Gustav is about to hit Baton Rouge head on. Of course the worst place to be is along the coast, but Gustav will be playing games with us here in the capital city as well. We have a lot of family that lives around the coast in places like Cameron, Lake Charles, etc. A lot of them came here to stay with us while Gustav does its thing. More family has been looking for a place to live temporarily in the Baton Rouge area, but there are no available hotels here. Of course they can’t stay in any New Orleans resorts either, as that city is being evacuated. So a lot of them are heading North and West to places like Virginia and San Antonio. So what are we doing while waiting for the storm? We’re playing Worldofwarcraft Gold right now. We’ll keep on playing until the storm takes our power out.
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You all know that Hurricane Gustav is coming straight for us in Louisiana. The last I heard, it will likely be hitting us on Monday or Tuesday. It could be anywhere from a category 2 to 4 storm. That’s not good news for us in South Louisiana!
So I figured out that I should at least make sure that our insurance is up to date. Since we will likely be losing something in Gustav, we better make sure that our policies are good and paid for. So I called our Allstate agent and double checked. Our automobile insurance, fire insurance, home insurance, and life insurance policies were all good. Well, that’s one less thing to worry about.
You know that during Katrina a lot of people were done wrong by the insurance companies. I had a few friends that had to file a lawsuit over the whole mess. If this Gustav is anything like that, we better make sure we’re ready for it this time.
So are your policies up to date? You really should make sure right now.
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So my nephew brought us a whole case of live lobsters the other day. We sure were grateful for them, but how in the heck were we going to cook them? I’ve had my share of lobsters at the store, but in my opinion they are just boring! I mean, where is the seasoning? I know that all kinds of seafood, including lobsters, is great for just about every illness, including pancreatic tumors of all things. So I looked up some lobster recipes to figure it out. It was something like this:
Bring a very large kettle of salted water to a rolling boil. Using long tongs, quickly but carefully lower live lobsters into the boiling water. Simmer for about 10 minutes, or until lobsters are bright red. Serve with melted butter for dipping.
See what I mean? Those Northerners just boil the big crawfish in water, and no seasoning at all! Now is that boring or what?
That’s when the idea hit me to cook these suckers Cajun style. Why not? Lobsters are just over sized crawfish anyways. So that’s just what we did. I whipped out the crawfish pot, seasoning, etc., and we made ourselves some giant crawfish.
Now let me tell you, that was some good eating! I will never eat plain, boring lobster again. From now on it’s nothing but Cajun lobsters for me!
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