Pinching Tails and Sucking Heads

Thats some mighty fine looking fare! :P

I love Mudbugs! :woohoo: :woohoo: I help with a crawfish boil several times a year for the guys at work.

Frank, I assume that is french for something. Would you care to elaborate the meaning? Tim

Frank, my sons girlfriend if from LA and they spent Christmas there and also found some fresh mudbugs. He said he got pretty good at pinching the tails before they were gone, I think his girlfriend helped him some. :laugh: I don't think he got up to sucking heads though. :laugh: :laugh: Mike

Thanks Gary. In the fall of 1984 or 1985 I stayed in a type of KOA camp outside of Eunice. I stayed there through the Winter and for Mardi Gra and left then shortly after. I was making my way to Bradenton Florida because I had a friend there I was sure he would give me a job and he did. Anyway, I sure had a good time there at Eunice. I will never forget those times!

The reason I was down there was because I was traveling with a band of Gypsys who painted barn roofs. I had strong ties with the family I was traveling with because I grew up with two of them. The reason I went with them that year was because I was leaving the small Wisconsin town I was living in to get out and see other places and start a new life. Anyway, I would ride around with these Gypsys looking for work in a pickup truck full of paint and ask to paint the barn or the roof and I was there helper. In Cajun country we learned that when we stopped to ask they would tell us to "Get out" so we got back in the truck to leave and found out they were offering us to get out of the truck to talk :laugh: . We would ask to paint the barn roof and they called it the "Top". So, then when we stopped to ask to paint and were told to "Get out" we would ask "That Top be for you?" and if it was than that meant it was there barn and we would tell them we could paint it for a certain amount of money. I also learned that certain people from Louisiana were "Coon-ass" and proud of it! I was in my twenties and I learned a lot that year! Tim

Good story, Tim.

I got banned from another BBQ forum for referring to the Cajun forum members as coonasses. I tried to explain to the moderator that it was an endearing term, but to no avail. Even the coona... I mean Cajuns chimed in and said they weren't offended at all.

If you are not from a certain area, you can easily be misinterpreted, and vice versa. I remember George and Laura Bush were watching a parade, and the University of Texas marching band went by. They both gave the "hook 'em horns" sign. In Europe, people were outraged because that sign is some kind of satanic gesture over there. :laugh: :laugh:

Your right Gary. :ohmy: Different ones sometimes take things out of context and I hope I didn't offend anyone. Tim

 
Hi Frank,

Glad to see you found some sea food. I would live on sea food if I were rich. LOL. Hard to believe that Corpus doesn't have any good seafood restaurants but then fishing in the Gulf isn't what it used to be. I go into the local fish market and all the grouper is imported and the prices are through the roof!
I can sympathize with you, Fort Myers doesn't have a photography store. I have to drive to Naples or Sarasota or buy on line. :(

Have a Happy New Years and travel safe,

Gator

 

Hey Frank!

Like I said in ATL - your GT boat blows me away.

Crawfish looks great, been a while since I've had some. Used to always get them on sales calls to Monroe, LA.

Cheers!

My favorite time of year. Thanks for the update. Good luck getting the Geaux Tiger back.

I love those things. I was at a BBQ Comp last year and we had those shipped to my house. People chipped in and had a feast. I missed that to go to my sons Graduation after which I returned for the Comp

posted this wrong, should have been under the main topic