Crawfish Monica Lovers Unite!!

[Amy Winette]

It has been suggested that the spider sammich is *the* threadhead choice of food at the fest and that you are not part of the team if you don't vote for it in Swag's jazz fest tourney.

NOT SO MY FRIENDS!! There are plenty of us who like Crawfish Monica though it's got the biggest line, who enjoy the BNAs at the Acura stage, who like, that's right, Bourbon Street. It doesn't have to be the classiest thing in the world, if you LIKE it, vote for it (based on the LINE a lot of people do!!) ;)

Mmmm, look at it, just tell me that's not making you drool? :)

http://www.crawfishmonica.com/images/products_07.jpg

[NYMAMA]

Ummmm,Ummmmm,Um, give me a napkin I'm droolin on my keyboard.

[ohio]

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/bryanr1234/1a.gif

[Moon]

I've no doubt the shit rocks based on the lines and the glazed look in people's eyes when it's mentioned but when I'm hoppin' and boppin' from one stage to the next, the last thing I want is pasta.

[pokerchick66]

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/bryanr1234/1a.gif


LMAO!! Here ya go:

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o231/monica7966/sscrabpoboy-s.jpg

[Amy Winette]

While I like the spider sammich, don't get me wrong, it's just a deep fried crusty thing in a roll! While the monica is a melange of cream and butter and sauce and noodles and crawfish tails . . .

Moon, you've gotta try it before you reach that conclusion. I'm not a pasta at lunch (or breakfast for that matter!) person usually either, but crawfish monica is simply transcendent.

[pokerchick66]

While I like the spider sammich, don't get me wrong, it's just a deep fried crusty thing in a roll! While the monica is a melange of cream and butter and sauce and noodles and crawfish tails . . .

Moon, you've gotta try it before you reach that conclusion. I'm not a pasta at lunch (or breakfast for that matter!) person usually either, but crawfish monica is simply transcendent.

Oh my. She just called it a "deep fried crusty thing in a roll". Of course you know, this means war. ;)

[Amy Winette]

Your side started it! I was prepared to have a nice civilized debate on the issues but gotta fight fire with fire (I believe your side called my heaven gloop or something like that! ;)

[pokerchick66]

Your side started it! I was prepared to have a nice civilized debate on the issues but gotta fight fire with fire (I believe your side called my heaven gloop or something like that! ;)

LMAO! That would be goopity-goop, lol.

[tangledupinblue]

A nice smooth crawfish monica for me when I need something in my belly after MANY beers. Not one for having fried eyeballs on a roll.

[grisgris]

Tangie, they cut the crab's face off before they fry it.

[bluesgirl]

A nice smooth crawfish monica for me when I need something in my belly after MANY beers. Not one for having fried eyeballs on a roll.

I totally agree and I live in the land of those gross things on a roll.

[bluesgirl]

Tangie, they cut the crab's face off before they fry it.

No, they don't. And it still has a lot of it's innards, too.

[BigDag]

I like a good soft shell as much as anybody, but c'mon! Crawfish Monica is Jazzfest! It's like Apple Pie, Mother, Strong and Healthy Children, Fireworks On The Fourth, All Things Good And Clean and American!! Vote for Crawfish Monica Right Now!!!

[NeenAtlanta]

I've no doubt the shit rocks based on the lines and the glazed look in people's eyes when it's mentioned but when I'm hoppin' and boppin' from one stage to the next, the last thing I want is pasta.

Hi Stevie!

I agree with you - I tried it once, it seemed like really creamy mac & cheese with overwhelming amounts of garlic. DIdn't do anything for me.

But I'm not a fan of the spider sammich either.

Give me some of that crawfish streudel . . . ymmmmmm.

[pokerchick66]

Hi Stevie!

I agree with you - I tried it once, it seemed like really creamy mac & cheese with overwhelming amounts of garlic. DIdn't do anything for me.

But I'm not a fan of the spider sammich either.

Give me some of that crawfish streudel . . . ymmmmmm.

YYR! My favorite is also the crawfish bread. The shrimp bread is good, too.

[NeenAtlanta]

YYR! My favorite is also the crawfish bread. The shrimp bread is good, too.

Have you tried the streudel? I love the crawfish bread first thing to help with any lingering hangover. All of that dough is great.

But the streudel is heaven. Light and flakey with a delicious crawfish-in-sauce filling.

[VWGal]

I love 'em all: the Monica, the bread, the strudel. Oh SO good! I did try a spider sammich one year and have to say the shell weirded me out, so it's not top of my list. But gotta love them crawfish, in any form....

[dank_bass]

Bluesgirl, Im from MD too, and worked in the kitchen of a popular seafood restaurant in B-More for many years ... we would cut the face of, lift up the ends of the shell, scrape the lungs and intestines out, egg dip, and flour, and fry

never heard of anyone not cleaning em before frying them, although I suppose you could ... seems a little nasty to me

[funkkjunkie]

Oh, boy, now we've got some fave foods talk going. I love the p,q,a gumbo if it's not scorching hot out. I love cochon du lait. I love crawfish bread. After daze of festing I loves me some of that fruit salad they sell with the strawberry lemonade-used to be at congo square. And I love those apple and pecan pies from the lady who used to be next to the fruit salad at congo square but last year was close to monica.

[VWGal]

Okay well that makes me feel better. It's the face part that gives me the willies, cause I can eat all sorts of other questionable material from the ocean no problem.

[bluesgirl]

Bluesgirl, Im from MD too, and worked in the kitchen of a popular seafood restaurant in B-More for many years ... we would cut the face of, lift up the ends of the shell, scrape the lungs and intestines out, egg dip, and flour, and fry

never heard of anyone not cleaning em before frying them, although I suppose you could ... seems a little nasty to me

They are nasty. The only experience that I have with them is from my days working in restaurants.

Sorry, have to go gag now...

[Fables of Faubus]

If it makes you feel any better, consider what Abraham Lincoln had to say about oysters, "Once you've eaten an oyster, you've eaten just about everything." :)

[Amy Winette]

The other thing about the sammich is it's fried. Everything fried tastes about the same -- like batter fried in hot oil.

[LaTiDa]

I know this is a softshell po-boy v. crawfish monica debate I would like to interject and also get some props for good 'ol oyster po-boys and the more traditional crawfish.

In the first case.... there is absolutely nothing wrong , and everything right with fried and sandwich joined in culinary bliss. (sorrry Amy).

In the second, while crawfish, cheese and pasta is a trinity of all that can be right with n'awlins cuisine it would never be possible without plain ole....

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r265/stephil85/4-3.jpg

ps. I just had that really cool picture and wanted to use it :)

[BigDag]

It's a beautiful picture, LaTiDa. And it reminds me that crawfish season has begun! Before long, a half-dozen bars in my town will be offering those boiled beauties for free, in an effort to get you in their place and drinking beer. Yum yum yum!

And don't forget, vote for Crawfish Monica. Thank you.

[mymecca]

absolute JF food crush...gotta have it, every year...haven't had the spider sammich yet...guess i need to try it in 2007...along with the quail gumbo

i am in NO WAY done sampling and surveying the cornacopia of goodies...cannot begin to pick a favorite, unless it's hedged as "favorite so far"...each year yields a new "OMG that's the best thang i ever put in my mouth" candidate for me (shut it, ya oinkers!)

2006 was the fried oyster po boy, especially when they subbed spinach when they ran out of cabbage...yummy yummers!

2005 was the spinach/zuchini/crawfish bisque

2004 was the veggie spring rolls, dipped in gumbo...skipped the peanut sauce...i finally located the booth in a faraway part of the fairgrounds on the last day...this won not really for scrumptiousness but for lightness...it was unbearably scorching hot that year and i can't stomach really rich food in that heat...i existed mostly on strawberry smoothies during the day that year....

[Michelino]

I've no doubt the shit rocks based on the lines and the glazed look in people's eyes when it's mentioned but when I'm hoppin' and boppin' from one stage to the next, the last thing I want is pasta.

Yes I understand bro! I have a butter fat, gluten and crustacean deficiency problem, so I am forced to down a serving or so every day at fest. What I have found is that the goop is basically a soupy rip-off of fettuccine alfredo (but with rotini?) with the crawfish added. And you know what they call fettuccine Alfredo? "Heart attack on plate". What does that make this stuff: “A Cup of Cardiac Arrest”?

[tangledupinblue]

You could deep fry your right drinkin' arm and start to eat it down there with all the booze runnin' through your system.
Give me a bag of cracklins and send me to the Fais DO DO stage ASAP!

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o133/klsarge/prod_cracklins2.jpg

[festfreak]

A properly prepared softshell crab does not have eyes/face/innards. I oughta know since I've been eating them almost as long as I've been eating solid food. The spider sammichs at Fest are delicious (especially with a dash or two of Crystal)...but then again, I love the Monica, too (also with a dash or two of Crystal). BTW, softshells can also be sauteed if fryin's isn't your thing...they're yummy either way...Also, I used to love the softshell crawfish po' boys at Fest till they stopped selling them a few years back...mmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Michelino]

Mmmm, look at it, just tell me that's not making you drool? :)

http://www.crawfishmonica.com/images/products_07.jpg

You can tell just from the look of it that it's all overcooked. That's the problem with serving pasta to 40,000 people, you just can't cook it al dente. Pasta is made to be cooked one lb at time or less...anymore and you get...well crumbly soggy rotini.

But now a good fry cook...he or she can hit the mark time after time, one delicious SoftShell Crab Sammitch after another. Plus you get a pickle.

[grisgris]

I can get crawfish in my backyard & make Crawfish Monica, I don't get soft shell crabs in NELA. Fried soft shell crabs are my giltey pleasure. Sorry Amy.

[pokerchick66]

You can tell just from the look of it that it's all overcooked. That's the problem with serving pasta to 40,000 people, you just can't cook it al dente. Pasta is made to be cooked one lb at time or less...anymore and you get...well crumbly soggy rotini.

But now a good fry cook...he or she can hit the mark time after time, one delicious SoftShell Crab Sammitch after another. Plus you get a pickle.

LMAO! :D

[grisgris]

It's a beautiful picture, LaTiDa. And it reminds me that crawfish season has begun! Before long, a half-dozen bars in my town will be offering those boiled beauties for free, in an effort to get you in their place and drinking beer. Yum yum yum!

And don't forget, vote for Crawfish Monica. Thank you.

Big Dag where you live? Free crawfish at a bar? Baby i'm there & bringing lots of friends. We can put them out of business in 2 seconds flat.

[Amy Winette]

and yet . . . we appear to be 6 votes ahead with an hour to go!!

i've ordered it pre-cooked, it isn't overcooked, it's just perfect :) :)

[rosetree]

Hey Amy---While you are here, you can get crawfish monica anytime you want at O'Henry's!:D They use the same recipe that is @JF!!!!

[Amy Winette]

Really??? Hmmm, that is good to know . . . .

Of course eating it for breakfast every day and oftentimes lunch too at fest, I might not need any more. Nah, I probably do! :)

[Amy Winette]

Ooops, I just realized there's a whole day of voting to go. Let the challenge continue!

[rosetree]

Damn, your long week just got longer...buy ya a drink????

[mangoon]

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r70/mangoon13/57195200_IMG_8697.jpg

The crabs are a little unhappy with the way this vote is going!

[tangledupinblue]

I would thing they would be happy so there are less of them eaten!!!

[Amy Winette]

Damn, your long week just got longer...buy ya a drink????

Yes please, thanks DT!

I'm about to go have sushi actually. Should I get spider rolls? Crunch crunch! I don't think they have any sushi with crawfish in it!

[Amy Winette]

I would thing they would be happy so there are less of them eaten!!!

Mmm, I think so. Under the Sea is my current cell phone ring and I just keep picturing Sebastian singing . . . The Fish on the Land Ain't Happy, They Sad Cause They in a Bowl . . . But Fish in the Bowl is Lucky, They in for a Worser Fate . . . One Day When the Boss Gets Hungry, Guess Who Gon Be on They Plate . . .

Don't eat Sebastian. Vote for pasta!! :)

[tangledupinblue]

BUT they do have fried softshell crab rolls. Jude just ordered one a week ago and he LOVED IT. I stuck with shrimp tempura rolls.

What is in the spider roll? black widow?

[Amy Winette]

Nah, it's the fried softshell crabs with their little fried legs sticking out of the roll. Kinda hard to eat with chopsticks!

[swag]

The Monica booth is an efficient operation. 6 lines, moving quickly, you can have your food long before your beer is empty.

At the Softshell booth, they make you get a damn ticket! What's up with that?

[tangledupinblue]

OK, no spiders for me thanks.
I thought the only thing we needed tickets for were parking???

[Amy Winette]

Yeah, what Swag said!

Our team is a well oiled machine :)

[Michelino]

Yeah, what Swag said!

Our team is a well oiled machine :)

Yes the efficiency is breathtaking...You want real efficiency, go to McDonalds....You want something good to eat...it takes a little time to make the perfect sandwich.

[pokerchick66]

Yes the efficiency is breathtaking...You want real efficiency, go to McDonalds....You want something good to eat...it takes a little time to make the perfect sandwhich.



Yea, good things are worth waiting for!

Hey, I heard the Crawfish Monica was text messaging some junior crawfish pages.

[Zydekitten]

Like I just said on the Spider thread, I'm backin up my home girl Amy W. about de Crawfish Monica . . . it was my first Fest food love and while the Cochon de Lait Po Boy has become my ultimate favorite (and dey ran out on me one day last year - just as I was almost to the front of the line no less!), who can resist this face:

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/Zydekitten/crawfishmonica_yummy.jpg

I know I can't . . . ;)

[neverleft]

Zydekitten you are right, I totally agree with you and Amy. One of the biggest reasons to go to Jazz Fest is Crawfish Monica. I always get a large bowl everyday of Fest. Great for a hangover too.

[Zydekitten]

Ah! Now with a hangover, I not only like me some Crawfish Monica - but also do enjoy the traditional New Orleans hangover good-for-what-ails-you food . . . Ya Ka Mein (better known as "Old Sober):

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/Zydekitten/OldSober.jpg

Which you can get here:

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/Zydekitten/20050429022.jpg

[BigDag]

Big Dag where you live? Free crawfish at a bar? Baby i'm there & bringing lots of friends. We can put them out of business in 2 seconds flat.

I'm in Mobile Alabama, and years ago some bar got the idea if they'd serve up spicy crawfish to folks, they'd buy more beer. It worked. Lines were out the door. Other bars picked up on the idea. And the bars tend do it on different nights, so you can go to The Garage on Sunday, Bojangles on Monday, Heroes on Tuesday, The Silver Horse on Thursday, and enjoy free spicy crawdads with your cold suds. It's a wonderful life.

And if you haven't done it yet, vote Crawfish Monica. Thank you.

[eat_mo_crawfish]

Big ol' honkin spider went in the hot hot oil,

Fried to perfection, then put into the foil,

Then with some pickles and hot sauce on the bread,

That's the perfect meal for a supped-up dunk threadhead.

[pokerchick66]

Big ol' honkin spider went in the hot hot oil,

Fried to perfection, then put into the foil,

Then with some pickles and hot sauce on the bread,

That's the perfect meal for a supped-up dunk threadhead.

YYR, Eatmo! :D

[Amy Winette]

This thread makes my heart smile.

Vote Crawfish Monica!! :)

[tangledupinblue]

That "sober soup" looks pretty interesting. I may try that this year if I am hung over....which I rarely am at Jazzfest.....I just stay drunk!

[pokerchick66]

Oh. Is that a softshell crab poboy?

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o231/monica7966/126684921_7f56b338ec_s.jpg

[mightyradgumbo]

"The term "po' boy" was coined in a New Orleans restaurant owned by Benny and Clovis Martin, a former streetcar conductor. In 1929, during a four-month strike against the streetcar company, Martin served his former colleagues free sandwiches. Martin's restaurant workers jokingly referred to the strikers as "poor boys", and soon the sandwiches themselves took on the name. In Louisiana dialect, this is naturally shortened to "po' boy."

In his book The Art of the Sandwich, Jay Harlow suggests that the name "po' boy" comes from the French pour boire or "peace offering," which stems from when men would come home after a night on the town, bringing an oyster loaf as a peace offering.

Harlow's account seems to conflate two other stories about the origins of the term "poor boy". The French word pourboire literally means "to drink" and translates as the tip one leaves a serving person or a delivery boy. These tips could be used to buy a small sandwich, which became known as poor boys. A variation on this story is that the tips were "for the boy" rendered in a Franglais mixture as "pour le boy".

A Peace Maker was the name for an oyster loaf--a whole loaf of French Bread, split, hollowed out, and buttered, loaded with fried oysters and garnished with lemon juice and sliced pickles. That was the traditional peace offering upon returning home late."

how can you vote for Crawfish Monica after reading such a story??? or seeing this wonderful treat

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n36/myteerad/sscpb.jpg

[rosetree]

I thought a "Peacemaker" was a 1/2 erster & 1/2 swimp..????...

[pokerchick66]

Ooooh. Look at that:

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o231/monica7966/img2bc367adn27ro4.jpg

[BigDag]

Poker, where do you get all these pictures? Do you photograph every meal you've ever had?

[Zydekitten]

That "sober soup" looks pretty interesting. I may try that this year if I am hung over....which I rarely am at Jazzfest.....I just stay drunk!

I highly recommend it even if one isn't hungover (although as a lifelong hedonist, I do admire your philosophy of just staying drunk) - it was great last year when I had lost my voice and was having throat issues . . . not to mention it's just damn great: soupy, noodly, with yummy beef, green onions and a hard-boiled egg.

Slurp!

[Zydekitten]

I thought a "Peacemaker" was a 1/2 erster & 1/2 swimp..????...

It is at Acme (and damn good it is there too), maybe it's different things to different folks? :confused:

[tangledupinblue]

Sounds great Kitten, that is just what I need when I feel that way.

[Zydekitten]

Sounds great Kitten, that is just what I need when I feel that way.

It's perfect for feeling a bit punk and I don't eat red meat . . . well, except when in NOLA. I just can't resisit all of the delicious meaty foods there - like good Old Sober. I had a super delicious Reveillon dinner at Tujague's in December with their famous beef brisket - yum (sorry, cows)!

[BigDag]

I'm happy to see the Crawfish Monica Nation pulled out the victory while I was out of pocket. But I do have a confession to make.

I went to dinner Friday night at my local oyster bar, and what did I order? A softshell crab po boy. I couldn't get those pictures that Poker posted out of my mind.

I feel better now that I got that off of my chest. Or into my belly.

[pokerchick66]

I'm happy to see the Crawfish Monica Nation pulled out the victory while I was out of pocket. But I do have a confession to make.

I went to dinner Friday night at my local oyster bar, and what did I order? A softshell crab po boy. I couldn't get those pictures that Poker posted out of my mind.

I feel better now that I got that off of my chest. Or into my belly.

LMAO! Well I'm glad they had an effect on somebody. And how was it, BD?

[BigDag]

Very good. Not as good as what you get at Jazzfest, but tasty nonetheless.

[pokerchick66]

Very good. Not as good as what you get at Jazzfest, but tasty nonetheless.


Yea, those ones at the JF are the bomb. Can't wait.

[Michelino]

Very good. Not as good as what you get at Jazzfest, but tasty nonetheless.

Jazz Fest itself enhances the whole Softshell Experience...especially when you are from an area like mine where hots and hamburgers, gyros (maybe some steamed clams at a Fireman's carnival) and some other stuff you wouldn't want to eat are the only food you are a likely to find at festivals. We have at least three good festivals here, including a upcoming Jazz Fest, but I have to remind any one who's been to New Orleans...don't come hungry.

But in my travels as part of the food fights here, I met a softshell lover who keeps a ticket marked "CRAB" in his wallet all year round, so he can pull it out from time to time and remember as he keeps waiting for the gates to open. He is my new hero.

[Amy Winette]

Alright Crawfish folks, where y'at?? Last round we had 35 people vote for Crawfish Monica and this round only 18 have. Where are the 17 other people? Please hop on over there and vote, we've only got a few hours left!! Thank you :)

[pokerchick66]

Alright Crawfish folks, where y'at?? Last round we had 35 people vote for Crawfish Monica and this round only 18 have. Where are the 17 other people? Please hop on over there and vote, we've only got a few hours left!! Thank you :)

They jumped over to the piggy side. :D

[dumbtourist]

They jumped over to the piggy side. :D
Nawwwww....they're just waiting for the final hour to come out in force and trounce the pig....just in case Mich has any other suprises up his 'puter.

[Amy Winette]

If you're out there crawfish monica voters, go ahead and vote now, nothing to be gained by waiting ;)

[pokerchick66]

Yes, don't wait. Hurry and vote for cochon de lait:

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o231/monica7966/136944248_6c6f45111b_m.jpg

[Amy Winette]

That one looks dry too . . . ;)

[dank_bass]

Yes please, thanks DT!

I'm about to go have sushi actually. Should I get spider rolls? Crunch crunch! I don't think they have any sushi with crawfish in it!

They do at the fairgrounds Amy

[jailbait vagrant]

crawfish monica got my vote in the electoral college

[dank_bass]

BUT they do have fried softshell crab rolls. Jude just ordered one a week ago and he LOVED IT. I stuck with shrimp tempura rolls.

What is in the spider roll? black widow?

Spider Roll IS soft shelled crab

[dank_bass]

Ooops, I just realized there's a whole day of voting to go. Let the challenge continue!

Just out of curiosity, how many fest foods have you tried ... you cant have monica every day for lunch ... need some variety!!

[Amy Winette]

I have it for breakfast every day and sometimes lunch :)

Over the last 9 years I've tried a lot of different items, have a lot of other faves but nothing touches crawfish monica.

[rosetree]

...saw that comin' a mile away ;) :D

[mangoon]

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r70/mangoon13/ymcapigs.gif


Pigs feel they have won the talent portion of the competition hands down.

[Zydekitten]

Alright Crawfish folks, where y'at?? Last round we had 35 people vote for Crawfish Monica and this round only 18 have. Where are the 17 other people? Please hop on over there and vote, we've only got a few hours left!! Thank you :)
Okay, I know I'm being rather dim . . . but I haven't been able to figure out how to get to all of these elections.

How do I find the new one for Cochon de Lait Po Boy vs. Crawfish Monica?

Any help is appreciated to help this clueless kitten! :o

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/Zydekitten/dunce_kitten.jpg

[Michelino]

Okay, I know I'm being rather dim . . . but I haven't been able to figure out how to get to all of these elections.

How do I find the new one for Cochon de Lait Po Boy vs. Crawfish Monica?

Any help is appreciated to help this clueless kitten! :o

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/Zydekitten/dunce_kitten.jpg


Kitten, click on the first picture in this thread (http://www.nojazzfest.com/chat/showthread.php?t=644)and it will take you where you want to go - right to the vote.

[rosetree]

Ohhhhhhh, look Amy and Mich.....!!!!
It looks like Kitty hasn't voted yet!!!!
(steps back and watches the fireworks;) )

[Amy Winette]

Kitty kitty, I know you want to vote crawfish!!

Here's the link:

http://www.nojazzfest.com/chat/showthread.php?t=622

[Michelino]

Ohhhhhhh, look Amy and Mich.....!!!!
It looks like Kitty hasn't voted yet!!!!
(steps back and watches the fireworks;) )

Fireworks? Hogwash! I suspect she intends to vote pasta, but being a gentleman, I took her right to polls, well maybe one little extra stop along the way.

[rosetree]

Kinda like voting used to be down here. Bus a group in and hand them the filled in ballot as they get off the bus!!!;)

[Zydekitten]

Thanks, Michelino!

Nope, Rosetree - I have not yet been to the polls on this one . . . and I won't lie, I'm rather torn between the options on this particular election - they're my two very favoritie fest food options.

Can I just vote like this:

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/Zydekitten/i3w_05.jpg

[pokerchick66]

Hey Kitten, this cochon de lait doesn't look dry, does it?

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o231/monica7966/faude-cochon-02.jpg

I'll throw an extra saucer of milk in for your kitty, too. ;)

[Zydekitten]

Hey Kitten, this cochon de lait doesn't look dry, does it?

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o231/monica7966/faude-cochon-02.jpg

I'll throw an extra saucer of milk in for your kitty, too. ;)

Hey, Chip Chop - Yum, yum, yum!!

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/Zydekitten/hw8_20.jpg
Nope, that sure doesn't - but I've never had dry CDL po boys so I wouldn't know what one really looked like . . .
;)

[Michelino]

Thanks, Michelino!
Nope, Rosetree - I have not yet been to the polls on this one . . . and I won't lie, I'm rather torn between the options on this particular election - they're my two very favoritie fest food options.


Well, Kitten, we would love to have your vote, especially since the other side has already enjoyed that special honor once.

Why not share the love?

And have I mentioned that I love New Orleans so much that I have a cat named "Sazerac". And that he is eighteen years old and very healthy!

http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/5439/2005189536465669189_rs.jpg

[Zydekitten]

Well, Kitten, we would love to have your vote, especially since the other side has already enjoyed that special honor once.

Why not share the love?

And have I mentioned that I love New Orleans so much that I have a cat named "Sazerac". And that he is eighteen years old and very healthy!

http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/5439/2005189536465669189_rs.jpg

Great kitty, Michelino!!! Great name too . . . I would have named my kitty cat an excellent New Orleans name like that, but she already had an established moniker (Sam) when I adopted her from my brother. Also, Sam's almost as distinguished as Miss Sazerac at 15 years old - okay, not really, here she is displaying some of the lovely New Orleans christmas ornaments that I got at Santa's Quarters last month:

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/Zydekitten/Ornamentsonmycat.jpg

[Michelino]

Great kitty, Michelino!!! Great name too . . . I would have named my kitty cat an excellent New Orleans name like that, but she already had an established moniker (Sam) when I adopted her from my brother. Also, Sam's almost as distinguished as Miss Sazerac at 15 years old - okay, not really, here she is displaying some of the lovely New Orleans christmas ornaments that I got at Santa's Quarters last month:

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/Zydekitten/Ornamentsonmycat.jpg

Love that face!

Sazzy is not without his problems, because of dwindling kidney function he needs subcutaneous injections of fluids at least three times a week. But when that became necessary, my wife worked with our vet and learned how to do it. He is a real trouper about sitting on her lap and getting a needle poked under his fur. Doesn't even run when he sees the IV bag comes out. But he just passed his latest geriatric exam with flying colors.

[Zydekitten]

She's a cutie, even though she's decided that grooming that long fur isn't really worth much of her time - so she gets all matted up - and she won't let me groom her. sigh

My ex-husband I had had a kitty that had kidney issues and I had to give her the subcutaneous injections . . . isn't that fun??!

The funny thing about that was that the kitty didn't mind the injections as much as she did mind having to take pills. She'd sit still for the injection, but throw a kitty hissy fit when the pills came out! :rolleyes:

[Corona]

yayyy Sazzy!!! Pretty kitty Michelino :)

[jhjpotter]

The Yabbies of Oz are joining the fight against all things not Monica!!

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[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

I vote with Amy. Crawfish Monica!!! mmmmmmmm.......

[MzJoey]

...CM is like macaroni & cheese w/ gamey crawdads....and spiders...fried??...gulp...i'll just have a dink thank ye anyway....

[Zydekitten]

...CM is like macaroni & cheese w/ gamey crawdads....and spiders...fried??...gulp...i'll just have a dink thank ye anyway....
Just guessing here . . . are you not a crustacean fan, MzJoey??? ;)

[MzJoey]

But hey, a party isn't just about food..it's about hangin out and sharing good times...so no worries...i've paid for plenty a crawfish boil and drank my dinner! woohoo!

[Zydekitten]

Nothing to apologize for, MzJoey - to each her peach . . . you can give me any nasty crustaceans you might happen to encounter, I'll protect you from them! :D

[MzJoey]

keeping the world free of nasty crustaceans!!!

[Zydekitten]

I do what I can, little lady! :D

[grisgris]

Crustaceans are our friends:D

[MzJoey]

but do crustaceans get "it"??....

[Zydekitten]

You know they do - that's why they're in the Monica dagnabit!!! ;)

[MzJoey]

Of course!!

[Amy Winette]

Did I mention I tried a fried softshell crab over MG and it wasn't for me? Just tasted like anything else fried but with an extra kinda creepy crunch. I love crab MEAT but I'll pass on the shells. And I'm never gonna suck a crawfish head, nuh uh, unless there's money involved, then I might be adventurous ;)

[Zydekitten]

Oooh, girl - I am SO with you on that!!! I have some well-known food texture things and that is one of them.

I loves me some crab meat - just already out of the shell please! :D

[pokerchick66]

Did I mention I tried a fried softshell crab over MG and it wasn't for me? Just tasted like anything else fried but with an extra kinda creepy crunch. I love crab MEAT but I'll pass on the shells. And I'm never gonna suck a crawfish head, nuh uh, unless there's money involved, then I might be adventurous ;)

Blasphemy.