Re: [VFB] Lahbstah & Gumbo

[Mark Delaney]

Everyone is making me hungry....and crawfish at at least a month away for the first decent crop!!  Unfortunately I can't enjo the shrimp here in Louisiana, being allergic to them.  But  I've done my share of damage at crawfish boils.  Don, I know a merliton when I see one, but I'm not sure how to explain them to someone not resident here.  There were some growing wild in parts of Cameron parish  where I used to fish...haven't been down there since Rita blew through...that part of the parish is still under a  6pm to 6 am  curfew, and I don't want to get caught down there trying to get out before curfew.

Mark Delaney
 

On 2/12/06, DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Deb,
Seafood Gumbo in Israel?  Isn't that like trying to find good matzoh balls
in Houma, La.?

Deb, I've lived away from New Orleans since 1973, and although I've had
gumbo at many restaurants away from there, rarely has it tasted even
remotely like home.  I make it quite often, as that's the only way I can get
real gumbo (other than visiting home).  My mom says my seafood gumbo is
second to none, and she's from Houma and full cajun, so that's a compliment.

The truth- I recently ate at a restaurant in Denver named 'Gumbos".  I
ordered appetizers of red beans and rice, seafood gumbo, shrimp Creole, and
a main of shrimp po-boy.  The shrimp po-boy was one of the better ones I've
had outside N.O., but I sent the rest back as inedible (for a Cajun, at
least), and the chef came out to 'chat'.  He wasn't even from the South, so
I haven't eaten there again.  A pretty good place in Denver is Papadeaux's,
and most of his stuff is pretty good, but again the gumbo just didn't cut
it.

For the Sutherners from Bayou Cuntry,  I enjoy:

Real Red Beans & Rice with Andouille sausage
Boiled seafood- all kinds and everything else thrown into the pot
Real roast beef po-boys (on real French Bread)
Any kind of fried seafood po-boy
Crawfish & shrimp Etoufee
Seafood Gumbo, turkey/sausage gumbo
Shrimp Jambalaya
Crawfish Bisque (here's where the shell stock comes in)
Alligator Sauce Piquant
Snow Cones (only those who've had them would know)
Stuffed artichokes, peppers, merlitons, eggplants, crabs, and on & on....

Doneaux


----- Original Message -----
From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 5:57 AM
Subject: RE: [VFB] Lahbstah


That's giving me bad flashbacks to the Seafood Gumbo I ordered in Jaffa
Israel.   I think they threw all the stuff they cleaned off the regular
meals and put it in a pot.  They even put the crab shells in.  It was like
eating egg shells in your scrambled eggs.   Uuuugh!   I didn't finish mine
and I'm usually not a finicky person.  I was expecting to pull out an old
license plate or a shoe any minute.
Regards,
Deb

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