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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2005LOL!!!
I *love* my son - he is *so* funny. This weekend my DIL took their daughter and niece down to Galveston Island for a "girls only" outing, so my son came over to spend the night here (and made some to-die-for filet gumbo for us - quick somebody troll me so I can post his recipe). This morning he and DH were upstairs playing X-Box and I was downstairs cleaning my bathroom. Being the klutz that I am, naturally I can't do that without having at least one mishap. As I was taking my (cat decorated) make-up brush holder back into the cleaned bathroom, I tripped and my make-up brushes went flying and three landed in the cats' water bowl. "*FRICKEN, FRACKEN, *(&$#%(*@&$", I said. The sound on the X-Box gets turned off and DH yells down, "What happened now?" "I dropped my #&#%#*ing make-up brushes in the cats' water bowl!!!" I yelled back. Then I hear my son yell down "Hey, don't you know you're not supposed to test that sh*t on animals!" Hugs, CatNipped > I *love* my son - he is *so* funny. > > This weekend my DIL took their daughter and niece down to Galveston > Island for a "girls only" outing, so my son came over to spend the > night here (and made some to-die-for filet gumbo for us - quick > somebody troll me so I can post his recipe). You useless wench, you! Gawd, first it's bikes, bike seats, bike shorts and dogs when riding bikes! What's next?! (I know, I'm a lame troll but I'd like the recipe.) I make a good chicken/andouille sausage gumbo and now I've got a craving. My camera battery has yet to arrive, dammit! Jill > You useless wench, you! Gawd, first it's bikes, bike seats, bike shorts and > dogs when riding bikes! What's next?! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Jill Thanks! Keep in mind that all New Orleans recipes are measure with "a bit" or "a handful" - we never use actual measuring instraments, so these measures are estimates. Filet Gumbo 1.5 pounds 60/80 fresh shrimp 1 pound fresh Dungeness (sp?) crabs 1 pound fresh okra (sliced) (rinse *before* slicing so it doesn't get runny) (for roué) 1 pound smoked pork sausage (sliced) 4 stalks celery (chopped) 1.5 cloves garlic (use whole toes) 2 large onions (chopped in large chunks) 8 whole dried cayenne peppers 10 whole bay leaves (these are not eaten) 4 tbsp filet 3 tbsp salt 1 tbsp black pepper 5 tbsp vegetable oil 6 tbsp flour In a 13 quart pot (we always make *plenty* for "drop-in" company - or whoever smells the gumbo cooking and comes over to say "Hello". ;> First make a roué (brown flour in vegetable oil). Then add 4-5 quarts of water and sausage, celery, garlic, onions, peppers, bay leaves, filet, salt, and black pepper. Simmer for 1 hour. Add crab and okra. Simmer for 20 minutes until okra gets (somewhat) soft (you don't want it to get too soft). Add shrimp. Simmer until shrimp are cooked but not rubbery. Add cornstarch mixed in cold water if you need to thicken the gumbo before serving. Steam rice to eat with gumbo. Enjoy! Hugs, CatNipped >> (I know, I'm a lame troll but I'd like the recipe.) I make a good >> chicken/andouille sausage gumbo and now I've got a craving. My [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Filet Gumbo (snippage) Sounds good, but I was given to understand you should add the file powder (ground sassafrass root) at the very end of preparing a gumbo. This from my Cajun ex. Also, I'm sure this was very tasty but Dungeness crab is from the Pacific Northwest, not from bayou country. Blue crab might be more authentic. Just my 2 cents. And thanks for the recipe! Jill > >> (I know, I'm a lame troll but I'd like the recipe.) I make a good > >> chicken/andouille sausage gumbo and now I've got a craving. My [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > (ground sassafrass root) at the very end of preparing a gumbo. This from my > Cajun ex. Some people do add it at the end of cooking, but I prefer to put it in with the rest of the spices. > Also, I'm sure this was very tasty but Dungeness crab is from the Pacific > Northwest, not from bayou country. Blue crab might be more authentic. Just > my 2 cents. And thanks for the recipe! It would normally be blue crab, in fact we went looking for blue crab, but that's not as common here in Houston as it is in New Orleans, so we "settled" for the Dungeness crab and it was *MUCH* better than the blue crab. Hugs, CatNipped > Jill > It would normally be blue crab, in fact we went looking for blue > crab, but that's not as common here in Houston as it is in New [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >> Jill Dang, I *hate* when you have to SETTLE for Dungeness! LOL > "It would normally be blue crab, in fact we went looking for blue crab, but > that's not as common here in Houston as it is in New Orleans, so we > "settled" for the Dungeness crab and it was *MUCH* better than the blue > crab. Heathen. :) Dungeness is the local crab of my current abode, but it has nothing on fresh blue crab that my uncle used to drop off on his way back from a day's work as a commercial crabber out on the Chesapeak. I've met quite a few mid-atlantic transplants out here on the west coast, and most of them agree with me. b > > "It would normally be blue crab, in fact we went looking for blue crab, but > > that's not as common here in Houston as it is in New Orleans, so we [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > b I think what made the Dungeness crab so good in this gumbo was partly the ease of eating. Most gumbo I've had with blue crab, the crab was *very* hard to get out of the shell so you more or less just kind of sucked the claws. The Dungeness crab stayed nice and firm and was easy to extract from the shell. Hugs, CatNipped >. > >Also, I'm sure this was very tasty but Dungeness crab is from the Pacific >Northwest, not from bayou country. Blue crab might be more authentic. Just >my 2 cents. And thanks for the recipe! Perhaps one of you from over the pond can answer me this: Why are they called Dungeness crabs? Is there a Dungeness over there? Dungeness here is a village on Romney Marsh, famous for its huge power station, being the "end of the line" on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway, and being the place where Derek Jarman lived prior to his demise. http://www.dungeness.org.uk/ http://www.rhdr.org.uk/rhdr/rhdr.html http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0418746/ I noticed Dungeness crabs in restaurants when we were out in San Francisco a couple of years ago; it just struck me as odd that the name had spread out to the West Coast!  SignatureCathi > In a 13 quart pot (we always make *plenty* for "drop-in" company - or > whoever smells the gumbo cooking and comes over to say "Hello". ;> Sounds delicious, but I can't even imagine a 13 quart pot! Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > > In a 13 quart pot (we always make *plenty* for "drop-in" company - or > > whoever smells the gumbo cooking and comes over to say "Hello". ;> > > Sounds delicious, but I can't even imagine a 13 quart pot! Oh, that's one of the smaller ones - you oughtta see what we use to boil crawfish!! ;> Hugs, CatNipped >Then I hear my > son yell down "Hey, don't you know you're not supposed to test that sh*t > on > animals!" Love it! Cheers, helen s > I *love* my son - he is *so* funny. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > CatNipped I'm picturing you putting lipstick on Sammy! LOL Jill > I *love* my son - he is *so* funny. > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > CatNipped ROTFL! Thanks for sharing that. :-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >I *love* my son - he is *so* funny. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >CatNipped ROFL!! Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > I *love* my son - he is *so* funny. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > CatNipped Honestly CN, if you want your cats to wear makeup, it's not ENOUGH to put it in their waterbowl. =o) You have to teach them HOW to apply mascara, eyeshadow, blush and lipstick! =o) Melsisa > > I *love* my son - he is *so* funny. > > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Melsisa Looking at all the little teeth marks in the wooden handles, I'm thinking Sammy has spent quite some time practicing already! ;> Hugs, CatNipped >> > I *love* my son - he is *so* funny. >> > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > >CatNipped OMG, Stinky LOVES makeup brushes. Mimi loved them, too. They have to be hidden, otherwise they will all be under the refrigerator, with the bottle caps. :P Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > DH yells down, "What happened now?" "I dropped my >> [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > CatNipped One of my sister's cats, Pixel (RB), would harass her while she was putting on her makeup until she put some on him. Blue eyeshadow and pink blush on a black and white cow-spotted cat. He loved to have his makeup applied :) SignatureElise (supervised by Gossamer & Jeeves) pics: http://photos.yahoo.com/dragonandthistle@snet.net >> make-up brushes in the cats' water bowl!!!" I yelled back. Then I hear my >> son yell down "Hey, don't you know you're not supposed to test that sh*t [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Melsisa Only while they're driving. Fast. On a rush-hour-packed beltway. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita, Orca(t), and Spot. |
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