BelizaireDatCajun

re: What to do with a bounty of Kumquats

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/7/23 at 12:49 pm to SM6

A good friend of mine used to slice thinly and add to a sweet and sour pork dish. Phenomenal. Unfortunately, I never got the recipe and he's no longer with us.

I enjoy a good kumquat marmalade.

re: Motorboat's Crawfish Bisque Thread--Picture Heavy

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/6/23 at 10:19 pm to Motorboat

Looks so damned good, but also brings back memories of cleaning hundreds of heads with a designated toothbrush. I know now that I was nothing more than cheap child labor to my mother.

re: VOTING Thread for Bread Challenge

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/5/23 at 9:16 am to Darla Hood

1 Trout Bandit Avocado Toast on Sourdough
2 LSUBoo & HoustonChick86 Garlic Bread Soup
3 SixthAndBarone Crawfish Bread
4 Darla Hood Crawfish Boulettes

re: Ideas for good crawfish boil side dishes

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/5/23 at 8:13 am to Havoc

Pasta salad. Make it the night before and serve cold or at room temp.

re: French Door vs SxS Fridge

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/4/23 at 10:22 pm to LSUlefty

Sorry for the late reply. I can only speak to LG brand re the in-door icemaker. Nothing but problems! My sister and I have the same model with compressor dying after a surge or blackout. Have a friend who had the same issue. Google will tell you what's up.

re: Baton Rouge institutions you’ve never been to spin off- BR Places that are no more that..

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/4/23 at 10:16 pm to Geauxld Finger

Those mozz sticks! *chef's kiss*

re: Baton Rouge institutions you’ve never been to spin off- BR Places that are no more that..

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/4/23 at 10:07 pm to hobotiger

Yep. They did. I don't recall the beer being that great. Also don't recall it being bad.

I remember listening to Kirk Holder there. Had some decent burgers and sandwiches.

re: American Beautyberry

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/4/23 at 9:42 pm to Royalfisher

Thanks! I'm going to check with two nurseries here in NOLA. I would have gone with Pelican Greenhouse, which is only a mile and a half from me. Unfortunately, their next sale is not until 5/12. I'd really like to get these in sooner than that. Gonna ping this thread/you Thursday if I need those ABBs from your guy.

ETA: I'm up for purple or magenta. Trying to avoid white.

re: Any recs on Costco frozen hamburger Patties?

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/4/23 at 9:34 pm to armsdealer

This is what small people (aka ankle-biters) got when they visited our crawfish boils in SoCal. I'm not going to prep good burgers from scratch when the main course is crawfish.

re: Baton Rouge institutions you’ve never been to spin off- BR Places that are no more that..

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/4/23 at 9:14 pm to Shanegolang

La Fonda - old ladies with beehive hairdos smelling of smoke; great bean dip
Murphy's
Art Bar
Mr Gatti's
The Mill - no one seems to remember this place
Gator's Shuck N Jive
Paradise Records - spent so much money there
Carlos' Mexican restaurant - excellent seafood-centric Mexican dishes
Sammy's on Exchequer for plate lunches
The Place - went there for business lunches as a 25-yr-old professional in mid-90s
Tex-Mex Cafe
Burger Tyme
Tabby's Blues Box
German/Bavarian restaurant downtown (I recall their Black Forest cake.)
Backpacker
Blue Moon ETA: SILVER Moon
billiards place off College/Corporate (Clicks?)
Europe's
Fifth Generation Systems bought by Symantec
Schwegmann's
Babbage's @ Cortana (worked there temporarily)
Drusilla @ Cortana Mall for a blackened cheeseburger after work
Fairway View Club (fried pickles were the best ever)
Weekends
The Zoo

In the mid-90s, we took clients to a place off of Airline for a decent lunch. Ziggy's? Decor was kinda grandma-ish, but the food was good. ETA: Not Ziggy's. KIVA's. I see it is now Portobello's.

Bonus: Wuvvy's/Captain's Quarters in Gonzales for fishbowls with my friends in the AP.

Was going to add Our Daily Bread, but I see they are still open.

re: SUBMISSION Thread for Bread Challenge April 4, 2023

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/4/23 at 3:20 pm to Trout Bandit

Beautiful loaves! Is it wrong that I want to butter my screen?

re: American Beautyberry

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/4/23 at 12:19 pm to tenfoe

Ah, that makes a lot of sense. I've read that the beautyberries can be used to make wine. When I was little, my grandmere would talk about her dad making wine from French mulberries.

re: American Beautyberry

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/4/23 at 8:57 am to CrawDude

Great info, thanks! I'll make a few calls in my area.

re: American Beautyberry

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/3/23 at 10:32 pm to CrawDude

Local nursery? I'm in NO, but willing to travel to BTR and surrounding area.

re: American Beautyberry

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/3/23 at 10:30 pm to CrawDude

Thanks! Have been interested since I saw it a few years ago in the Couturie Forest @ City Park.

American Beautyberry

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 4/3/23 at 10:04 pm

Looking to attract birds to my property with American beautyberry. Has anyone successfully propagated this plant from cuttings, or did you buy established plants from a nursery?

re: LSU 79 @ Virginia Tech 72 Final - ESPN

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 3/31/23 at 11:10 pm to little billy

Where can one find the post-game presser?

Tiger Rant

re: French Door vs SxS Fridge

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 3/31/23 at 10:58 am to LSUlefty

I love the French door styling because I bake and cook a lot. I am able to put large trays in the fridge or freezer.

I hate that my fridge is an LG, though. HATE IT! LG compressors are shite. DO NOT get the in-door icemaker. You've been warned.

re: Biquinho Pepper plants/seeds

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 3/29/23 at 11:19 pm to MeatHead1313

Thanks for the info. I screwed up two different varieties. I have had the Aji in my cart before and I swapped it for the Tepin.

re: Biquinho Pepper plants/seeds

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 3/29/23 at 2:42 pm to BugAC

Baker Creek Heirloom has them. LINK

You might also like Tepin (Aji Charapita) peppers. I plant them for the birds, though, bc they are too hot for me.

ETA: Sorry for the online link. I do not know of a local source.

re: Mason bees

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 3/28/23 at 10:02 am to NPComb

Thanks! The company I bought them from suggests manually opening the capped-off reeds and removing them to an open container in a protected area. I never got around to doing that and seemed like something the bees could manage for themselves. On Sunday, I noticed a few of the capped reeds are now open and look empty.

re: Dead animal smell in truck

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 3/27/23 at 9:02 pm to nated14

Maybe charcoal?

re: Moving to Arkansas

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 3/27/23 at 8:59 pm to ForLSU56

Thanks. Yes, I like an occasional party atmosphere, but lean towards Mayberry. It's just the two of us. We just turned 50 and work remotely. Hope to retire wherever we land.

Mason bees

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 3/27/23 at 6:02 pm

Anyone here have a mason bee habitat? This is the first Spring having packed reeds. Can the bees make their way out of the reeds on their own, or do I have to help them out?

re: Moving to Arkansas

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 3/27/23 at 4:55 pm to mcpotiger

Thanks for all the excellent replies. Going to be reading up on the places mentioned. I'm not looking for a crazy amount of land. 1.5 acres max. Found lakehouse.com and I think it's a good resource once I nail down a location.

re: Moving to Arkansas

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 3/25/23 at 9:33 pm to Solo Cam

Not 100% sure yet. I've vacationed as a kid and young adult on Lake Hamilton, Hot Springs, and Little Rock. I am also interested in Bentonville.

Moving to Arkansas

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 3/25/23 at 9:13 pm

Looking to move to rural Arkansas on or near a lake. Trying to find a good source for a home or camp on a small amount of land. (I went to lakesonline.com, but it seems like the entries are for large acreage.) Any suggestions?

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re: Is there an update on missing 40 year old man?

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 3/25/23 at 11:07 am to potent357

Is that sonogram equipment AND SWISS MISS in the same room? WTF?

re: How is New Orleans food and spirits in bucktown?

Posted by BelizaireDatCajun on 3/20/23 at 10:04 pm to duchuntintiger

Go to Station 6! They have oysters. If you want other seafood, they have that, too!

The only complaint I have about them is that they removed the crab stew from their menu. It was the closest I have ever tasted to my Mamere's crab stew. SO GOOD!