Tried The Zatarains ?

Have you guys tried this stuff yet ?

We love it !

It is a toss up between the beans and rice mix, and the dirty rice as a side dish when we have some steaks or something, but we started making the jambalaya mix lately and it is great for a fast dinner.

I stop in and grab a pound or so of raw shrimp, and a roll of smoked sausage, fry it all up together in my big skillet, and the mix does the rest of the work.

Just wanted to give a shout to the Zatarains people, I love their stuff !

Buffet Madness

Here is a shot of my dinner plate last night.

Fried rice, pepper steak, honey chicken, fried shrimp, and an egg roll.

I can't stand it.

There are very few places to eat out where I live, so when I make the hour drive up to the big city of Fredvegas, I will make it a point to do it around lunch or dinner time.

As a family we have the vote as to where we go, and I always want Golden Corral.

Sometimes I win, and sometimes I get the dreaded Chinese buffet.

Why do I not like it anymore ? It's the same thing EVERY SINGLE TIME !

The same rice, same 4 or 5 chicken dishes, the same cruddy pepper steak, and the same egg rolls that you could hammer a nail with.

Just once I would like to see something new, something from the Chinese food menu, not like the mystery meat wrapped in pizza dough with some kind of brown gravy on it, and the yellow chicken parts in the greasy sauce, or the apples and raisins covered in mayonnaise.

And at the end of this torture, I get handed a bill that is at least $15.00 more than I would have paid anywhere else.

As we left the place, I told everyone to take a good look, because we would not be coming back

Captain D's

You ever been driving around town about lunchtime, and get a little smell of food in the window ?
I was driving through Fredericksburg today, not even thinking about lunch, and while sitting at the stoplight I could smell the fried fish.
At that moment my right hand turn signal went on and into the parking lot I went.
2 fish, a chicken plank, some shrimp, 2 deviled crabs, fries, hush puppies, coleslaw, and a large sweet tea for under 10 bucks
I would have paid twice that at one of the fancier places, and would have waited 20 or 30 minutes for my food. By the time I got my tea and sat down, the Lady was bringing me my food, and some cocktail sauce and tarter sauce.
And I was going to settle for a dollar hamburger on the way home today, oh well

Garden

Just wanted to brag on my garden a little

Squash is lookin real good

I think I will be grilling these guys by Sunday

Cucumbers are popping up everywhere, and still blooming

I put in some banana peppers this year and they are coming in great. You can smell them

I put in cherry tomatoes, big boys, and tried the bunch tomatoes this year. I am going to pick a few of the big boys and fry them green. Just a hint, bread them in cornmeal instead of flower

Besides a little 7 dust, I have no chemicals on my plants, and all year I till in old veggies, leftover fish parts, and crab and shrimp shells