I'm always up for fishing.

Dumplins just finished up.

Now if I can just find my way there!!!

I agree with Cowboi,when are the dumplings gonna b ready???Been eatin my own cooking far to long.

LOL dont bother. I'm pissed off. my dumplin came out tough. I'll have to remember to not use that recipe next time. Tough dumplins are the worst. Knew I should have called my grandma, but she's gotten lazy in her old age and just uses tortillas now

Ouch,tough dumplings..ok in a pinch I use just plane old cheep caned bisquits from the store..roll em out cut them up and put them in the pot.Now if u want to get serrious this is what I do.After I cook my chicken wich is well seasoned how ever u want to do it...let the broth cool to room temp..take 2 cups self riseing flower...butter as much as u need to get a mix like u were makeing bisquits then add some broth for the liquid insted of milk then roll it out like a pie shell and cut out the dumplins.Doing it this way u get the flavor from the broth in the dumplins.U can use crisco but I like the buttrey flavor better.When u can stick a fork or tooth pick through the dumplins and it feels temder as u want its done.Hope this helps.
Rockin

Hellooooo ...anybody home?????????? Lets bump it up around hear,I know the weather sucks..but I swear I smell spring round the corner....:cheer::cheer::cheer:

re:laissez les bon temps rouler!
 

I miss Louisiana very much. My grandmama would have died, though, rather than use tortillas for dumplings! We didn't use dumplings very much , though. We used boudain balls, grillades and grits, and a da*m good roux made everything better. (I'd tell the secret ingredient but grandmama would literally come out the grave and kill me. Sorry.*smile*)
I was born in Mississippi-see my thread, please-but spend much time among the Creoles there and in Southern Louisiana. What can you say about a part of the state with it's own motto, where even to RUN for governor you had to be indicted at least once, where the food was the best in the country, and the people the friendliest in the world?
I also spend much time in the grande hotels in New Orleans, my favorite being the Pontchartrain. In my time it was owned by the same family that it had been in for over a hundred years. They treated each guest like royalty, no matter whether you arrived in furs or backpacks (and believe me, you saw both!) I was there once and tried to open my door and the old ORIGINAL bronze key broke off in the lock! I went downstairs, and the maitre came with another old bronze key. It too broke off in the lock! By this time I was having a difficult time to keep from rotflmao. Finally he came with a THIRD old bronze key and this made it! I was very happy to get into my suite and relax! More about their most gracious treatment of me in a different post.
femme2tao::hanging:

Not from there...didn't live there...visited there...drove through there...don't have family that I know of there...but I was born 15 minutes from the Miss-Lou bridge. Does that count for something?

Natchez girl here! :poker:

Jazz fest is coming up!!! Anyone going?

Holla folks,glad to see pl hear.Next weekend is Holliday in Dixie hear in Shreveport.Gonna have a big air show at Barksdale,jazz fest at the down town plaza,a treasute hunt with a grand for the prise if u figure out the clues..no telling what else

Hey! I am going April 29th, May 2nd. Lots of good music,
Simon & Garfunkel
The Allman Brothers
Pearl Jam
The Levon Helm Band
Lionel Richie
Jeff Beck
Van Morrison
Anita Baker
Aretha Franklin
Steve Martin
Jonny Lang
George Clinton and
Parliament/Funkadelic
Imagination Movers
Darius Rucker
The Gipsy Kings
Jual Luis Guerra
Elvis Costello
The Black Crowes
Joe Lovano
Gerald Albright, Kirk Whalum and Jeff Lorber
Gil Scott-Heron
Richie Havens
Frankie Beverly and Maze
To list a few!!!

Cowboi - awesome! I will try to rattle the boi and see what she says. Perhaps we can meet up.

Anyone else up for a get together soon?

Snowkisses...well yeah I go to central sometimes,just let me know when u all are comeing this way and I will make plands...check yr pm box..sending my phone # so u can give a holla or u can just pm me a fue days ahead of time.

HELLLLOOOOOO Louisiana~~~~~~~~Anybody home???What u all up to where ever u r??

Howdy from Oklahoma!
 

i love hubig's pies and they are made in Louisiana. coconut is my favorite.

New to site, but...
 

Hi all you fellow Louisianan's.. I'm new to the site but not new to the B-F community. I use to hang out on B-F.com as Nlightened_Butch, so some of you may know me.

I have lived here all my life. I'm learning to tolerate the heat better since diet changes. :thumbsup:

Anybody near Alexandria?

See ya'll around. Stay cool.

Ahhh!
 

I remember you, too! I always knew you as Arwen, lol.

Yeah, i think i remember you were the only one who called me Ned. LOL

I'm still here, in central la. It's been a rough 3 yrs. dealing with my dad's passing and my mom going in a nursing home. I'm ready to take life by the reins and hold on tight.. have some fun. Other than that, not a whole lot going on around here.

How are you doing Arwen? Your pic is nice. You look nice.

Take care.

Hello
I live in Monroe, a couple of hours north of Alex.

Hi,I live in Shreveport...pm me if u ever get up this way,welcome to bfp.

Howdy
 

Thanks ya'll..
 

Thanks for the welcome.. and yes Arwen you can still call me Ned if it makes you happy, LOL.

I see alot of familiar names here and that's good.. feels like 'home' in a way.

I'm sure enjoying the local fruit around here.. so sweet and juicy.. plums, peaches and Sugertown watermelon.. my favs!

Enjoy the day everyone.. and watch out for the heat!

What happened??? I live near there and go often. Rock lives there.

Sorry u got a bad reception in Shreveport..I have lives hear foreve and had fue problems but not in many years.If it happened in one of our gay bars I can shure make some noise to the right ppl hear.

Haunted LA
 

Anyone know of any haunted places, dwellings, cemeteries with active activity withing Louisiana? I'm a ghosthunter and would love to investigate some of these places. Please be specific about location such as age of place, history, and any known activity/stories. All information will be kept confidential and we do not charge fees. We are willing to travel to where the location is.

We are Louisiana Ghostlab.

Thank you.

The Myrtles in St Francisville La.

Really cool,I was gonna say the Myrtles but Cowboi beat me to it,one place u really need to go is NOLA..its the haunted capital of the state.There is the LaRou house in NOLA that will scare the pants off ya...long story about that one..grisly isnt the word.Then there is the night grave yard tours,talk about spooky...way much more.Hear on hw1 south about a twenty minit drive from me ther is an old bell tower that on some nights u can hear a bell ringing and a train whistle,some say they have seen what looks like someone walking with a lantern swinging an the night..So much more.Look up haunted louisiana u should fine plenty.On the pbs chanel 24 they had a show about this..really weird stuff.Happy gost hunting..let me know if u came this way ..could be fun.

Thanks for the replies to the haunted sites.. I've already been to NO and The Myrtles.. and yes, those are some pretty active places. I was really looking for some local legend places, haunted areas where ppl talk of a certain incident, or even abandoned sites that were talked about as being haunted.

Thanks for all the input.

Geaux Tigers n Saints!

In Mansfeild La ther is a civil was battle site that I have herd a gost story or two about,they have a reinactment near every year I herd that on the last one at night u could hear troops off in the distance and it wasnt the reinactors,plus they have a museum with all kinds of storys.
And on bayou Peire they had a confederant navy ship yard there,suposedly somewhere is missing gold that was never found when it was captured.Recenty (last year) they found some battle baracades along the river not far from shreveport.

yeah, those civil war places are known to have some activity. Thanks for the info bro.

Laissez les bons temps rouler!
 

Hi everyone!
Born and raised in Avoyelles parish Louisiana! Bohemian French native). :koolaid: