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I put my recipe for Shrimp Creole in my blog.

Cajun food is a lot like jazz. There are some basics but, there a lot of ad lib going on. Some of the old recipes were designed to vary significantly depending on what you had on hand. For something like Jambalaya the rice and spices are constant but, it can be loaded up with anything from sausage, hamburger meat, shrimp, deer meat, etc. It's how a Mom could feed a lot of kids based on what's in the kitchen. It's not hard to do, fun and you come up with some absolutely delicious stuff. I'm going to take you through making Shrimp Creole. It takes about an hour and it looks and tastes great. It's a good recipe for company you like. They'll sure come back. You need: _________________________________________________ 2 pounds shrimp- (peeled and de-veined works best as it skips a time-consuming chore. Thawed if frozen). 2 cups chicken broth 1 can Rotel 1 small can tomato paste 1/2 cup sliced celery 1/2 cup sliced green peppers 1/2 cup diced onions 3 cloves of garlic, crushed (optional- a few green onions sliced) 2 tablespoons flour 1/2 a stick of butter 1 tablespoon creole seasoning 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper [salt & pepper to taste] ____________________________________________________ Start out by preparing your vegetables. Onions, green bell pepper and celery are the base for a number of creole dishes ranging from red beans & rice, étouffées, gumbo and others. Make sure your shrimp are ready to go. They need to be thawed out if they are frozen. Next it is time to make the roux. Roux is a gravy base. It is the base of numerous Cajun recipes. Once you start cooking, it thickens up. Roux is easily done but you have to pay attention to it. If you burn it, it's wasted. Take the pot you are cooking in and apply medium heat. Melt a half stick of butter and then put in the flour- stirring frequently. At first, it will look like this: As it cooks, it will smell very good. Stir it and keep stirring. Don't let it sit still. You don't want it to scorch. It will gradually darken to a peanut brown color (we call this a blond roux for étouffées). Eventually it will cook to a darker color like this: When the roux is this color, it's ready. Now dump in your vegetables, garlic last. Continue stirring and sauté all of your vegetables in the roux. This takes about four or five minutes. Once the onions are translucent, add in two cups of chicken broth, 1 can of Rotel and the tomato paste. Add in your spices now. Stir this all together and make sure the paste dissolves good. Bring the pot to a hard boil and then reduce heat and simmer covered for thirty to forty-five minutes. It will look like this: After simmering for at least a half hour, add in your shrimp and stir them up. Let it continue for another five minutes as the heat in the pot will cook the shrimp. Remove the pot from heat and let stand 5 minutes. Serve over rice. Pairs well with white wine, garlic bread and you can garnish it with fine chopped parsley.

Work stress- it's enough to drive a cat to drink.

I crave shrimp, chicken and beef, would like to sleep 16 hours a day and I'm covered in cat hair. It is a logical conclusion.

Cat privilege.

I like 5 better than 6. It just seems more playable.

I don't know Doc. I might be getting a little squirrelly.

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A senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the road, he floored it to 80 mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little gray hair he had left. Amazing, he thought as he flew down I-94, pushing the pedal even more. Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a state trooper behind him, lights flashing and siren blaring. He floored it to 100 mph, then 110, then 120. Suddenly he thought, What am I doing? I'm too old for this, and pulled over to await the trooper's arrival. Pulling in behind him, the trooper walked up to the Corvette, looked at his watch, and said, "Sir, my shift ends in 30 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a reason for speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go." The old gentleman paused. Then he said, "Years ago, my wife ran off with a state trooper. I thought you were bringing her back." "Have a good day, sir," replied the trooper.

Cousin Phil Cousin Phil is a Southern-ism indicating that rather useless, lazy, alcoholic dull cousin that most families only acknowledge reluctantly. He is the inspiration for this classic bad opening for a novel: The plan was simple, like my cousin Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.

That dog won't hunt. This means (1)an idea or (2)a person that is mostly useless. Examples: 1) Have you tried going back to a typewriter? I hear that's good for a lot of authors with writers block. Hell Phil, that dog won't hunt. I don't even know how to use a typewriter. 2) Your cousin still need a job? There some construction work opening up. That dog won't hunt. Phil is just too lazy to work that hard.

I have heard that a lot of southern phrases are incomprehensible to foreigners like yankees and left coasters. In this thread I will try to fix that. Cuter than a basket full of puppies. If you were to say: that boy Rusty is cuter than a basket full of puppies, then Rusty would be pretty cute. Get it?