Tourney 3B: Crawfish Monica vs Cochon de Lait PoBoy

[swag]

Food Booths at Fest Bracket finals

[pokerchick66]

Let the games begin.

[saturn]

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-1/86486/add-fork-to-pig.gif

GOING FOR THE PIG!!

[Michelino]

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/LibertyLeadsCochon600.jpg (http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/LibertyLeadsCochon.jpg)

[PaulC]

WOW.... You just recruited me.................

[ScoopJohnD]

Michelino, I'm in pain here!!!!!! Friggin hilarious!!

The revenge of the crab has begun!!!!!

[Michelino]

The revenge of the crab has begun!!!!!

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/CouchonCrossingDelaware600.jpg (http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/CouchonCrossingDelaware.jpg)

[pokerchick66]

ROFLMAO! You got me and my kid rolling over here! Too perfect. LOVE the crab . . .Remember Me.

Now you need to do an Alamo one. ;)

[LaTiDa]

Damn... I would feel down right unpatriotic now if I even thought of not voting for the pig sammich.

Luckily, this is not a problem because, once again, as we all know---
PORK FAT RULES!

[swag]

Luckily, this is not a problem because, once again, as we all know---
PORK FAT RULES!

I think the next set of brackets may be the Fest-of-the-Past competitors that are now gone, like the Redfish BBQ Oyster Salad, the HOB Stage, and the Mo Fest, but mostly so we all get a chance to vote for the Cracklins!

[Amy Winette]

That's hilarious Mich! Well, doesn't look like this is a foregone conclusion just yet ;) I may take a tip from your playbook and see who I can recruit on myspace . . . Heh heh :)

[rosetree]

mmmmm........CRACKLINS!!!!! :D

[sophisticated sissy]

Go, pig, go!

[Michelino]

Now you need to do an Alamo one. ;)

Not a bad idea for the last in the series...but as my wife suggested, it might play better as a Sequel....

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/AlamoIICouchon400.jpg (http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/AlamoIICouchon.jpg)

[pokerchick66]

Not a bad idea for the last in the series...but as my wife suggested, it might play better as a Sequel....

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/AlamoIICouchon400.jpg (http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/AlamoIICouchon.jpg)

Mich, my chicklet is loving them; Keep em coming!! :D

[sophisticated sissy]

Frankie Avalon? Was Patrick Wayne John Wayne's son?
TFF...you're cracking me up, too!:)

[Michelino]

Frankie Avalon? Was Patrick Wayne John Wayne's son?
TFF...you're cracking me up, too!:)

Yes, and he still is! He was in a lot of his father's films, like Big Jake , The Searchers and Green Berets. And apparently he was offered the role of Superman in 1978! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Wayne)

[ohio]

Mic, you're killin', man!!!! I hope you don't mind, but I just had to add something to your 'delaware' poster:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/bryanr1234/goo.jpg

[Michelino]

Mic, you're killin', man!!!! I hope you don't mind, but I just had to add something to your 'delaware' poster

Very Nice!!!

Oh..there's the door..It's the delivery man

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/NapoleanCouchon500.jpg (http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/NapoleanCouchon.jpg)

[PaulC]

Not only is it the best food booth at the fest (combined with the fried eggplant and crawfish sauce - which if it was ever put on pasta would top monica all by itself),.. but now it doubles as a college level course in Art Appreciation....................

I start every day at the fest with the eggplant dish,.. it's an incredible blend of tastes and textures....

[Michelino]

Not only is it the best food booth at the fest (combined with the fried eggplant and crawfish sauce - which if it was ever put on pasta would top monica all by itself),.. but now it doubles as a college level course in Art Appreciation....................

I start every day at the fest with the eggplant dish,.. it's an incredible blend of tastes and textures....

That eggplant dish is a highlight indeed. Last year, with all the press, including the big NPR story, the Couchon de Lait sold out a couple of times before the end of the day...but that eggplant was still available. Another time we were in line when they ran out bread for the po boys. Quite a few people stormed away...but the rest of stayed for the best pork salad I've ever had.

Here's my favorite lurking Art Lover enjoying her first couchon of fest:
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/CouchonLover-1.jpg

[ScoopJohnD]

I guess it's safe to say the food voting moritorium is over........

[ohio]

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/bryanr1234/pig.jpg

[Amy Winette]

We're not going down without a fight! I have put the call out to the crawfish nation!

[Michelino]

We're not going down without a fight! I have put the call out to the crawfish nation!

Well, regardless of the vote here, your team IS falling a little behind in the etch-a-sketch wars!

[Amy Winette]

I know, but I have great faith in us coming back!

[ohio]

I know, but I have great faith in us coming back!
Gee Am, asking people on MySpace to register here just to vote on this is really not in the spirit...

[Michelino]

Gee Am, asking people on MySpace to register here just to vote on this is really not in the spirit...

Admiral of the fleet, this is a war fought being fought on many a distant shore....look here... (http://www.neworleans.com/forum/index.php/topic,2603.0.html)

(Plus I started it on Myspace.com...check your bulletins)

[Amy Winette]

Yup, Mich did it first (the myspace thing). Gotta fight fire with fire! :)

[ohio]

Admiral of the fleet, this is a war fought being fought on many a distant shore....look here... (http://www.neworleans.com/forum/index.php/topic,2603.0.html)

(Plus I started it on Myspace.com...check your bulletins)
OH...MY...GAWD!
Shame on you too!
Next you'll tell me you're both registering under multiple emails so to vote multiple times. Forty Lashes for you both!!!
ARRRRRGH:eek:

[ohio]

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/bryanr1234/piggy.jpg

[Michelino]

OH...MY...GAWD!
Shame on you too!
Next you'll tell me you're both registering under multiple emails so to vote multiple times. Forty Lashes for you both!!!
ARRRRRGH:eek:

Wait a minute...Hold the outrage...I did nothing shameful...this is a board about Jazz Fest...not just about threadheads. Besides myspace, I went to three other boards: Pet De Kat (where Swag had already been) and nicely promoted the tournament at two NOLA Foodie sites. See above thread.

The "food fight" has been all in fun and I'm guessing that Swag meant this as treat for us regulars as well as a promotion for all good things fest related. Actually, the idea of having the Food Booths and Stages slug it out is a super advertisement...I think the Fest should team up with Swag and put out a press release if he does it again!

As for my myspace.com bulletin....where most of my friends are bands and musicians that I like....

Here it is

Over at the New Orleans Jazz Fest Chat Board, there is a The Great Jazzfest Tournament Bracket ! ( go to http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=197946) It's like March Madness, only about Jazz Fest Favorites, including some of the best known stages and food booths. The polling has been going on for a couple of days, but it not too late to join in. This thread has much more detail:[http://www.nojazzfest.com/chat/showthread.php?t=494

You will have to join the site to be able to post or participate in the polls.

(I'm glad that musicians are not being ranked against each other...for us fans those choices are tough enough to make when 10 stages are filled with incredible performances. )

If you are also a fan of the Food booths at Jazz Fest, you should know that right now the SoftShell Crab Po Boy booth is duking it out with the Crawfish Monica empire after each won their first round. Now I like Crawfish Monica, even though the pasta is overcooked. But in terms of festival food, the SoftShell Crab Po Boys at Jazz Fest are at another level entirely. But SoftShell is currently behind and so I am calling for the SoftShell Crab Po Boy Nation to come forth and vote with us at this link
http://www.nojazzfest.com/chat/showthread.php?t=574

In any case, accept my belated New Years Wishes for more love, music , friendship (and good food!) in all of your lives. These days, if one is looking for Peace and Understanding, music is one of the few places to find it. And so, to those of you who carry that vision as part of your message, I want to say thank you as well....Michael

Of course, I had one more follow-up to the Myspace Group called "ThreadHeads"...hope that is all right with you.

As for making up names, I haven't THAT much at stake here that I would cheat...and I know that Amy wouldn't...(she won't even take advantage of being a volunteer to get a quick poster.)

Sheesh...it's not like I found the home board of the Pork Industry and asked them to come and pull it out for "The Other White Meat" <evil grin>

[ohio]

Sheesh...it's not like I found the home board of the Pork Industry and asked them to come and pull it out for "The Other White Meat" <evil grin>
OK. Now I want to give a plug for another important industry....
Weasel: The Other Yellow Meat :D

[Michelino]

OK. Now I want to give a plug for another important industry....
Weasel: The Other Yellow Meat :D

Why? Do you run their board for them?

[Amy Winette]

OH...MY...GAWD!
Shame on you too!
Next you'll tell me you're both registering under multiple emails so to vote multiple times. Forty Lashes for you both!!!
ARRRRRGH:eek:

Absolutely not! If I can't talk people into voting with me, well, then I deserve to lose :)

[Amy Winette]

Wait a minute...Hold the outrage...I did nothing shameful...this is a board about Jazz Fest...not just about threadheads. Besides myspace, I went to three other boards: Pet De Kat (where Swag had already been) and nicely promoted the tournament at two NOLA Foodie sites. See above thread.

The "food fight" has been all in fun and I'm guessing that Swag meant this as treat for us regulars as well as a promotion for all good things fest related. Actually, the idea of having the Food Booths and Stages slug it out is a super advertisement...I think the Fest should team up with Swag and put out a press release if he does it again!

As for my myspace.com bulletin....where most of my friends are bands and musicians that I like....

Here it is

Over at the New Orleans Jazz Fest Chat Board, there is a The Great Jazzfest Tournament Bracket ! ( go to http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=197946) It's like March Madness, only about Jazz Fest Favorites, including some of the best known stages and food booths. The polling has been going on for a couple of days, but it not too late to join in. This thread has much more detail:[http://www.nojazzfest.com/chat/showthread.php?t=494

You will have to join the site to be able to post or participate in the polls.

(I'm glad that musicians are not being ranked against each other...for us fans those choices are tough enough to make when 10 stages are filled with incredible performances. )

If you are also a fan of the Food booths at Jazz Fest, you should know that right now the SoftShell Crab Po Boy booth is duking it out with the Crawfish Monica empire after each won their first round. Now I like Crawfish Monica, even though the pasta is overcooked. But in terms of festival food, the SoftShell Crab Po Boys at Jazz Fest are at another level entirely. But SoftShell is currently behind and so I am calling for the SoftShell Crab Po Boy Nation to come forth and vote with us at this link
http://www.nojazzfest.com/chat/showthread.php?t=574

In any case, accept my belated New Years Wishes for more love, music , friendship (and good food!) in all of your lives. These days, if one is looking for Peace and Understanding, music is one of the few places to find it. And so, to those of you who carry that vision as part of your message, I want to say thank you as well....Michael

Of course, I had one more follow-up to the Myspace Group called "ThreadHeads"...hope that is all right with you.

As for making up names, I haven't THAT much at stake here that I would cheat...and I know that Amy wouldn't...(she won't even take advantage of being a volunteer to get a quick poster.)

Sheesh...it's not like I found the home board of the Pork Industry and asked them to come and pull it out for "The Other White Meat" <evil grin>

Oh my, if the pork industry gets involved I'll have to reach out for the kosher vote!!

Yes, all in good fun. And it HAS been fun!! I posted to the Cowboy Mouth board, we know those folks are great voters. Nada response, I think the people here are our best and only hope :)

[Michelino]

Oh my, if the pork industry gets involved I'll have to reach out for the kosher vote!!

Yes, all in good fun. And it HAS been fun!! I posted to the Cowboy Mouth board, we know those folks are great voters. Nada response, I think the people here are our best and only hope :)

Crawfish ain't kosher. And if it was....you couldn't eat it with milk.

But yes...it's like Les Miserables at the barricades...no one is coming to join our revolution (sigh).

Maybe we should e-mail NPR....they liked Cochon de Lait so much last year (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5369798), I've sure they would like to get the word out.

[Amy Winette]

Well I'M not emailing anybody who is gonna help the piggies! :)

And yeah, I really know nothing about what is kosher.

Jeff just suggested we need to get the Colbert Nation on this. Which option is more American? Hmm . . .

And Jeff hasn't voted yet, so count on one more for crawfish!!

[Michelino]

If for some reason, they responded, I'll bet NPR would be even handed. That what they do.

But I was just joking about contacting anyone else..aka the Pork Industry....there is about as much chance of me doing that as there is of Napoleon actually showing up to deliver me a pork sammitch.

In fact, because it already Monday (!!) my campaigning here has to come to end...no more time...(well maybe my final parody poster based on a comic book cover...where Superman is in a death match with giant rotini might get done...)

[NYMAMA]

Lovers of the mighty crawfish unite and vote. We only need 2 more and we pull aheadof the pig.

[Amy Winette]

Yeah, it's close, but I don't know where else to go to get any more votes at this point!

Though I will note that over 20 more people voted in the last round with monica v. po boy, where are you folks? 35 votes for monica last time, only 18 now? Something isn't right!!

[dank_bass]

I think the next set of brackets may be the Fest-of-the-Past competitors that are now gone, like the Redfish BBQ Oyster Salad, the HOB Stage, and the Mo Fest, but mostly so we all get a chance to vote for the Cracklins!

Just go to redfish and get the BBQ oyster appetizer ... trust me you'll hardly miss the spinach

[NOLA]

Lovers of the mighty crawfish unite and vote. We only need 2 more and we pull aheadof the pig.

Sorry Amy and NYMama, but the pig rules for me.

[dank_bass]

mmmmm........CRACKLINS!!!!! :D

Speaking of Cracklins ... One year we were staying at the Sheraton, and were returning from a wonderful day of festing, with a big bag of Cracklins in hand. We ordered some drinks in the lobby bar for the first time of our stay. we got our bill for 2 mixed drinks, and it was like 16 dollars or something outrageous, so we secretly replaced their bar mix (snack), with cracklins, of course the bowl near the stuffiest looking blue bloods we could find.

Then we watched the expression on peoples faces when they dug into what was previously pretzels and took nice big bites of pork skin. It was funny to us

[dumbtourist]

Lovers of the mighty crawfish unite and vote. We only need 2 more and we pull aheadof the pig.

Sorry, NYMAMA...it don't look good....we're now down by 4 with only 5 hours to go....Where the hell are the voters for Crawfish Monica?????

[Amy Winette]

Yeah, there were 35 of us last round -- where did all those people go? I guess some of them might have switched sides for this round . . .

[pokerchick66]

Yeah, there were 35 of us last round -- where did all those people go? I guess some of them might have switched sides for this round . . .

lol, they came over to the good side. :D

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

[dumbtourist]

Amy....you ready to launch the suprise attack???

Go Monica! (Crawfish...that is)

[Amy Winette]

Yeah! Um, what surprise attack is that?

That sammich just looks dry to me ;)

[Michelino]

There is a rumor going around that all the Crawfish Monica leadership is going to abandon the cause if they win this round and defect to the bread.

Let me assure you that Team Cochon de Lait is committed to Pork Fat Today, Pork Fat Tomorrow, and Pork Fat forever.

[dumbtourist]

Yeah! Um, what surprise attack is that?

;)

I love how you play that coy, "what ya talking 'bout" role...

There will be at least 10 more votes in this catagory before the polls close...we need 7 of 'em......

you hear that, Crawfish Monica lovers?????

[Michelino]

That sammich just looks dry to me ;)

Oh no, we cannot let these desperate smears go unanswered...Roast Suckling Pig makes for one of the most succulent sandwiches on the planet. And then there is the coleslaw.

[dank_bass]

Yeah! Um, what surprise attack is that?

That sammich just looks dry to me ;)

WHAT??? its the farthest thing from dry ... perhaps moister than monica (insert dirty thought here). It drips continuously

[Amy Winette]

Who is the opponent in the next round? Will it be David's crawfish bread? Boy, I guess one good thing if we don't prevail in this round is that I won't have to make that impossible decision!!

[ohio]

Yeah! Um, what surprise attack is that?

That sammich just looks dry to me ;)
You forget that Lis always thought it had gravy on it. gravy. It doesn't, but how dry could it be if that was the misconception???

[Amy Winette]

Isn't that mayo? I do not like mayo . . .

[ohio]

http://www.all4humor.com/images/files/Pig%20Feast.jpg


"I'll take two, please"

[Amy Winette]

Eww, don't much like looking at baby pigs either, I think that's good press for our side! :)

[Michelino]

Forgot to point out that, if, for some reason, anyone wants higher resolution copies of the four graphics I posted above, just click on each picture and there you go.

[glinda]

What a choice to have to make. I love both. hmmmmmmm....................................
.................................................. .................................................. ..... .................................................. .................................................. ............
....................... OK OK! Amy gets another one, I'm goin for the monica.

[ohio]

Eww, don't much like looking at baby pigs either, I think that's good press for our side! :)
well, our lead is growing!

[Michelino]

well, our lead is growing!

Still at least eleven voters from last round that haven't cast one in this one yet.

[Amy Winette]

well, our lead is growing!

Yep, I can see the writing on the wall!

[Amyloves...]

Sorry Otheramy but my vote is for cochon. Mich and Ohio, yall have me and the husband absolutely cracking up over here. You are not well!!

[ScoopJohnD]

Sorry Otheramy but my vote is for cochon. Mich and Ohio, yall have me and the husband absolutely cracking up over here. You are not well!!

WOO HOO!!!!

[ohio]

Sorry Otheramy but my vote is for cochon. Mich and Ohio, yall have me and the husband absolutely cracking up over here. You are not well!!
http://www.aboutfacesentertainers.com/images/caricature/artists/jones_c/jones_c_elvis2_sm.jpgthank you...thank you very much...

[Michelino]

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/SuperCochon440.jpg (http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/SuperCochon.jpg)

[pokerchick66]

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/SuperCochon440.jpg (http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/Misc/SuperCochon.jpg)

ROFLMAO! :D

[NYMAMA]

ALASS THE SWINE HAS WON (SIGH HAND ON FORHEAD)-BE NOT DOWNHEARTED LOVERS OF THE MIGHTY CRAWFISH HE WILL RISE AGAIN.--(I THINK I NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP)

[mauibreeze]

cochon comes in handy, but monica dilivers daily...