"Mike Pearce" > wrote in
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> "Julianne" wrote in message news
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>> "Mike Pearce" wrote in message:
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>> > "Julianne" wrote in message
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>> > > thought that I would just put on a pot of red beans today
>> >
>> > >The butcher told me to use Tasso. I was too sick to make many
>> > >inquiries. Does anyone know precisely what this is?
>> >
>> > Do you live in Louisiana? I've never seen it anywhere else, not that
>> > I've been everywhere else.
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>> Yes, I do live in Louisiana. The Tasso, (1.39 for the package) is
>> lending a wonderful aroma to the kitchen BUT after washing my hands
>> several times, I still smell like a couchon de lait (pig roast).
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> Yeah, and tasso is a bit on the messy side. It's not a wallflower when it
> comes to flavor or aroma.
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> I'm in Louisiana too (NOLA) I'm just loving hearing about the nasty
> weather up north knowing that the temperature is going to be around 80
> here today.
I'm delighted to find so many people here in Louisiana!
I'm on the northshore of the lake, and my in-laws live in Algiers,
Pass Christian and Metarie.
The best food I've had in my life is right here these past
few weeks.I love being able to stop in any hole in the wall
restaurant filled with locals and get a sumptious meal that
is to die for.
I'm new to the area, (6 weeks or so) and am having a blast finding
ingredients I've been unable to find in Idaho for almost 20 years.
In fact, going to the store has become a major event for us.
We spend more time just checking out the different ingredients
and marveling over them, than we do filling the cart.
Last year, on my maiden visit here, (husband is from Pearlington,
so he's already familiar with this area) I went to Deanie's in
Bucktown.
I'm hoping to get back over there soon.
Yesterday, I enjoyed my first Louisiana storm and rain.
We sat out on the screened porch and watched it.
I haven't seen rain like that in ages.
In fact, it's the first real rain since we've been down here
and I was beginning to think all the rain stories were fabricated.
I have a book entitled "Cajun Country" given to me by a friend
who grew up in Lake Charles. It's full of tips on places to eat
by an author who ate at each and every place.
There is a place in Livonia that I've got planned next time I
go to New Iberia to visit my nephew.
It's called Joe's Place,a rather unassuming name; but I'm told
and have read it's got some of the best food in the lower
south.
Can't wait to get over there.
Terri