on I-10 in Louisiana. Let's see ... according to my records there were exactly: 0!


The reason you felt no holes in louisiana was because the holes were filled with rain water. you hydro-foiled over them.


However, once in Texas there was that oh so pleasant _....thnk.thnk.thnk.thnk.thnk...._on the highway until I thought I would lose my mind!

Sigh. Traveling through Texas sure makes me appreciate home. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

a bunch of looney liberals came to texas and formed a human chain on I-10 to protest the pollution from cars. that thnk thnk you heard was you running over liberals.

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

DA ... were you at Willy Ray's this afternoon around 2 p.m.? I drove thru for a brisquet sandwich and saw a vehicle that looked just like yours in the HP space, tag and all! That would've been too weird!


No, wasnt me. we have other places to eat ya know...lol.


BTW I'm stopping at the Chevron by Willy Ray's now every time I pass through Beaumont. The cashier there was so nice. She even came out to the pump and took my cash for the gas! Unheard of! Beaumont's got some nice people. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

you stop in bmt because our prices are so cheap. we have 2 exxonmobile refineries, 1 cheveron, dupont, fina, 2 texacos, clark, huntsman, goodyear, and more. if you were like beaumonters, you drive over to the exxonmobile plant at night and get the gas straight from the tank farm...

how you know the cashier didnt come out because he/she thought you might drive away without paying? lol.


Saw that ZZ Top and Hank Williams Jr. will be at Ford Park June 2. Maaaannn ... if I wasn't going to NYC, I would ask you out on a date for that one! Do you like Redneck music?
zz top is from here. i think its a homecoming concert. did ya know mark chestnut and tracy byrd still live here in bmt.

[marco25]

http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif ROFLMAO!!! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Yes, I KNOW that you might eat other places! The vehicle looked just like yours and .. oh never mind!

You mean Beaumonters STEAL gasoline from these plants? Well no wonder that cashier thought I might run off! No, actually she came out to tell me that the credit card machine on the pump didn't work, and I showed her the $20 bill in my hand. She said ok, authorized the pump, and then while I was pumping came out and said I could just pay here there, because it was going to be $20 even. She was being very considerate and kind!

And you've seen what a sweet, innocent, trustworthy face I have. No one would ever suspect ME of doing that. YOU maybe. Never ME. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I knew ZZ Top was from Texas but didn't realize they were from Beaumont, same w/Chestnut and Byrd. Cool.

[DA]

martha...guess where i was today?
if you said the bunny ranch...no.
i was in st martinville. i left sunny texas for the hurricane in lafayette. i wanted to call you and maybe come over and crash your shack;watch your tv, make a sandwich from food in your refrigerator, nap in your bed, talk on your phone, type on your pc,play your radio loud, gawk at your neighbors wife, stink up your bathroom,then repeat everything again.

i have to admitt lousiana has fixed a lot of those potholes. however there is still a stretch between jenning, including lake charles, and vinton that sounds like your running over liberal protesters. we stopped and ate at the rice palace. all in all it was a nice visit to cajun?creole country.

[marco25]

DA, I can't believe you a) were in St. Martinville and didn't alert me and b) were driving, etc. in that horrible storm! You're right, it was practically a hurricane yesterday. Nice day to visit Louisiana! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif

You could have hung out at my house. You could even sign in as me on CareCure and post away! NOT!!! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

So tell me, and you may want to email me, but I think I know why you were there. Was it good news? I would have been happy to have been of service, for what it's worth.

I've never eaten at The Rice Palace, but I've heard about it. It's in Rayne or Crowley, right?

Yep, I noticed there's still a LITTLE work left to be done along that stretch. However those patches aren't in MY parish! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

DA, I can't believe you a) were in St. Martinville and didn't alert me and

we were in vidor and it was a last minute thing.


b) were driving, etc. in that horrible storm! You're right, it was practically a hurricane yesterday. Nice day to visit Louisiana! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif



it was sunny in beaumont. how was i suppose to know typhoon louisiana was there.


You could have hung out at my house. You could even sign in as me on CareCure and post away! NOT!!! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif


So tell me, and you may want to email me, but I think I know why you were there. Was it good news? I would have been happy to have been of service, for what it's worth.

I've never eaten at The Rice Palace, but I've heard about it. It's in Rayne or Crowley, right?

Yep, I noticed there's still a LITTLE work left to be done along that stretch. However those patches aren't in MY parish! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

yep, its in crowley.

[Carl R]

DA, Where is Willy Rays BBQ ? I went to Mississippi last week to visit my parents and kept looking for it but must have missed it. I need a few more directions.

Martha, any good Cajun spots right off I-10 in Lafayette? We stopped in Rayne and almost tried Gabe's Poboys but it was closed. Looked like a hole in the wall, but that's the places I like best.

[marco25]

Carl, Willy Ray's is on I-10 in Beaumont on the right if heading west to Houston. There's a Chevron station right before it. It's got a lighted sign, so it's fairly easy to spot. I can't remember what exit you take to get to it, because I took the wrong one and got lost, but managed to find it before I ended up in Mexico. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

As far as Lafayette/I-10, oh yeah baby. Prejean's Restaurant on I-49 N about 2 miles north of I-10. Great food, decent prices. Often has a good ol Cajun band playing. It's where DA, his mom and I first ate last fall. Good stuff. Also, in Henderson, east of Lafayette near Breaux Bridge before you hit Atchafalaya Basin, is Pat's Waterfront Restaurant. MMMMMMMM. Love that place. Excellent food, family owned, been around for decades, favorite with the locals.

Gabe's! Boy that brings back memories. One of my brothers used to take me there when I'd come in from out of town. Your instincts were right on target! It's the authentic stuff. Please don't tell me they're permanently closed ... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif

Of course there are all kinds of other places but they're not right off I-10. You might get lost. Oh well, even if you did, just call me, and I'll join you! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

[DA]

Originally posted by Carl R:

DA, Where is Willy Rays BBQ ? I went to Mississippi last week to visit my parents and kept looking for it but must have missed it. I need a few more directions.

Martha, any good Cajun spots right off I-10 in Lafayette? We stopped in Rayne and almost tried Gabe's Poboys but it was closed. Looked like a hole in the wall, but that's the places I like best.
yeah it can be hard to see, the freeway way is 10 lanes at that point. if your going towards louisiana, take calder street exit. do a u turn under the freeway. follow feeder road about 2 blocks. if your going towards houston, take calder or laurel street exit. follow feeder road.

i suggest you order the 3 types of meat plate.
brisket, ribs, and sausage.

[marco25]

Hey DA ... just returned from (another) birthday lunch. (See in Louisiana, birthdays are like Carnival season--celebrate every day for two weeks. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif Texas=boring, one-day birthdays http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif) Anyway, we went to AB Henderson BBQ on Hwy 90, near Lafayette Regional Airport, where you saw the "alligator" http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif.

I had ribs and chicken, smothered cabbage, rice dressing and squash casserole. Oh man, next time you're in town we've got to go there. Mais, pooh yie!

[DA]

Originally posted by martha2:

Hey DA ... just returned from (another) birthday lunch. (See in Louisiana, birthdays are like Carnival season--celebrate every day for two weeks. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif Texas=boring, one-day birthdays http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif) Anyway, we went to AB Henderson BBQ on Hwy 90, near Lafayette Regional Airport, where you saw the "alligator" http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif.

I had ribs and chicken, smothered cabbage, rice dressing and squash casserole. Oh man, next time you're in town we've got to go there. Mais, pooh yie!

oh wow that sounds good. we might go back in july. we could hook up and i'll show you where i saw that dead aligator.