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  1. Ok.  I've officially booked a weekend in NOLA Feb 14-17.  My wife will be there all week for her conference but will be free starting Friday around 10 AM.  I don't really know what's going on that weekend but a bunch of flights and hotels are all sold out.  I'll be staying with my wife at the Intercontinental in the business district until Friday when we check into the ALOFT off Canal.  The bad news is that I have like a 7 AM flight out of DAL, but the good news is I get into MSY around 8:30!  I'm working on narrowing a list of places to hit up while we're there (been 3x before), but welcome all new recs in between the airport and in/around the business district for lunch.  Also, I have Thursday all by myself, so I'm trying to figure out what to do other than get hammered drunk -- which is a good fallback plan.  I thought about going to a cooking class and saw the recommendation further upthread and was curious if anyone else had any experience doing a cooking class while there?  Any other recommendations of shit to do?

  2. We got some pretty bad news this week.

    One of our closest friends, the matron of honor in our wedding, was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 33. I suppose she was lucky in that she found out by getting a bruise checked out from her daughter kicking her in the boob while playing. A CT flagged a couple of spots in her spine so she's getting a MRI to verify what they are. She starts chemo next week, following by surgery and radiation.

    We have a very closeknit group of about 6 or so couples. We are banding together to provide car packages and what not throughout her treatment. All of us are local DFW folk except for the friend getting treatment, who has recently relocated to Austin with her family.

    My question to this group is - what are some good items to include in care packages? Of course, there are restaurant gift cards and the like but I'm wondering what other things we may not be thinking of. Both of there families are with them right now so we can some time to organize for the following months.

  3. Would the weekend of February 14th be a shitty time to go to NOLA? I'm trying to piggy back on my wife's work trip but it appears a lot of the flights and hotels are sold out. I know they have all the parades and everything but is it enough were we couldn't get into the restaurants and bars or at least get any reservations? The whole reason we're going is to eat.

  4. Breakfast casseroles never existed in my childhood.  My dad always made breakfast on the weekends but it consisted of eggs prepared a variety of ways, pancakes, french toast, oatmeal, etc, etc, etc.  I didn't realize the greatness of breakfast casseroles or stratas until a post-college trip to Napa and it was outstanding.  Despite their deliciousness, I've never attempted to make one b/c I never have enough people to feed, but it looks like this upcoming holiday will change that.

    So, what are your treasured family stratas, casseroles, or whatever?  Chilaquiles and the like are delicious and welcome as well, but I'm personally looking for the former.

  5. 18 month old has some kind of cold and ear infection. We got some strong abx from the pediatrician but our biggest obstacle is her vomiting from the amount of phlegm she's coughing up and swallowing. How long does this shit last and does anyone have any recs of how to get through it?

  6. On 11/16/2018 at 4:35 PM, Bozo_Casanova said:

    Did somebody say dressing?


    1) In butter, sautee mustard seeds, cominos, a couple of japs, two poblanos, two red bells, an onion, a head of garlic, some celery, rosemary, thyme, and sage: Maybe some chipotle in adobo sauce.

    2) Add some creamed corn, frozen corn, and goat cheese.

    3) Mix in with some stale cornbread and crushed tostadas, and mix lightly because you don't want to overly break up the cornbread.

    4) Add stock and mix until it achieves your preferred level of gloppiness

    5) Add cut up tamale pieces - I strongly prefer pork tamales from HEB because they are dense enough to hold together. 

    6) Cover, bake for 45 mins at 325.

    7) "Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass. Add iced Champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness. Drink three to five of these slowly"  - Ernest Hemingway cocktail recipe, Death in the Afternoon

    7) Uncover! Bake for another 20 mins at 400
     

    8. Cover it back up, refrigerate overnight. Reheat at 350, covered, for 50 mins, and uncovered for 425 for 15.

    Stuff

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    Cut up the veggies and mix with some adobo sauce
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    Melt butter and get it going 
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    Meanwhile crumble up cornbread and mix with herbs, seasonings etc
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    Then mix in the vegetables and butter
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    Cut these up like so
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    Now add stock to the mix and make glop to your desired consistency
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    AFTER that, fold in the Tamale chunks gently so as to not break them up, transfer to a heavily buttered or greased casserole dish (no pics), cook and 

    Business time
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    Any chance you have measurements on things?

  7. Smoked prime rib for the win. If your crew is more into ham, smoke that too. I will say I have converted my family to smoked hams after doing one for Easter this year. Coat the ham heavily with coarse ground pepper and you've got a smoked peppered ham.....unbelievable. 
    Question on the ham. Are you smoking a whole ham or one of those spiralized hams? Can you smoke a spiral without it being too smoky?
  8. What y'all got?  This is will be the first year I host.  I've got 1 oven so I'm trying to be a little strategic and use either my grill or smoker.  Trying to decide on protein(s) but I know for a fact I'm going to do this sweet potato recipe (senator russells) as well as the tamale cornbread recipe

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    Go to your local michoacana and grab a bottle of this for $3. Sometimes I’ll buy some cilantro and chop it up and sprinkle it over the top.
    I actually skip this step and go straight to the butcher counter to get their premarinated. That shit is money
  10. 35 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:

    Yeah, when the coolant in my daily gets low, it starts to make that gurgling sound. Let it get cool and check it. Have you had your oil changed lately? A lot of places will check it and too it off for you around here.

    I change my own oil.  It's above the minimum line but that's while it's cold.  Is it worth getting a coolant flush at 110K miles?  Assuming it's never had one.

  11. Have you had any coolant system work done lately? If so they didn't get all the air out (most likely). If not I'm guessing you're getting low on coolant due to a leak.
    I have not had any work done. I've also never had it changed since I've owned the vehicle (bought at around 15k miles). It's weird. It just sounds like a tub of water is under the dash and I really only hear it when I'm coming to a slow quick stop or a quick push on the gas. There are no leaves in the windshield drain so i think it should be able to drain.
  12. What kind of vehicle?  Could be the heater core?
    '13 Tahoe. Has about 110k miles
    This.  I'm hearing that same sound, and my heat system isn't functioning correctly.  I've been wondering if it wasn't that. I'm very very afraid to find out for sure.
    My heater is strong and still working. Is that an expensive problem?
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