crab boiled garlic is wonderful. course, so is everything else, but I'll burn my fingers grabbing the garlic. Good thing we got a cold beer ready for first aid. :lau
Copeland's opened in Lake Charles and the mashed red potatoes with skin were seasoned so well with crab boil that I wanted...
I tried to get invited to an alligator hunt. Seems the boat was full. I was told that it was a nasty job. Not as nasty as cleaning the things, though. Heard some good stories.
Shrimping is another hard job. I should go buy some fresh gulf shrimp and boil 'em. That'd be good for Friday. A...
Before the stupidity, BIL would jig for flounder at the port in the shallow water. Spot, stalk and drop a shad or mullet right on top of the flounder. He had access and the guards would let him in. He'd spend the afternoon after loading ships and come home with an ice chest full. Now, no one...
There are different methods for different fish. What is a crappie nibbles? Store bought or homemade?
Grandpa took us bream fishing on Lake Bistineau (Shreveport) and always used crickets or worms. There wasn't such a thing as too small. He'd scale, gut and head 'em and fry them rolled in...
Wisteria will live, expand and kill trees. In the spring when the flowers bloom, the air is heady with wisteria fragrance. Intoxicating and over powering. We planted some on the wooden privacy fence and it proceeded to pop boards off. You want some? I haven't been able to kill in the last...
And another thing, Grumpy, what do you plant by your pool? People plant a lot of hibiscus, bananas and palm trees by the pools for that tropical get away look. Some even have the rock water fall things.
They live until the next freeze hits. But that is only once very decade or so.
Love to...
Ambiance.
and it's pretty! The back corrugated stuff, not so much, but you get accustomed to it. Don't look if you don't like it. I have black eyed susans in my aviary.