Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[lostcreekranch]

My mom's family was SE Texas, and I got recipes from them on the gumbo and other good eats. In my travels, I met some neat ladies at some of the air races that were from LA, and they shared crawfish recipes with me! Life's been good, and, at least for now, I don't need cooking classes, in Cajun cuisine. And I still prefer home cooking to dine out. Only exception to that usually is that all-you-can-eat Chinese Buffet. I just won't allow myself to do that more than 2-3 times a year. I can make really good pepper steak and other dishes, but to get that much variety at one time, it has to be the buffet. :licking:

FG;

I agree, my weakness is the Won Ton soup for starters. Shortly after the Denny's, in Columbus, closed it became Buffet #1 and the food is GREAT! Sometimes I stop and grab a quart of Won Ton soup on the way from Houston to ranch. MMM ... MMM ..... GOOD!

Rick

 

[txdon]

Try Potbelly sometime. They are in Dallas and now Austin, and spreading across the state.

Thanks for the Potbelly tip. Looks like there is also one in College Station and their mediterranean sandwich (minus feta) and vegan spicy black bean soup look good!
The Jimmy Jon's has a vegetarian sandwich but disappointingly it's loaded with fat - avocado spread, two cheeses and mayo.

 

[Lou66]

Anybody that wanted some Gumbo.. forget it.. I told one of my sons that I had made a pot of gumbo and they were welcome to come over and eat supper,, he must had told one other and they told one other and so on so forth.. I hope that pot was washed and not licked clean,, cause it setting on the counter empty.. Well it was nice to see them all again in the same week.. Glad everybody has to go back to work and school tomorrow,, Lou

 

[sseelhoff]

Thanks for the Potbelly tip. Looks like there is also one in College Station and their mediterranean sandwich (minus feta) and vegan spicy black bean soup look good!
The Jimmy Jon's has a vegetarian sandwich but disappointingly it's loaded with fat - avocado spread, two cheeses and mayo.

I have had the Mediterranean Sandwich and it is very very good. I like their hummus. I get it with the hot peppers. Get the bread "thin cut." They hollow out most of the bread, and it drops the carbs and calories.

Potbelly owns shops in Dubai, and that was developed for the middle eastern markets.

 

[two_bit_score]

Subway has nothing on Jimmy Jon's. They are in Austin and I think there is one in The Woodlands. Not sure where else. But we always have a Jimmy Jon's while I'm in Austin.
hugs, Brandi

They are all around. Good sammiches!

 

[bindian]

Try Potbelly sometime. They are in Dallas and now Austin, and spreading across the state.

I'll put that on my list right below Firehouse subs. We now have one in Conroe.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Thanks for the Potbelly tip. Looks like there is also one in College Station and their mediterranean sandwich (minus feta) and vegan spicy black bean soup look good!
The Jimmy Jon's has a vegetarian sandwich but disappointingly it's loaded with fat - avocado spread, two cheeses and mayo.

Don,
You can tell them to leave all that off next time.
hugs, Brandi

 

[two_bit_score]

Thanks for the Potbelly tip. Looks like there is also one in College Station and their mediterranean sandwich (minus feta) and vegan spicy black bean soup look good!
The Jimmy Jon's has a vegetarian sandwich but disappointingly it's loaded with fat - avocado spread, two cheeses and mayo.

Take care and be sure to get it checked out that its not H1N1. Probably isn't but no use taking chances.

 

[txdon]

Don,
You can tell them to leave all that off next time.
hugs, Brandi

You are right, but those are half of the ingredients, and if they would sell it for 1/2 price OK. BUT, I don't think they have a key on the register for that - it would so confuse them. I'll only pay for one item I'm not getting, otherwise substitutions or double of the good ingredients is expected. The menu has to come a little closer to what I eat or the employees get confused, or is it I get confused . . .

 

[txdon]

Take care and be sure to get it checked out that its not H1N1. Probably isn't but no use taking chances.

They did a nasal swab and it was not H1N1. I don't know how many viruses they check it against but they were all negative - so the official diagnosis was just viral syndrome.

 

[two_bit_score]

They did a nasal swab and it was not H1N1. I don't know how many viruses they check it against but they were all negative - so the official diagnosis was just viral syndrome.

That's good then. Glad to hear it.

 

[farmgirl19]

I don't know who left the gate open at the Red River, but I am NOT amused! 12* right now, and will probably drop another degree or two, before the sun comes up. On my way to my barn, then to a friend's barn.

I hate to say it guys, but with this weather, I think I fit the term "frigid b*tch". If I don't now, I will before the day is finished. I'll be counting the hours until I am home in front of the fire, or under the electric blanket.

THIS is why I never complain about the summer heat! I'd rather change clothes 10 times a day, due to sweating, than deal with this cold!

 

[Lou66]

It show it to be 28.2 here with wind chill at 17,, but it feels more like 72,, I wonder if they are talking about outside.. I got to drop Betty's jeep off at the body repair shop today.. Get it back on Friday.. Lou

 

[ronjhall]

Will have to wait until I get back home to try a Potbelly. There is one near my home. Ann Arbor has 3. Must be a college town thing.

 

[pacerron]

The thermometer built into our heat pump system says it is 18 degrees outside but the one on the back deck
which gets more wind says 11 degrees. Normally it is the reverse of that since the one on the deck gets sunshine.
There is no sunshine today as it is snowing briskly.

Both thermometers are electronic and seldom if ever have the same reading.
Like in the real estate business, it's all, " Location, Location, Location"
It is supposed to be -30 to -40 wind chill by tonight.

I'll get the real cold report when my wife gets back from the horse barn. It is open on the back ( stall end side ) but having a roof, the front slider closed, the stall walls, the horse heat, and the poop heat makes it pretty cozy.
At least that's what I keep telling her
We do have to use a water bucket with a heater in it when it's this cold.
A two day affair. Should be in the + 40-50 degree range by the end of the week. Spring is on the way.

 

[blueriver]

I show 9 degrees this morning .. Wind has died some ... 6 mph from NNW

 

[Western]

I show 14* and 6* wind chill:shocked: Sure narrows done the "to do list" Scratch off "sunbathing" for today!:laughing:

FG, I'm with ya on the "fence". As far as I know, we only have 2 members North of me and those 2 "old" guys have always let the "Southern" bunch down when it comes to closing the border gate:confused3:? I have little doubt our Oklahoma brothers open the gate on purpose!!:laughing:

 

[Bird]

Hardest part of gumbo is making the roux, and even that isn't hard, just takes a little time. I usually throw it all in mine, sausage, chicken, shrimp and crabs (blue).

We'd had little, or no, experience with Cajun cooking until 1971 when we became friends with some folks from Baton Rouge. He wasn't actually a Cajun, but she was. And one of our favorite recipes is her "Cajun Shrimp Stew" that I still make now and then. The first time we had it at their place, it had both shrimp and oysters in it, and I really liked it, but my wife and daughters don't want any oysters, so when I make it, I only use shrimp. However, occasionally I've made it, as our friend from Baton Rouge did, using chicken and sausage instead of shrimp; same recipe otherwise, but an entirely different flavor.

And yep, I make the roux. As you said, that's the slowest part of the job.

 

[pacerron]

I show 14* and 6* wind chill:shocked: Sure narrows done the "to do list" Scratch off "sunbathing" for today!:laughing:

FG, I'm with ya on the "fence". As far as I know, we only have 2 members North of me and those 2 "old" guys have always let the "Southern" bunch down when it comes to closing the border gate:confused3:? I have little doubt our Oklahoma brothers open the gate on purpose!!:laughing:

Back when pick-up trucks were really trucks, with bench seats, this kind of weather made you hustle to sit in the middle of the bench instead of fighting for the window seat.
That way you were not the one that had to get out to open the gate.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Back when pick-up trucks were really trucks, with bench seats, this kind of weather made you hustle to sit in the middle of the bench instead of fighting for the window seat. That way you were not the one that had to get out to open the gate.

And one sitting in the middle got to run the radio.