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I once sent “Hey babe, I’m gonna swing by the pharmacy on my way home from work. Do you need anything while I’m in town?” to one of the fellas from work. He immediately replied with “Grab me one of those Walmart dildos, some whipped cream and a cartoon of Virginia Slims.” I read the reply first and I was like WTF? and then I noticed who it was from lol

The Camp Crystal Lake backpack seals the deal for me.

I didn't know if they were safe or effective. All I knew was that I didn't want to be injected with a vaccine that was developed in such a short period of time and never went through the proper research duration to know what kind of side effects it causes. I didn't want to be a lab rat for an experimental drug that nobody knew anything about. That actually scared me more than the virus itself. My employer didn't require it at first but eventually mandated that all employees be vaccinated by X date or face termination. The only way you could stay employed and not be required to take the vaccine was if you got a religious exemption which is exactly what I did. Many of my coworkers had the same concerns about it but were forced into getting it just to keep their jobs. I know one guy who was near retirement and took it just so he didn't throw his 30-year career down the drain. None of it ever felt right to me.

There's a little shack in Avoyelles called Effie Crawfish. Hands down the best I've had. They were selling 5 lb platters with corn and potatoes for $25 last Friday. They consistently had a line 10-15 cars deep.

Any tree that attracts flies instead of bees to pollinate shouldn't be near your home. They're beautiful when in bloom but they smell like dead fish and piss.

I'll sometimes use it in place of onion powder when seasoning my stew meat or jambalaya. It's a mix of onion, bell pepper and celery powder. It's not a necessity but it adds a unique flavor to the final product that you don't get with onion powder alone. There are other brands of this out there though.

I still buy cool whip every once in a while if a recipe calls for it. Only buy vienna sausage during hunting season and I may have scared off a few deer with that stench. I grew up in the 80's and I cant remember anyone ever making that green jello fruit mold wreath with the miracle whip. I'm sure if anyone ever brought that to a family function they would be disowned.

I can't say if money plays into the judging, but I can say this. I went to a crawfish cookoff once where there were 25 teams competing. Each team was given the same amount of crawfish to cook and submit their sample to the judges. People in the crowd could walk around and sample each team's crawfish and drop a ticket in a jar to cast their vote for "people's choice" but the winner would be determined by the official judges. One team who runs a small crawfish shack was putting out some great, well seasoned, not dusted, juicy, perfect peeling crawfish. Way better than most others competing. That team actually ran out of their crowd samples first and had to purchase more live sacks just so they could keep up with the demand. That team didn't even place with the official judges but won crowd favorite. The official winner was a team owned by Doctors and their crawfish tasted like shite. That's all I got.

Sadly, at 46 I've reached a point in my life where I have to trim my ear and nose hair more frequently than I get a haircut. I'm considering giving up the fight and just rocking the cue ball look.

There is 100% chance at least 2 full servings will be fed to the ants. I can’t even cook 5 gallons in a 10 gallon pot without spilling.

Yeah my recipe has proven to be solid so I’m all set in that aspect. I’ve never heard of using roux so that seems interesting to me. I’ve made big pots before for the fellas at work (5-6 gal for 20-30 “healthy” dudes) and it’s always scraped clean but it was the only dish. Everyone ate enough to get full and a few took home some clamshell trays. I’m thinking with other foods available I’ll be ok.