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I've used olive oil for a roux a few times when I didn't have anything else. Because of the low smoke point I only went to peanut butter stage. I never noticed a taste difference in the final gumbo but felt it was a waste of expensive oil. Leftover duck and beef fat are my preferred choices, canola if I have nothing else.

The founder of Fedex died recently. There must be a power vacuum at the board level. It is publicly traded. Hopefully the investors will right the ship. Otherwise Memphis is screwed.

Christmas Jazz concert at Manship Theater used to feature BICO sung by Father Gregory J. Daigle (deceased) and a very hot jazz singer. That duet was dropped a few years ago.

The physician groups have a side gig speculating in real estate. I 1st saw this with dentists. Why put all that surplus income into stocks and bonds when you can open a satellite office in a growing part of town?

Iverstine Butcher on Perkins in BTR sells a number of cured pork products made in house. Tasso is frequently offered. All their products are on the milder smoke side which I prefer.

In my only bad oyster experience it was just 3 hours between consumption at a party and the first wave of nausea and flop sweats. Luckily I recovered in just 24 hours.

Traditional strategies are: Eat only cooked oysters in warm months when pathogenic bacteria abound in feeding waters. Avoid raw oysters shipped long distances. Oysters are like other seafood in that temperatures high enough for bacteria to thrive become more likely to be experienced when the supply chain is long and complicated.

Unfortunately sewage from increasing coastal development and nutrient runoff from ag have impacted most oyster growing/harvesting areas. Enjoy a nice oyster stew.

Heathrow and LCY are about 30 miles apart on completely opposite sides of London. Trains or Uber must go right through the city. I'd guess Uber would be 2 hours and trains 1 hour with luck. You don't say if your destination is in the UK or EU. If it's the EU you'll lose some time dealing with new digital border system just being rolled out now. The more the US inconveniences British travelers, the more they will inconvenience US.

For the printing use Professional Color in Metarie. It's a respected shop. LINK

For upscaling a challenging aspect is that you'll be limited by the effective resolution of the original map printing. You might play with Photoshop's super resolution feature before you pay to have it done.

If in BTR, Larry Johnson is a fantastic pet photographer who also does image enhancement and has hand's on experience with digital printing. I believe that he uses Professional Color for his printing needs. LINK

Trinidad has a large east Indian population making fermented sauces part of their national cuisine. Chief Brand is a major manufacturer and exporter. I haven't tried any of their sauces...LINK But I've seen a few at BTR groceries. They make a confusing number of things.

Pickapeppa is still in business even though impacted by hurricanes. April is target date for reestablishing distribution. A major distributor is Warbac Sales in Metarie. You can sign onto a waiting list online...www.pickapeppa.com