Louisiana

If you ever get the chance.
You should go to Louisiana.
And I don't mean just the big places like New Orleans or Baton Rouge.
Take highway 90 down towards the water.
MMMM the little towns you will run through are awesome.
And food like you ain't never had in yo mouth before!
In New Iberia there is a 'plate lunch' diner.
Therriots (say terry-o's when you ask where it is).
Gumbo.
MMMMM.
Fried Chicken.
Rice Dressing.
I ate fat while I was there, and lost weight!
And I don't normally tout gas station food... but in Louisiana food is a huge part of the culture. Some of the best fried shrimp I have ever put in my mouth I got at a gas station.


And speakin of shrimp... can someone PLEASE tell me why we, as consumers allow the importation of foreign seafood from Asia? Now don't get me wrong, I ain't hatin on the Asian countries, just confused that our government would prefer to subsidize our Shrimp Guys in the Gulf with Welfare instead of providing them a means of getting their product on the shelf. You have not had shrimp until you have had it FRESH.

Like on Wednesday you call up your Shrimp Guy (yes I had a guy). You tell him how many pounds you want, what size you want, what day you want it.
Between 3 - 5 am he is casting out his nets. by 9 am he is calling you to come get your shrimp. Get your treasure home & clean 'em & be eatin FRESH shrimp cocktail.... shish kabobs.... grilled shrimp....

I learned some new recipes while there. Be nice kiddies & I just might share. :)

wow...

Three years have gone by since I started this blog, and in that time I have only posted one thing. Who I am.

A lot of things have happened in that time. Some things have been added. A few taken away.

We lost our house.

We took an 18 month sabbatical from the Wet Coast.
Stopping in Louisiana for a short time before we travelled north to Oklahoma. It was nice connecting with my husbands family in the midwest. Been missing my in laws.
Crazy right?
Supposed to detest the Monster in Law....
:P HA!
More like my Mother in Love.
I adore that woman.
She taught me how to knit.
How to quilt.
That you could do more with fabric then sew it.
How to take a run down hovel and with a little bit of creativity make it into a home that your Hubby is proud of, pleased to come home to.
I learned from her what it means to actually love your Hubby...
and of course she is the vessel through which The Leprechaun gained life AND HE IS FREAKIN AWESOME

So yeah. My Mother in Love.

But I am glad to be back on the Wet Coast. I swear I musta been a Selkie in a previous life. Can't take me too far from the cold northern seas before my soul begins to ache.

Introducing the CeltCzech Banshee

Second generation American
1/2 Czech
1/2 Scotts
All female
and married to a leprachaun
I CAN drink you under the table
4'11"
a 'spitfire' as Granny puts it
if dynamite comes in small packages...
baby call the bomb squad cause I am C-4

I knit, crochet, sew, quilt and scrap occasionally
I like old cars and older trucks
rather fish for channel cat then shop for coach
ain't a redneck, but I got Clansmen
(thats Clan not Klan for all you ignert types)
at my back, holdin me up and carryin me through

My family is my life
I like to cook
I play video games with the Lepracaun

I have 2 Sons & 2 Daughters
Mine, His, Ours & Heart
MMFCL to those that get it

Peace, Banshee