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  #21  
Old October 18th 07, 08:18 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
CatNipped[_2_]
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"Sherry" wrote in message
oups.com...
On Oct 18, 1:02 pm, wrote:
On Oct 18, 11:19 am, "jmcquown" wrote:





CatNipped wrote:
"Yowie" wrote in message
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One day I'm going to *have* to do a culinary tour of the USA,
although no matter what, I am *not* sucking the yellow muck out of
crawdad heads!.


Then be *sure* to go through New Orleans - best cooking in the US
(and, I think, even better than French cooking since we have the
spicy "Cajun" cuisine thrown in). But you don't know what you're
missing if you refuse to suck the heads! ;


Hugs,


CatNipped


Yowie


Sorry, Lori. Dated a Cajun for 8 years and New Orleans food way
overrated.
They put more hot than taste into it. (I do love boudin, though.)


On the French side the beignets are nice. But then again so are my
Scottish
grandmothers' scones served with clotted cream.


So sorry about Hurricane Katrina. But the be all, end all of cooking
is not
Lousiana.


Jill- Hide quoted text -


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Dating a Cajun is *NOT* the same as fine dining in New Orleans.

I can't believe anyone would disagree that it is the best dining in
the US. Have any of you ever been to Arnaud's or Brennan's or
Antoine's or Broussard's? These are rated by food critics as the top
restaurants in the country! And any mom and pop restaurant there can
serve better food than most "five star" restaurants anywhere else!

Hugs,

CatNipped- Hide quoted text -

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Never been to N.O., but I would *love* to go. Just to have some
authentic food! I have
a friend who grew up there...her cooking is absolutely to die for.
(BTW, her last name
is Broussard, is that a common name there?)


Yes, very! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped


Sherry



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Old October 18th 07, 08:59 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Dating a Cajun is *NOT* the same as fine dining in New Orleans.


I can't believe anyone would disagree that it is the best dining in
the US.


The concept of "best", in terms of food, is always, always, **always**
a subjective term. How can it not be?

If someone doesn't like New Orleans cuisine, then they don't like it.
That says far more about the person who's expressing a preference than
it does about the cuisine.

But if they say it's "not so great" or "overrated", just because they
personally don't like it, then they are trying to give a personal
preference more authority than it has.

I know that most people consider asparagus to be a delicacy. But I
don't care how carefully and lovingly it's grown and prepared, to me
it tastes like rotting garbage. It's just gross-tasting, slimy muck
to me. Does that mean that asparagus is overrated?? No, it just means
that I don't like it.

There are many wonderful cuisines in the country (since we're talking
about American cuisines), and New Orleans certainly seems to have some
talented chefs making food that is very popular. But that doesn't mean
that everyone's going to like it.

Just my very subject opinion.

Joyce
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Old October 18th 07, 09:01 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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sorry just have to disagree, it is good but to me best means variety and
that to me in the NO area is definitely lacking, to me the best food in the
country is by far served at my mother's house, second to that, any mid range
restaurant in Chicago with a twenty page menu is definitely a better deal
for me, but food is YMMV, Lee
wrote in message
ups.com...
On Oct 18, 11:19 am, "jmcquown" wrote:
CatNipped wrote:
"Yowie" wrote in message
...


One day I'm going to *have* to do a culinary tour of the USA,
although no matter what, I am *not* sucking the yellow muck out of
crawdad heads!.


Then be *sure* to go through New Orleans - best cooking in the US
(and, I think, even better than French cooking since we have the
spicy "Cajun" cuisine thrown in). But you don't know what you're
missing if you refuse to suck the heads! ;


Hugs,


CatNipped


Yowie


Sorry, Lori. Dated a Cajun for 8 years and New Orleans food way

overrated.
They put more hot than taste into it. (I do love boudin, though.)

On the French side the beignets are nice. But then again so are my

Scottish
grandmothers' scones served with clotted cream.

So sorry about Hurricane Katrina. But the be all, end all of cooking is

not
Lousiana.

Jill- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Dating a Cajun is *NOT* the same as fine dining in New Orleans.

I can't believe anyone would disagree that it is the best dining in
the US. Have any of you ever been to Arnaud's or Brennan's or
Antoine's or Broussard's? These are rated by food critics as the top
restaurants in the country! And any mom and pop restaurant there can
serve better food than most "five star" restaurants anywhere else!

Hugs,

CatNipped



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Old October 18th 07, 09:03 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

Another semantic difficulty, Christine - in the US,
"mincemeat" is a sweet concoction often used for pies - it
consists mainly of raisins and "dessert" spices like
cinnamon, cloves, etc., although it may contain candied
citrus peel and brandy, also. (Originally, it also
contained ground suet - which is why it's called minceMEAT -
although I'm not sure the commercial product does.) I think
"mince" or "mincemeat" in the rest of the world is what we'd
call "ground" meat, here.


Oh, thanks for that information, Evelyn. Whenever someone from the
UK talks about a "mince pie", I always imagine it's full of dried
fruits and those weird "fruitcake" candies. More recently I realized
that "mince meat" is what we would call hamburger or ground beef.

(I know that technically, a "hamburger" is the patty, but most people
I know also call the raw ground beef "hamburger", too - it's just
the way that language tends to evolve.)

Joyce
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Old October 18th 07, 09:06 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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jofirey wrote:

This time of years is my sisters favorite at Mouse World.


"Mouse World"?? Sounds like a food festival for our 4-footed friends.

Joyce
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Old October 18th 07, 10:02 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Hey Lee, this is just for you:

Buy a tube of Biscuits, regular or the "Grands"
Beke"em

Buy a package (single serving size) Tennessee Pride Sausage Gravy.

cut a slit in the middle of the plastic container of sausage gravy.

Nuke for 5 minutes if frozen, 2 if not.

Cut off corner of container and spread over 4 of the small biscuits split, 2
of the big ones split. Replace in microwave for 30 seconds.

Ain't home made but isn't bad!
"Stormmee" wrote in message
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sorry just have to disagree, it is good but to me best means variety and
that to me in the NO area is definitely lacking, to me the best food in
the
country is by far served at my mother's house, second to that, any mid
range
restaurant in Chicago with a twenty page menu is definitely a better deal
for me, but food is YMMV, Lee
wrote in message
ups.com...
On Oct 18, 11:19 am, "jmcquown" wrote:
CatNipped wrote:
"Yowie" wrote in message
...

One day I'm going to *have* to do a culinary tour of the USA,
although no matter what, I am *not* sucking the yellow muck out of
crawdad heads!.

Then be *sure* to go through New Orleans - best cooking in the US
(and, I think, even better than French cooking since we have the
spicy "Cajun" cuisine thrown in). But you don't know what you're
missing if you refuse to suck the heads! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped

Yowie

Sorry, Lori. Dated a Cajun for 8 years and New Orleans food way

overrated.
They put more hot than taste into it. (I do love boudin, though.)

On the French side the beignets are nice. But then again so are my

Scottish
grandmothers' scones served with clotted cream.

So sorry about Hurricane Katrina. But the be all, end all of cooking
is

not
Lousiana.

Jill- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Dating a Cajun is *NOT* the same as fine dining in New Orleans.

I can't believe anyone would disagree that it is the best dining in
the US. Have any of you ever been to Arnaud's or Brennan's or
Antoine's or Broussard's? These are rated by food critics as the top
restaurants in the country! And any mom and pop restaurant there can
serve better food than most "five star" restaurants anywhere else!

Hugs,

CatNipped





  #27  
Old October 18th 07, 11:19 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Yowie" wrote in message
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One day I'm going to *have* to do a culinary tour of the USA, although no
matter what, I am *not* sucking the yellow muck out of crawdad heads!.

Yowie


You're not the only one. I have lived in Texas for more than 40 years
(lived in Ohio before that), and there is *no way* anyone could ever
convince me to suck that muck out of crawdad heads -- no matter how "good"
someone tells me it is!!!

MaryL


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Old October 18th 07, 11:22 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Sherry" wrote in message
oups.com...
On Oct 18, 1:02 pm, wrote:
On Oct 18, 11:19 am, "jmcquown" wrote:





CatNipped wrote:
"Yowie" wrote in message
...


One day I'm going to *have* to do a culinary tour of the USA,
although no matter what, I am *not* sucking the yellow muck out of
crawdad heads!.


Then be *sure* to go through New Orleans - best cooking in the US
(and, I think, even better than French cooking since we have the
spicy "Cajun" cuisine thrown in). But you don't know what you're
missing if you refuse to suck the heads! ;


Hugs,


CatNipped


Yowie


Sorry, Lori. Dated a Cajun for 8 years and New Orleans food way
overrated.
They put more hot than taste into it. (I do love boudin, though.)


On the French side the beignets are nice. But then again so are my
Scottish
grandmothers' scones served with clotted cream.


So sorry about Hurricane Katrina. But the be all, end all of cooking
is not
Lousiana.


Jill- Hide quoted text -


- Show quoted text -


Dating a Cajun is *NOT* the same as fine dining in New Orleans.

I can't believe anyone would disagree that it is the best dining in
the US. Have any of you ever been to Arnaud's or Brennan's or
Antoine's or Broussard's? These are rated by food critics as the top
restaurants in the country! And any mom and pop restaurant there can
serve better food than most "five star" restaurants anywhere else!

Hugs,

CatNipped- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Never been to N.O., but I would *love* to go. Just to have some
authentic food! I have
a friend who grew up there...her cooking is absolutely to die for.
(BTW, her last name
is Broussard, is that a common name there?)

Sherry


Yes, Broussard is a common name in N.O. Years ago -- on my first trip to
New Orleans -- we had the traditional "breakfast at Brennan's." Yummy! Of
course, a few meals like that would probably kill a person, but it sure was
good. Then we made our way through various restaurants for lunch, for
dinner...and of course for the requisite snacks. We even came across one
place that specialized in "boiled beef." I thought it sounded terrible -- I
pictured watery or tough beef in water. But it was absolutely delicious,
and so tender it fell apart to the touch. Served with lots of veggies, of
course.

MaryL


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Old October 18th 07, 11:26 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Granby" wrote in message
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My recipe for sausage gravy isn't so fancy but, here goes. Come to think
of it, it may be a blind thing the way I do it but it works.

Brown about 1 pound of sausage (sage or hot.)
Reserve about 1/4 cup of the drippings.

In a large bowl put 6 Tablespoons flour
3 cups of milk
Wisk until flour is all mixed in.

Add the sausage drippings to a skillet, pour in the milk mixture and stir
until begins to thicken, salt and pepper to taste, add sausage and
continue cooking until desired thickness.

Pour over split biscuits or mashed potatoes.


Ok, now I"m thinking that your 'sausage' isn't the same as our 'sausage'.
*Sigh* - never heard of a 'sage' sausage or 'hot' sausage.

Yowie


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Old October 18th 07, 11:29 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Matthew" wrote in message
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
"Yowie" wrote in message
...

One day I'm going to *have* to do a culinary tour of the USA, although
no matter what, I am *not* sucking the yellow muck out of crawdad
heads!.


Then be *sure* to go through New Orleans - best cooking in the US (and, I
think, even better than French cooking since we have the spicy "Cajun"
cuisine thrown in). But you don't know what you're missing if you refuse
to suck the heads! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped


I wouldn't call it the best cooking in the US ;-). I would call it the
place with so many varieties on one type of food. When I went there I
have seen over 100 varieties of gumbo all using the same ingredients all
be called something different. All tasting about the same. Same thing
goes for the po'boys


Gumbo? po'boys?

whimper

Yowie


 




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