Arkansas Blog

Curious to know how much that plate of crawfish cost you, in U.S. equivalent.

ARK. BLOG: Maybe $3. We had 10 courses, beer and bottled water and tea (for five people) for about $48.

Oh, Max, Max, Max, don't do that to this ole coonass by choice!!!!
After a heavy rain they would crawl out of their holes and just cover the streets,,,
I'd tell the kids to grab a sack and get out the big pot.
You can have the s-berries, give me the mudbugs 24/7.

Reminds me of the late big freeze we had last year.. left us without berries or peaches.. We will probably have to wait a couple of weeks for the strawberries up here, but in the meantime the dogwoods, redbuds, and lilac are at their peak right now.

mmmmm Strawberries.

When with the LR farmers market open?

When oh when will we see any fresh tomatoes?? I'm not hopeful, with the wet, cold spring
we've had.
Euraka, the Spa is glorious too, with all the colors of spring. My Wisteria is just awesome,
as are the Azealas, they bloom in Feb. in south La., but you could plant a dead, dry stick in
that black gumbo soil and it would blossom into something beautiful.

Mudbugs - oh yeah...

Our place in Conway that has 'em this time of year. We're planning a huge all you can eat blowout the middle of May. We'll call it the 1st Annual Bug-Off.

Some of the best strawberries I ever had were locally grown and we had to crawl -- literally crawl -- through the patch for them. When we went back a few days later, after we could straighten up again, the farmer took pity on us and asked us if we wanted to pick in another field he wasn't going to open to the public because the grass has gotten away from him. When we looked at the field, we had misgivings. Then we ventured in for a look. WOW! The berries were huge, delicious and sometimes as high as 12 inches off the ground.
I don't remember how many quarts I put in the freezer but the aches and pains were worth it.
That was the year some members of my family discovered they were allergic to strawberries if they ate them in the huge quantities they wanted. Ever try to tell a 95 year old man who had never had strawberries before that year that he can only have an handful now? He told me real fast and very specifically -- for a man who never cussed -- that he didn't care how much he turned red, splotchy and itchy all over.

Call me a communist if you will. But I don't like strawberries.

I don't like watermelon either.

There. I said it.

Ok Bop: You're a Commie.

I LOVE strawberries - any way you could make 'em.
I also have a love (and am craving every day) a good Crawfish Boil. Think I might head back down South of our border just for that reason in a week or so.

EA, you don't have to apply for a passport. We have a little kitchen on wheels behind
Service Liquor on Central, that gets a supply from south La. every week. They are open
thurs, fri and sat.
They are some good yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always tell them to throw in more red pepper flakes 'cause if they don't blister my lips
they ain't hot enough.

bopbamboom you have some serious problems. Ever thought of visiting a shrink? Strawberries and watermelon? I suppose you don't enjoy the other gift to man from the gods either....not alcohol.

Hey Max, if you enjoyed Peking "hot" I'll be glad to pick up some for you at a local "oriental store." We have several such stores in NWA. The unusual hot come from a blend of ingredients, usually cayenne (specific variety), ginger, and tons of garlic. They often use green peppers rather liberally.

Bought 2 quarts at the Farmers' Market Saturday - $4 each. Pretty darn tasty. It's not "officially" open yet, but there were several familiar folks set up and selling. Grabbed some fresh gulf shrimp, too. There's nothing like spending some Saturday time down there, chatting with the vendors - many of them start to feel like family, they've been coming there for so many years (as have we).

Slow News Day? Steve 'I had lunch with.. Clark is running for Mayor of Fayetteville

copy paste

http://www.nwanews.com/nwat/News/64318/

Roll up the rug.........
Jambalaya

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Ahhh Jazzy. Reminds me of the in-laws. I might have to take your advice on the crawdaddys!