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December 25, 2007
This is the life
Ashley describes our pre-Christmas lunch from the other day, sitting on the steps of the Lafitte Projects eating take-out from Dooky Chase's.
While we were there, the mist turned to a light drizzle, and I turns to him, and I says, "Ya know, we're sitting on the steps of a hurricane damaged, boarded up, abandoned and condemned public housing project, in the cold wind, in the rain, eating take-out food, and all I can think is 'This is the fucking life, man. This is it.'" And he agrees.
And I tasted the candied yams and said, "This is a vegetable? Jeezus, it tastes like bread pudding" and when I was done with my half I handed the cup to Ashley and he tasted it and he literally squealed with delight. I doubt any of y'all have ever heard Ashley squeal over his veggies before.
Later that day I called Tom Fitzmorris on The Food Show and told that story on the air and he agreed that New Orleans is pretty much the only place where a story like that makes perfect sense.
Broadcasting from a gated property inside a gated community in a development near a suburb of a suburb of Fort Worth, Texas (i.e., the in-laws place): Merry Christmas again, y'all.
Posted by ray at December 25, 2007 2:58 PM | Permalink
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And I tasted the candied yams and said, "This is a vegetable? Jeezus, it tastes like bread pudding".
Candied yams are veggies in the same way apple pie is fruit. ;p
Happy Xmas from wonderfully quiet, student-less central Austin. I love this part of Austin this time of year. The foil-and-lights dinosaur on the corner of 37th St is not as large as it was last year, though.
Posted by: Hiromi at December 25, 2007 6:14 PM
I'm not sure I want to hear Ashley squeal over veggies. I've heard him grunt over oysters though.
Posted by: Adrastos at December 25, 2007 10:32 PM
I heard you on the air, I didn't realize that was you and Ashley.
No wonder it sounded so familiar when I read Ashley's post before wandering over her.
Posted by: mominem at December 26, 2007 2:06 PM
Fried chicken and candied yams out in the weather on a gorgeous day? YUM.
And no. It isn't a vegetable. It is heaven on a fork that makes other veggies feel inadequate.
Posted by: Darkneuro at December 27, 2007 2:05 PM
Yes, but did the oysters grunt back?
Great story!
Posted by: Schroeder at December 30, 2007 11:14 PM
Yeah you right!!!!
Posted by: Banzai Bill at January 6, 2008 8:58 PM
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