Well, the Saints are having a real hard time with the Cardinals so I'm going to make a very rambling, long post. Remember, like everyone else there I've had about 8 hours sleep in the last 3 days.
I want to thank Jerry for making the long drive and taking the ribbing like a man. The 2 armed Gator Chomp became a thumb and 4 finger Gator Chump. He stuck in there making sure we saw just how bad the officiating went during the game and how LSU beat Florida's second string team. Thanks for the plow and we all look forward to getting with you next spring. You are a great guy and good friend.
Dickie3496 and Kathy are new forum members and took advantage of Rick’s and Bob’s love for the hobby. I think they spent more time asking questions and poking around in the smokers then they did eating. They’re kind of skinny but not for long! People like you are a big reason we like to do these events. Kathy, what’s left of your lemon ice box pie is in my refrigerator but the portion you set aside for Keith is getting much, much smaller. You may want to give Liz a call and tell her to stay away from it. You guys are welcome to come park your camper at my place anytime. I'll tell ya, Dickie went from being an attendee to wanting to help to stage the next one. Maybe we should schedule one of the planning meetings on a boat to help you out with your Redfish on the half shell dish.
Ruby, pleasure to meet you. Look forward to keeping in touch and definitely seeing you at the next one. Hope you enjoyed the opportunity to finally get a little quiet time in the country.
Rick, you da man. You make magic with that Lang. Don’t forget to start a thread about the best seasoned smoker on the forum. You tell some good stories too, not sure I believe them all but they are fun to listen to. Sandy, as always your sticky rolls are great. I put a good dent in them on my way home this afternoon. It seems whenever we get to see each other at one of these events we end up spending an afternoon just talking about the farm you grew up on. We do have some latent, childhood fears in common. If one of those damn roosters gets lose the two of us will be sharing the front seat of the pickup truck.
Bob made a gumbo that even the Cajuns in the group where impressed by. I’ve eaten a lot of gumbo but yours was one of the best. I’m packing a prime rib sandwich for tomorrow's’s lunch. Sheri, you are our savior, I don’t think you left the kitchen the entire time you where there. Just to let on, Sheri would be a great Iron Chef. Tell her what you have and let her put a dish together. She made a bread pudding out of some left over sticky rolls that didn’t last long. Artichoke dressing, purple hull peas, peach and blueberry cobbler, the stuffed Anaheims, the ABTs, cathead biscuits with sausage gravy. I told her what I wanted to do with them, she took my instructions, turned them completely around and produced food that I couldn’t come close to matching. Thanks for all your hard work and friendship.
We didn’t get to do the cracklins or build the campfire but I promise next time they’ll get done.
I'm going to look and see what pictures I was able to take and I'll post what I have but after we ate I couldn't move around to much.
Thanks guys for a great time.
Al