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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 2, 2010 16:54:22 GMT
Y'all's food radar is broken ~~ those are short ribs!
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Post by BigIain on Jan 2, 2010 23:16:01 GMT
lol, I meant far right of course! Damn that red wine!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2010 23:21:35 GMT
;DToo funny indeed! Although, I can't blame mine on red wine! Let me get my husband to check,Iain,I'm still laughing! Stay tuned.! OK,the plot thickens. I asked my husband and he doesn't know for certain what the food items are on the far right are BUT, he said that the items on the far LEFT,are indeed chicken parts,not short ribs. ;D
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 3, 2010 2:35:32 GMT
The far left of the photograph??~ right underneath the glovéd hand??
Oh.
Wait.
I know! I know!
I was SO sure they were ribs that I'm just now scrutinizing them again. Those are the leg/thigh combination, but stretched out instead of folded. The bottom ends of the drumsticks are right about at his wrist level, then his forefinger is over the thighs. That group is thigh-to-thigh with another group, the drumsticks of which are pointing in the opposite direction.
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Post by BigIain on Jan 3, 2010 23:32:38 GMT
No Bixa....The Far right!!!!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 4, 2010 2:01:31 GMT
I know, I know, Iain, but I had to get the whole far left bunch out of the way first ....... the far left confusion that youuuuuu started. I think those things on the far right are turkey legs.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2010 2:03:22 GMT
I will get to the bottom of this Iain. Biddles is out on the street on Tuesday nights around 9-10 pm. I will sacrifice my precious time to go and perhaps even interview Mr. B.and of course I will eat some of his vittles and give a full report back.
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Post by BigIain on Jan 4, 2010 9:44:27 GMT
what a trooper!
Ask him if he does haggis!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2010 9:48:29 GMT
My first guess would have been turkey legs. (yuck)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2010 10:51:49 GMT
My first guess would have been turkey legs. (yuck) That's my guess too What are 'haagis' Iain? He does like to switch up his offerings from time to time.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 4, 2010 17:10:24 GMT
Haggis is sort of like La. boudin from Scotland.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2010 11:20:52 GMT
A brief glimpse at some Twelfth Night revelry a la Nouvelle Orleans last evening....much silliness and fun!! The Three Wise Men... More revelers boarding the St. Charles Ave. streetcar for a long ride of merriment and debauchery. And off they go into the New Orleans night where they will then go on to a ball and goodness knows what... Thus marks the beginning of the Carnival season...
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Post by imec on Jan 7, 2010 16:18:12 GMT
Wow! This looks like a hoot! How long does carnival season last? Is it parties like this every night???
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2010 20:26:21 GMT
It is great fun. The length of the Carnival season is determined by when Easter Sunday is that year. Easter Sunday is a moveable feast,determined by when the first Sunday after the first full moon which occurs after the Vernal Equinox occurs. Then count back forty days,not including Sundays,which is Lent,to that Wednesday, which is Ash Wednesday. The day before Ash Wednesday,is Mardi Gras,or Fat,Shrove Tuesday. So,the Carnival season could be very short or long depending. This year Mardi Gras falls on February 17th which is kind of early. The earliest I believe it can be is February 4th. As for parties every night,pretty much so, as it is the high social season in New Orleans,and while the caliber and degree of merriment varies from social class to social class there's something going on somewhere in town culminating right up until Fat Tuesday. The big parades don't start though ,until about two weeks before.
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Post by lola on Jan 7, 2010 23:37:16 GMT
Oh, fun! Do people eat King Cake and such all along? or just last night?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 8, 2010 0:35:39 GMT
Aaaahhhhh ~~ yet again, knowing what it means to miss New Orleans! Casimira will fill you all in, but the three wise men are standing on the very street where the poorboy festival took place. And one of those men is the absolute greatest guy in the world. These two videos had not yet been put on youtube when Casimira posted the photos above, so hope she doesn't mind my including them here. Phun!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2010 3:59:16 GMT
Thanks Bixa. The reason I put this post in Local Color is to illustrate how these small pockets of the New Orleans culture weave together through the different neighborhoods throughout the city. The group of three men in the first shot are the founders of a small renegade "krewe" that emerged in the mid 1980's out of a neighborhood music club on Oak Street,the "main street' where I live (and home of the PoBoy Festival). They in turn do a toast to the other krewe featured in the video,The Phunny Phorty Phellows on Twelfth Night at the streetcar barn just a few blocks away. The larger krewe organizations and the Mardi Gras as a whole is deserving of a whole thread onto itself. I was told tonight at dinner that a new krewe has emerged out of the French Quarter dedicated to Joan of Arc. Unfortunately,because of my involvement in my own neighborhood,I am unable to see. I heard it was quite beautiful.Can't possibly do it all. Lola,the King cakes were served last night and will continue on throughout the Carnival season.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 8, 2010 5:07:06 GMT
I can't remember the tradition for the king cake baby. Is it that the person who gets it has to provide the next king cake? There are good king cakes, but most of them are of that commercial "danish" variety that has you frantically clawing at your palate.
If you go digging in New Orleans back yards, you find lots of the same kind of plain bisque dolls, usually more resembling a child than a baby. I was told these are old king cake babies.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2010 11:31:10 GMT
Yes,that is correct Bixa. Whomever "gets the baby" has to provide the next King Cake. Bakeries are stocked to the nines with King cakes from Twelfth Night on,many office parties have and many,many are shipped out throughout the country to folks from here who have relocated or visited here at one time.It's pretty big business. Some of the cakes are dreadful as you indicate and there are some that are quite good.I prefer the not too sweet ones that resemble more of a brioche. And yes,the baby inside is a small plastic infant. There is one bakery that puts a sterling silver baby and I believe a 14karat one in every two hundred or so. Some of the older "babies" do indeed resemble a small child,and are porcelin bisque. We have several that we found in our garden over the years.
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 11, 2010 7:46:54 GMT
WHAT IS THAT!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2010 14:26:56 GMT
Why do I somehow get the feeling you (of ALL people,HW )did not read the accompanying post? That my dear, is a King Cake,a traditional pastry served up beginning January 6,Twelfth Night on through until Mardi Gras. More about the history of here: www.mardigrasdigest.com/html/history_of/history_of_the_king_cake.htmP.S. photo is a dreadful depiction of. I meant to take my own picture of the one we had last Wednesday night,but forgot ). (Quiz on will be on 2/16 )
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 12, 2010 4:53:45 GMT
Hmmm, I thought you'd posted it inthe wrong thread, Cas. Especially when I looked closer and saw what I thought was an embryo...Yes. I've now read the article and understand completely.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2010 11:02:22 GMT
Hmmm, I thought you'd posted it inthe wrong thread, Cas. Especially when I looked closer and saw what I thought was an embryo...Yes. I've now read the article and understand completely. This is an excellent example of how something so commonplace to me can present itself as so bizarre and out of the ordinary to someone else. Some of the food stuffs you have posted HW, have had this effect on me,although my reaction to has not been quite so dramatic Did you see in the article how this tradition originated in France?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2010 12:28:07 GMT
I'm happy to see that nutritional correctness has not completely banned food coloring.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2010 15:15:56 GMT
I met up with my friend Miss Alice this morning before she headed off to church. We had been trying to connect for a little while now and she phoned me this morning to see if I could come visit. Those of you not familiar with my friend go here: anyportinastorm.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=coffeeklatch&action=display&thread=1544&page=1I had the very,very last of the lemons to give her and she in turn gave me some of her marvelous confections. We had a lovely visit and she graciously agreed to pose for some pictures. Miss Alice's Confections;sweet potato pies,pralines and pound cake. There she goes,off to church.She would not take a ride,the church is only 3 blocks away and she insists on walking. Had she been going to the casino,she would have let me drive her. We have had many a good time riding together in the convertible. She insists on me going with her to the casino but,I have passed. Maybe one day I will go with her.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 17, 2010 17:16:15 GMT
Ohhhhhhh ~~ she is wonderful! I can't believe that lady is in her nineties, with her beautiful skin, sharp eyes, and that gorgeous smile. She's a spiffy dresser, too. Does she get up and down those steps by herself? Love the last shot -- the old nabe!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2010 11:39:13 GMT
Yes,Bixa,she is an incredibly young 96 years old. The only way I would want to live that long is if I could have her health,attitude and joie de vivre. I always come away from visiting with her with a sense of inspiration,and peace. She is able to get around quite well,up and down the stairs with the aid of a railing,uses a little cane around the house and the walker when out and about. She lives by herself ,although,her children are nearby, as well as a slew of neighbors and friends.For all that,she is very self sufficient. Today,she was off to Alabama for a cruise on a casino boat.
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Post by spindrift on Jan 18, 2010 11:50:49 GMT
Miss Alice is Salt of the Earth...she is wonderful. She doesn't look to be 96 yrs old...she dresses well, doesn't she? Bless her so she goes to the casino? you must go with her one day and tell us what games she likes to play. What a lady!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2010 12:03:08 GMT
Miss Alice is Salt of the Earth...she is wonderful. She doesn't look to be 96 yrs old...she dresses well, doesn't she? Bless her so she goes to the casino? you must go with her one day and tell us what games she likes to play. What a lady! Spindrift,her hat collection,which takes up half a wall,or more,is worthy of a photo essay. I am going to help her get some kind of rack or suitable hooks to properly display. As for the casino...I don't know if I could spend that much time in one of those places,I believe she spends the better part of a day there.
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Post by spindrift on Jan 18, 2010 22:31:09 GMT
I look forward to seeing her hats I agree that the atmosphere in a casino is quite dreadful. My first ex-hubby was a gambler so we spent a lot of time in Nairobi casino.
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