SEASONED STRING BEANS-RED POTATOES-ONION-SMOKED SAUSAGE
Another new recipe shared. I followed this site for some guidance.
Quick, easy, great use of leftovers and open to individual likes. A few drops of hot sauce, in the broth above, added flavor.
Fat chickens greeted us on the deck picnic tables.
Classic Jeep
Texas Longhorn. First close up look for me.
We took a trip the day these photos were taken to Herby-K's seafood restaurant in Shreveport, LA. Two hours to the minute driving the back roads through Gilmer and Marshall Texas and arriving just off of I-20 at this bucket list eatery. Miles and miles of never-ending back roads of homes and farms linked along the entire trip.
Folks already in line and we were early enough to get one of the 4 booths just inside the door. There were more tables out back and on the patio.
Her jumped on soft shell crab and I opted for butter-fly shrimp with a side of two Louisiana fried oysters as a test taste. The seafood gumbo was different from gumbo I have eaten in the past. The broth was thinner, the bowl was to the brim with shrimp, crab and crawfish. But it was not what I expected. Very good yes and I would have licked the bottom of the soup bowl for the last drop. Just different for me. My bet is that gumbo well represented local Louisiana gumbo.
But next time, and there will be a next time, it will the a large order of fried oysters. Noticeable salty. Fried in corn meal the way it should be done. Every corn meal fish or dinner out of fried sea food here has not been good in my opinion. For me. Too much caked on corn meal.
There are two types of fried oysters. Excellent or garbage. No in-between. Herby-K's seafood restaurant lives up to the recommendations we were given to go there for sea food.
Add to this the normal comings and goings of local customers picking up armloads of take out, folks chatting each other up in booths nearby or the natural atmosphere of home-cooking is all well worth a day's outing.
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CLAM DIGGING at Ocean Shores. Mom was counting our razor clam limits before we left the beach. One clam over the limit was costly in fines.
My first boat build.
Found this on The Daily Time Waster.
Times of our lives. Enjoy here.
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My first car. 1956 Chevrolet, 2 door post, 289 cu in with 2 bbl carburetor and three on the column. I had worked and saved since I was 12 years old.
I often wonder if kids these days will ever know the exhilaration and fun of cars of this era. Probably not.
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DO WE MISS WINTER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE?
Pictures and stories from our friends up north are just fine now. But, "no," we do not miss the cold, snowy bone-soaking cold and all that comes with the long winter months.
Cold this publishing morning, though, here in east Texas. Thirty-three degrees. Temperatures forecasted to be in the 70's with plenty of sunshine this coming week. Fireplace is on and most all of our Christmas gifts have been delivered or mailed.
Enjoying the comings and goings of neighbors and long relaxed visiting about much of nothing. Cooking some new shared recipes and I am still trying to learn how to make perfect rice. I know the procedures, but have not yet mastered this simple side dish. I refuse to get a rice cooker.
I appreciate the visit this week. Have a very merry and blessed Christmas.
My ex mother-in-law was Cajun. Born in Mamou and raised by a French speaking preacher, her cooking (in my opinion) was the best representation of Cajun cooking.
ReplyDeleteShe made a good gumbo, and invited us for dinner. The broth was thinner than what most people are used to, and her roux was very dark. The flavor? Wonderful. All the good seasoning, and just a light touch of Cayenne.
I think your Chevy had a 283. My '56 had a 265, 2 bbl.
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