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colvinbackshop wrote: Chris and Ryan: I never did get any PM's from you all regarding recipes. Maybe we should just post them here??!!?? What do the rest of you think about that? MR. B, wasn't it you that was going to do my shrimp etoufee? Did you get around to it? Did it turn out?
Chris and Ryan: I never did get any PM's from you all regarding recipes. Maybe we should just post them here??!!?? What do the rest of you think about that? MR. B, wasn't it you that was going to do my shrimp etoufee? Did you get around to it? Did it turn out?
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
Yield: approx 3 1/2 gallons, or about 36 12-ounce portions
Ingredients:
½ lb butter
½ cup olive oil
1/3 lb flour
3 cups onions, large dice
3 each green bell peppers, large dice
1 stalk celery, large dice
½ cup garlic, minced
2 lbs. Smoked sausage, sliced 1/3” thick
2 whole chickens (4 lb. avg. each), washed and drained
2 cans tomatoes, diced
1 can tomato paste
2 lbs Okra, ½” cuts
2 gallons chicken stock, cold (approximate measurement)*
2 tbsp Italian spice mix
2 each bay leaves
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
½ tbsp hot sauce
salt to taste
pepper to taste
Procedure:
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Ryan: That's a very good recipe. I added it to my list. Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks Jeff, that is the one I made at home this past Saturday. We ate on it for four days and ended up giving away about a gallon of it to the neighbors and some co-workers here. And then froze about another gallon of it on Wednesday. Of course the quantity can be cut in half easily, I just make it in big batches so we can save some for later.
Yeah, half the fun of big-pot cooking is getting the aroma all through the house. That doesn't go for lobster, though. That's an aroma that's best left outside. And speaking of aroma, I could do with some hops and barley about now.
A few months back, I added a siding to act as a caboose track. I was never sure about it, because it faces the other way from the rest of the sidings in the yard, and switching in the caboose to the end of the train just didn't seem to work well. Last night, I was putting together a train. For a change, I left the S-1 on a siding in the yard and pulled the Alco RS out of the roundhouse to make up the train, and then take it for a spin. When I got to the point where I was ready for the caboose, the answer was right in front of me. The S-1 was perfectly positioned to go grab the caboose and tack it on to the end of the train. Even the uncoupling magnets were in the right place for the delayed uncoupling and then the push to hook it up to the outgoing freight.
I could never have done this without the wisdom imparted from a couple of beers earlier in the evening, so I guess I'll have another. A toast, gentlemen (and ladies, if any present) to The Caboose.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Thanks for the recipe...I did get it in an email, after all...Was that the PM? Or did you send that out on a personal email...Which is OK!
Sounds like a good gumbo! I've been stuck (in the rut) trying to do a good gumbo and have now done a numer of them...That I like!
Jeff: Wow! Talk about rain!! I thought we were doing good (and we were) geting three to four days of rain and snow, helping with our moisture levels....You guys are geting a downpour...Hope it's not flood levels!
Just a few more weeks of swim team...than I can get going, as most of you already have, working on the railroad! Can't wait...
Gotta' head back to town...One more session at the pool this afternoon.
Evening All;
I'll have a Scotch on the Rocks, maybe two if time permits. Well... it's been a busy week and I'm still not through the seven piles of paperwork on my desk, 3 projects to quote and enough issues in the office to choke a horse. Maybe you should just leave the bottle.
Anybody know anything about Howard Zane's book "My Life with Model Trains"? I'm thinking of ordering it, but it's a bit pricey.
GUB
mikesmowers wrote: You know Mister B that beer makes you smart, if you don't believe me ask Clif the next time you are in Cheers, I'm sure he will tell you the story.
I believe I know that one, Mike. It's the one about the buffalo, right? Well, it's a good thing the buffalo didn't have beer, because they would have been so smart that it would have been them with the bows and arrows, and the settlers would have been hunted nearly to extinction. And remember, the Smoking Man on X-files explained that it was the influence of outer space aliens that kept Buffalo from winning the Super Bowl.
Yeah, I know, after a rant like that, I shouldn't really have another. Thanks, Joe, I want to be back tomorrow.
I heard from my LHS that my 0-6-0 is in. I'd have gone to get it today, but it was my little girl's last home field hockey game of the season, and the weather was beautiful, so I wanted to go watch the game. Danged if I can figure out all the rules, but our one great scoring chance, a shot that missed by an inch, was a one-time blast by my Annie herself. So close. Well, maybe next game.
Joe...A hot brandy here please! And one for everybody that feels the need!
I'm not feeling 100% tonight, sore throat, out of sorts and achy..."Hot Toddy" sounds like a good place to start and a place to go this evening.
I've got a long week-end off, so I'm hoping to feel better, REAL soon! If so, I'll head for Whispering Wings (the cabin, over by Itasca State Park) to do a bit of duck hunting, keeping the fire warm and some cooking! All should be good, if I feel better....Soon!
I really need to take a mini vacation...I'm getting overwhelmed with demand! Shooting a few holes in the sky...And maybe a few ducks to... to put in the freezer (or eat fresh at duck camp) will be a good prescription for the head!
Then, sooner or latter...I can get back to the "real' world of the CCRY!
Sounds like a plan.
A large Coke and a 5th of Jack Daniels for me.
How about a hot brandy to take the chill off. It's a little cool here today.
Weather for Leesville, La.
Wind Chill: 51°F
Humidity: 75%
Dew Point: 46°F
So Far TodayHigh: 54°FLow: 48°FRain: N/A"Rain Rate: N/A"/hGust: 10mph NNE
High: 70 °FLow: 48 °F
We'll try to carry on without you. Back to Harpoon IPA for me, Joe. Sam's OK, but it does give me gas. Got some nachos, too? Thanks.
I picked up my 0-6-0 today. It's a beauty of an engine, but as we all know, steamers will find the little problems with your trackwork. I've got two spots that haven't caused a bit of trouble with anything else, but this little guy just can't pass by without hopping the tracks. Yeah, the kinks are visibly there, but I thought I'd had them "good enough." I guess not. It's my first sound engine, and boy, does it make all the others look bad. Fine engines, mostly, but they're so dang quiet. <sound of cell phone ringing.> Well, that was quick. I've gotta go pick up my daughter at the football game. It's too cold for teenage girls (yeah, the same ones who will be out waiting for the bus in skirts and tank tops in January) so they've called for a dust-off.
Put the nachos on my tab anyway, Joe. Eat hearty when they come out, guys...
Time for a quick one before closing time tonight. The gaggle of teenage girls ended up at our house. We don't mind, because we know it's a safe place, and we know who they're with. They usually take over the family room, so I had planned to work in the basement, painting the pipes on the loading rack of Mr. Burns's fuel oil company. Instead, they let me have the family/train room to myself, so instead I massaged those weak spots in my trackwork and got the little 0-6-0 running all the way around without a problem. I've still got a spot down in the yard that's doing something weird, shorting out when the engine crosses the turnout down to the roundhouse.
Actually, I was kind of surprised that it will just barely fit on the 9-inch Atlas turntable. I thought it would have a reserved spot in the stall directly across from the lead, so it could back in and cross the table without having to "sit and rotate," but now I can put it anywhere. The rain has stopped, though, so I think I'll leave it outside for the night. The roundhouse is full of very quiet Geeps, anyway.
Mike: My condolances on the loss of your grandmother. I know what that feels like, I've lost all my grandparents. None hit me harder than the loss of my maternal grandfather (mother's father). He was very special to me.
Good morning all. Gonna be another cool day here in the south. Here's what it's looking like.
Wind Chill: 52°F
So Far TodayHigh: 53°FLow: 52°FRain: N/A"Rain Rate: N/A"/hGust: 5mph E
High: 72 °FLow: 55 °F
I'm going to try to get some work done on the layout today. A general pickupo of things which shouldn't be there followed by sealing the surface of the drywall compound with shellac. After that's dry, a coat of brown paint followed by green in areas where foliage will go down. I'll then give Dave Volmer's sloppy method a try.
Good Morning All... I'll have a coffee and a couple peices of toast to start off the day. Gotta go over to the Lawn Bowling Club at 9:00 this morning and help with prepping the greens for winter. Never done this before.... involes sand, shovels and wheel barrels. My guess is I will be on the end of one of the wheel barrels. We've got two greens to do.... so I guess we will be there most of the day. If time permits I will go to the Woodstock Model Train Show.... if not I will go tomorrow before we go to an Introductory Curling How-To Clinic.
Mike ... sorry to here about your grandma.
Did anybody check out the link to the Aberfoyle Junction O Scale layout that I posted last weekend?
Gotta Go.