Louisiana Eggers

rabdogg · September 2012

Are there any Louisiana eggers out there? I'm a newbie looking for local cooks.

nolaegghead · September 2012

Algiers Point New Orleans in the house

rabdogg · September 2012

just must be us nolaegghead. .

nolaegghead · September 2012

There's a ragin' cajun guy. Don't remember his username, but I think he's near BR

Where yat?

nolaegghead · September 2012

rabdogg · September 2012

Lafayette by way of Donaldsonville.

hartofatiger · September 2012

Shreveport here. Yes, it's still considered LA.

rabdogg · September 2012

hartofatiger said:

Shreveport here. Yes, it's still considered LA.

my first thoughts....

RajunCajun · October 2012

Right here in The Berry....New Iberia

nolaegghead · October 2012

I love the people in the New Iberia area. Great accents, super friendly, excellent food.

Village Idiot · October 2012

I'm to the left of the Crawfish Curtain, but I do love that Cajun food. I guaraunteee. :D

Besides, after Katrina, we got more Coonies here than N.O. has.

YEMTrey · October 2012

I have a bunch of family in Minden. I need to get down there soon and drop some Yankee drinking on'em.

nolaegghead · October 2012

VI - you're in Houston, right? I've driven from Nola to San Antonio about 40 times and I think ya'll got at least as many rice paddies as us - at least East of Baytown (I gotta hold my nose when I drive through Baytown). Can you get crawfish readily over there?

Village Idiot · October 2012

nolaegghead said:

VI - you're in Houston, right? I've driven from Nola to San Antonio about 40 times and I think ya'll got at least as many rice paddies as us - at least East of Baytown (I gotta hold my nose when I drive through Baytown). Can you get crawfish readily over there?

Yep, lots of rice paddies. Just west of Houston has been some of the country's biggest rice producers, and was a major geese migration area because of that. However, urban sprawl is encroaching on them every year.

Sure, crawfish are easy to get in Houston when they are in season. Buy them by the sack. There's a lot of Cajun influence in town. We even know how to pronounce Atchafalaya.

:))

nolaegghead · October 2012

Buddy of mine is an organizer for the Louisiana Crawfish Competition at his daughter's school in Marraro (nola metro area) and he said they go though 25-30,000 pounds of crawfish. I think they're on their 11th or 12th year. I try to make it every year - all the crawfish you can eat from about 50 teams of boilers. Good times.

Chunky_Charc · October 2012

Hey I'm from the Louisana settlement know as Port Arthur, TX and married to a Langlinais...so does that count?

nolaegghead · October 2012

Why not, you're on the border :)

Village Idiot · October 2012

Hey Nola,

Do you suck the head of the crawfish? I got drunk one time and did it. Actually, it was very good ... spicy !!! I also like cooking shrimp with the head on. Gives the dish a richer flavor.

nolaegghead · October 2012

Yeah I do, one of the best parts about eating them. Although if I'm really settling down to eat a lot of them, I won't suck each one - I don't want to OD on sodium and the heads are filled with boil. The crawfish with the hard, hard shells aren't worth it. You need to squeeze the head and the hard ones just explode.

Parallel · October 2012

Sorry... I was still doing the backstroke in LaPlace when the OP was made.

:ar!

nolaegghead · October 2012

Better late than never to the party. Did you get any water in your house?

Parallel · October 2012

6" in the garage and my sheds are toast. Compared to nearly ALL of my neighborhood, I'm one of the lucky ones. I had another 18" to go before it would have came into the house.

nolaegghead · October 2012

That was my assessment when I looked at your videos. Looks like your neighbors had (or were close to having) water in their house at the same time your armadillo was down a step from your ground floor. Well above the water. Looks like you got might have gotten some vehicle flooding.

Village Idiot · October 2012

Nola,

I got curious about Chef Folse's Encyclopedia of Cajun and Creole Cuisine, so I went to Barnes & Nobel to page through it. That book is a work of art !!! I spent 30 minutes there, just looking at the pictures and reading a bit of Louisiana history. I bought it ($54 - ouch !). Look forward to making some good bayou grub. Thanks for the tip.

nolaegghead · October 2012

Ya know, i don't think we have it. I just looked through the cookbook library. I'd rather learn the history, techniques and philosophy behind a cuisine than read a bunch of recipes any day of the week. I'll have to ask SWMBO when she gets back from work (nurse - 12hr shifts owch).

Village Idiot · October 2012

nolaegghead said:

Ya know, i don't think we have it. I just looked through the cookbook library. I'd rather learn the history, techniques and philosophy behind a cuisine than read a bunch of recipes any day of the week. I'll have to ask SWMBO when she gets back from work (nurse - 12hr shifts owch).

You'll love it. I had never known the difference between Cajun and Creole dishes, and this goes into it somewhat. I haven't read it all yet, but the book is very well done (great pictures) and very informative.

Spring Chicken · October 2012

Originally from Harrisonburg, now in Spring, TX (Houston). Won my Sweetie in a poker game in New Orleans. Have relatives (also Eggheads) in Metairie, Mandeville, Baton Rouge and Catahoula Parish. But Texas took me in and treats me well for now.

Village Idiot · October 2012

Spring Chicken said:

Originally from Harrisonburg, now in Spring, TX (Houston). Won my Sweetie in a poker game in New Orleans. Have relatives (also Eggheads) in Metairie, Mandeville, Baton Rouge and Catahoula Parish. But Texas took me in and treats me well for now.

So, does that mean you suck crawfish heads, Pierre?

Spring Chicken · October 2012

"suck!!!" %&@! All this time I thought it was "blow" on them... No wonder the people in Crawdaddy's were looking at me in an odd way...

Spring "Crawfish Was Bait Where I Grew Up" Chicken

Spring Texas USA

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