Jeeves wrote:A family crawfish bisque project was a wonder to behold. Perfect harmony, everyone comfortable at their assigned tasks coming together to produce a work of art. And then calling daddy and the uncles at Huerstel's (or Bud Rip's or Markey's Bar) to come home and eat. Bywater memories by Jeeves.
Wow. We were talking about that tonight on the deck, but the hood was Algiers Pernt. Just about every corner had a bar, and a Italian Market. My elderly neighbor was telling the story of how one mom would send the kids out to find which bar dad was in. They could always tell, because you had to leave the dog outside, so wherever the dog was by the front door, well, dad would be in that bar.
Man, just thinking about Mert & Vic's, and the so-called Cronus "parade" on Mardi Gras Day around a few blocks in the back of a few pickup trucks and flatbeds...Whew! The old drunks would throw Jax, Dixie, Falstaff and Regal bottle caps to the kids and think it was great!
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edible complex wrote:
but then we had the tabletop meat grinder for the crawfish meat that we used to crank in great anticipation of my grandmother's seasonings for the stuffing of the heads.
HA HA!!! The ole tabletop meat grinder is what we use on oysters to make oyster dressing! I still have ours, it it's original box. It was a Keystone model. It sits on the top shelf of the pantry, which I see every time I open the door. Bought this one at Langston's in Port Sulphur a few years before Betsy. Price? It is written on the box in pencil...$4.95!!!!!!
Thing weighs a ton, although it is the small model.
I VERY OFTEN now pay more than $4.95 for a beer!!!! Just consider it a donation to the Benson Estate ($8), the wonderful Crescent City Brewhouse ($8), or a host of other venues depriving my children of any possible chance of an inheritance.
