Catching up with old friends

A few weekends ago, my roommate from my freshman year of college at Judson in Alabama, came to town.  Her name is Jennifer.  She and her friend Jennifer drove down from Birmingham (aka the Birmingham Jennifers) to see the New Kids on the Block concert at the IP casino in Biloxi.  I was excited that she was coming to town becasue the last time I saw her was probably 5 or more years ago!  I drove over to the IP and we went for lunch.  I was so good to see her and catch up.  We were talking about how our days at Judson seemed so long ago... 12 years to be exact!  Wow that makes me feel old.  I really doesn't feel that long ago.  Here is a picture of me and Jennifer...

Pinch DosTails an Suck Dem Heads...

...that is the best way to eat a crawfish!

Last weekend I went to visit my mom at work.  She told me Diane was boiling some crawfish and asked if I wanted some.  It sounded good (and since I haven't had crawfish in since before Hurricane Katrina, it sounded really good!) so she went and got me some.  They were still hot and the spices were just right!  Now when I mean right, I mean my lips were still tingling for at least 30 minutes after and my nose was running like a faucet!   When my family boils crawfish, we use this stuff called "Dump", it's all the spices you need and you just dump it in the pot.  It consists of LOTS of cayanne pepper and I don't know what else...probably some garlic powder, onion powder and stuff like that.  You will know if your crawfish is spiced right by how your lips tingle and nose runs!  When you boil crawfish you always throw potatoes, corn, garlic (the whole bulb thing), saugage (or hotdogs), lemons, and I really like artichokes, into the pot to soak up the spices!

So yall may be asking... how exactly do you eat a crawfish...well

First you find the biggest one

Then you pinch the tail off... don't throw it away!

Next you suck all the juices out of the head (sounds gross but it is so good!)

Then you peel the tail and pinch it at the end to get the meat out

Now you may need a sip of a cold beverage or you dive in for another!!!!