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  • beef vegetable soup

    Here is a pictorial of beef vegetable soup I made over the weekend. I grew up eating this in New Orleans, my mom would make it several times over the winter. Some folks in New Orleans call it creole vegetable soup. This soup has an Italian twist because it has [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 7:23am EST
    by maringouin

  • Aaron Broussard

    Growing up, my mother had a passing acquaintance with then Kenner mayor Aaron Broussard. She always spoke highly of him and respected him deeply, calling him the best mayor of Kenner, ever. He even helped her after she retired to get a small part time job to keep her busy [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:15pm EST
    by maringouin

  • off with his head

    You don’t make $3.75 million dollars a year and blow end of game opportunities like this without facing the music. Piss poor performance, game blown, and to top it off, he threw his quarterback under the bus. I feel sorry for the players. Their talent has been wasted by an incompetent [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:43am EST
    by maringouin

  • blast from the (not too distant) past

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    I saw MANY shows on the Riverboat President, many mentioned in this T-P article, mostly the 80’s alternative/new wave bands – fun times indeed! Glory Days When the Riverboat President was the coolest music club in town Sunday, November 15, 2009 Doug MacCash Cyndi Lauper’s pixie face was streaked with sweat. Her eyes were caked [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 8:42am EST
    by maringouin

  • good news for the gulf oyster industry

    The FDA backs off its oyster processing regulations. [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:55pm EST
    by maringouin

  • the jack of all trades

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    First, Irvin Mayfield magically transforms from musician to librarian, becoming the chairman of the board of the New Orleans Public Library system just because he has a personal interest in the library system and not necessarily the academic credentials to operate a library system. And now he is on a [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:31am EST
    by maringouin

  • Rising Tide sponsors a FREE blogging 101 class

    Thursday, November 12, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM, Rising Tide is getting its first beginning blogging class on at the Bridge Lounge, located at 1201 Magazine Street. A few us will be showing longtime readers and commenters how we ended up doing this thing and how you can, too, [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 4:56pm EST
    by maringouin

  • new online petition to save gulf oysters

    Share it liberally [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 8:12pm EST
    by maringouin

  • a facebook page dedicated to save the gulf coast oyster industry from overregulation

    Save the Gulf Coast oyster industry [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 5:04pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • please sign the petition to save gulf coast oysters

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    and spread the site around liberally thanks! [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:54pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • don’t tread on our oysters

    Beginning in 2011, the FDA wants to sterilize oysters harvested between March and November because of the threat of vibrio vulnificus. If not treated, an outright oyster ban will be imposed. This would seriously impact the oyster industry in this state. It wouldn’t affect oyster consumption so much within Louisiana [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 9:35pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • vitter’s on a roll

    First the non-reply to Justice Bardwell’s denial of a marriage license to an interracial couple and now this no vote of the sexual orientation hate crimes legislation tucked inside an Afghan war appropriations bill. What a conundrum that must have been for poor Vitter: despite that, he chose stomping on [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 11:22pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • one hand butters the other hands’ bread

    How stupid can these politicians be? James Gill wrote this morning, in a year of virtually no $$$changing, Mississippi ex-representative Charles Pickering doles out $5,000 to Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, who promptly deposits the money into David Vitter’s campaign fund. The federal elections commission is supposed to investigate. Need I [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 12:09pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • red beans

    Here’s a recipe and pictorial to make a pot of red beans. I’ve cooked beans all my adult life, with the exception of red. Black, crowder peas, black eye peas, lima, pinto, all of them coming out delicious, but never the same for the reds. Maybe it was familial; my [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 8:14am EDT
    by maringouin

  • pork, crawfish and sausage jambalaya

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    So with a portion of the pork butt I cooked a few days ago, and some sausage and Louisiana crawfish, I made a pot of jambalaya. A very easy dish to make, one can use the leftovers from the fridge to produce a delicious meal. The combination of proteins one [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2009, 6:20am EDT
    by maringouin

  • Boston Butt in the oven

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    Thank gawd August is OVER!!! The first day of September means cooler weather ahead – and time to fire up the oven. I had some ish-shooes with the old avocado stove over the summer and had Accardo’s Appliance Repair shop come out and fix the ancient thing, who I might [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2009, 9:39am EDT
    by maringouin

  • August 29, 2009

    In memory of the 1,577 citizens of Louisiana who lost their lives 4 years ago, and possibly hundreds more citizens of the United States of America, that perished in Katrina – this must never happen again… Study of Hurricane Katrina’s dead show most were old, lived near levee breaches by Mark Schleifstein, [...]
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    Posted: August 29, 2009, 12:15am EDT
    by maringouin

  • Mary Landrieu’s health care forum

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    I slipped away today to attend one of the health care forums, and drove out to Reserve, Louisiana to the Louisiana National Guard Reserve Readiness Center building. Mary Landrieu was hosting this meeting and there were plenty people in attendance. I felt it was my civic duty to attend at [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2009, 8:30pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • Loki appreciation post

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    RT IV was a huge success yesterday – large crowd in attendance, stimulating panel discussions, excellent keynote speaker, great food and general camaraderie. And a grateful acknowledgment is in order to Loki who kept the ceremonies flowing, the panel discussions on point, and handled the subtle notifications to the moderators [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2009, 7:56pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • just say no

    Is it because of his selfish aspiration to higher office to appeal to the narrow minded national GOP base, that Jindal forgoes making a good business decision that would help the state of Louisiana? Gov. Bobby Jindal, after high-profile criticism, says no to federal money for high-speed rail system by Bill [...]
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    Posted: August 22, 2009, 8:03am EDT
    by maringouin

  • guilty on 4 counts

    And just a little more than 2 weeks after, Mose Jefferson, William Jefferson’s brother, is convicted in federal court. GUILTY ON 4 COUNTS In a split verdict, Mose Jefferson is convicted of bribery and obstruction of justice Saturday, August 22, 2009 By Laura Maggi Staff writer Just two weeks after his younger brother, former U.S. [...]
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    Posted: August 22, 2009, 7:58am EDT
    by maringouin

  • robbed

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    I was down and out sick as a dog this past weekend and still recovering now – C was kind enough to tend to me through the mess and we wound up hibernating all weekend. Unfortunately he was unable to check on his place, and discovered this morning that he [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2009, 11:10pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • not one, not two, but three

    what began as a wimper is now a full fledged, bang up hurricane season [...]
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    Posted: August 16, 2009, 11:47am EDT
    by maringouin

  • the heels are still dug in

    When is this impasse ever going to end? Jindal urged to seize control in hospital flap Broader role called for as LSU, Tulane argue over governance Saturday, August 15, 2009 By Bill Barrow Staff writer Some New Orleans business and political leaders, all of them backers of a planned state teaching hospital in lower Mid-City, say [...]
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    Posted: August 16, 2009, 11:43am EDT
    by maringouin

  • guilty on 11 counts

    The verdict is in – out of 16, William Jefferson found guilty on 11 counts Sentencing within 90 days, and he is expected to go to jail immediately after receiving the sentence. Frankly, I am shocked, I thought he would get off for sure… ALEXANDRIA, VA. – Former Democratic Congressman William Jefferson was [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2009, 4:52pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • $1,200 an hour?

    James Gill is like a fine cabernet sauvignon – he just gets better and better with age If you find yourself in a small Louisiana town, and see a helicopter coming in to land, you’d better run the other way. There is a good chance that Gov. Bobby Jindal will emerge, [...]
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    Posted: August 02, 2009, 9:47am EDT
    by maringouin

  • what is it about the Quartermaster?

    This place had not one, but TWO of their employees dismember their SO’s – gruesome stuff Man convicted of murdering girlfriend in mummy case by Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune Wednesday July 29, 2009, 8:25 PM John Morgan, convicted Wednesday of the 2002 murder of his gilrfriend, whose mummified remains were found in a trunk [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2009, 8:01am EDT
    by maringouin

  • 72 hour north atlantic weather loop

    This is an excellent weather website, a 72 hour loop for tracking hurricanes – another addition for your bookmarks [...]
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    Posted: July 30, 2009, 9:42pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • its only 58,800 gallons of crude

    Number of comments: 3
    If the Times Picayune is going to make the leap to an all online format, it needs to include ALL the stories from the paper version – too bad this was buried in the Money Section, it SHOULD have been on the front page, even if it was a “medium” [...]
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    Posted: July 28, 2009, 7:13pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • watermelon

    Number of comments: 2
    I’d been looking for the watermelon man for weeks, having had an intense craving for the watery fruit for awhile. I’ve passed a truck here and there a couple times already but having insufficient funds at that moment I had to pass them by. Well today I pulled over near the [...]
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    Posted: July 15, 2009, 6:54pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • business before pleasure

    My question is, where the heck is Newell Normand? And Chris Roberts is flat out wrong taking the side of the barrooms and not trying to work out a compromise between the bars and the property owners. Not to mention the threat to life if these bars are allowing their [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 10:39am EDT
    by maringouin

  • a road to nowhere

    Number of comments: 2
    Four BILLION dollars to build a loop around Baton Rouge? I can’t wrap my mind around this massive project. If in 100 years, the inevitable happens, what purpose would this loop serve? Not to mention the impact on one of the few viable ecosystems in the state, the Atchafalaya Basin. [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 10:50am EDT
    by maringouin

  • redfish courtbouillion

    One of those “only in New Orleans moments” happened on Sunday – as I was browsing the shelves of Academy Sporting Goods, an old friend walks up to me to say hello. After we catch up, I follow him out to his truck and he hands to me a gallon [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2009, 7:23am EDT
    by maringouin

  • LSU takes the ball and is going home

    ummm, no, its not YOUR credit card, its the TAXPAYERS credit card BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana State University System Board of Supervisors today rejected the draft governing agreement for a proposed teaching hospital in New Orleans, instead endorsing a revised model that board members said would give LSU more influence [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2009, 10:43pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • levee-busters

    Number of comments: 1
    Maybe the Ouchley brothers are on to something… New York Times By CORNELIA DEAN In the 1960s, a group of businessmen bought 16,000 acres of swampy bottomland along the Ouachita River in northern Louisiana and built miles of levee around it. They bulldozed its oak and cypress trees and, when the land dried [...]
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    Posted: June 20, 2009, 5:25pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • its official

    WHO declares H1N1 swine flu a pandemic World now at the start of 2009 influenza pandemic Dr Margaret Chan Director-General of the World Health Organization Ladies and gentlemen, In late April, WHO announced the emergence of a novel influenza A virus. This particular H1N1 strain has not circulated previously in humans. The virus is entirely new. The [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2009, 5:32pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • the honorable thing

    So is this the honorable thing William Jefferson kept referring to before his trial? Paying his five daughter’s college tuition? One to the tune of ~$25,000 to Harvard, among others? His honorable thing justification is straight up bullshit. One could argue that our federal tax money could go towards grant [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 10:39am EDT
    by maringouin

  • ignorance and arrogance

    Number of comments: 2
    It still blows my mind how LSU is toying with health care in New Orleans almost 4 years later. They tried to play the Federal bluff using Katrina to strong arm a new hospital out of the morass. Meanwhile indigent health care continues to languish in southeast Louisiana. Did it [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2009, 8:07am EDT
    by maringouin

  • broken promises

    Looks like LSU might not get the money needed to build their shiny new hospital after all – they should have refurbished the existing building by now instead of gambling on the pipe-dream of FEMA paying for a new building The north Louisiana bill requiring LSU to submit a business plan [...]
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    Posted: May 27, 2009, 5:26pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • contraflow

    The local media is all up in arms this week in New Orleans since hurricane season begins next Monday June 1. Tension is building and I am starting to stock the liquor cabinet, stock it very full. So the departments of transportation in Louisiana and Mississippi are putting their heads [...]
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    Posted: May 27, 2009, 11:27pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • sometimes I can’t help myself

    something to while away an hour or two lotsa dish inside here [...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2009, 7:19pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • jazz fest fog

    so C worked the fest this year and I got in for free a few times – was the only way I could have afforded it. It had been a looooooong time since I was able to go so many days and I forgot the stamina required to pull it [...]
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    Posted: May 08, 2009, 8:46pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • the cat is out the bag

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    French Quarter Fest has officially been touristized case in point – an exchange that occurred Saturday in Johnny’s Po-Boys C “So dude, are you coming down next weekend for Jazz Fest?” Turista (from Jackson, somewhere) “Hell no, why should I pay $50.00 a ticket when I can get a weekend of music [...]
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    Posted: April 19, 2009, 8:53pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • baton rouge’s little pre-4/27 tea party

    Here’s a little tea bag to toss into the wheels of the tea-parties happening everywhere today – perusing the pre-filed bills in Baton Rouge, one would think that there certainly is no imminent “Bataan Death March” what with all those tax credits, tax exemptions, awards judgments and other nonsense dole [...]
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    Posted: April 15, 2009, 1:01am EDT
    by maringouin

  • duck, andouille and oyster gumbo

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    I had 5 ducks taking up room in my tiny freezer, courtesy of a generous duck hunting friend, so it was time to pull them out and cook them up. Hadn’t made duck & andouille gumbo in a long time, so I got all the fixins to make a pot. [...]
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    Posted: April 10, 2009, 3:26pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • oyster jubilee

    Today was one of those perfect New Orleans spring days – and Regis and Kelly, the oysters, the indians and the pirates were rocking the French Quarter! [...]
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    Posted: April 04, 2009, 5:05pm EDT
    by maringouin

  • flooding

    Every so often, Mother Nature reminds us of our tenuous location relative to water – because of this, the region is slow to drain whenever we are inundated with massive rains. Last night was one of those reminders. C and I took the dog out to the lake yesterday and [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2009, 8:38am EDT
    by maringouin

  • The Louisiana Family Forum’s proposal for congressional redistricting

    Courtesy of Daily Kingfish, via Yat Pundit’s tweet As you can see, they essentially tell the working class and black citizens of Orleans Parish that they no longer deserve to have their own Congressional District, which admittedly, is something that many are saying. But the LFF takes it further … and [...]
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    Posted: March 18, 2009, 11:55am EDT
    by maringouin

  • on the road again

    So the phantom governor, the esteemed PBJ is headed out again next week to pander for funds. I believe he spends more time outside the gret stet, than in. It is unfortunate that the legislative session next month will interfere with his coffer filling, free lunch tour of the Etats [...]
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    Posted: March 17, 2009, 10:40am EDT
    by maringouin

  • shutting down NOAH

    So PBJ posted his 2009-2010 budget this past Friday. Here is a graphic of the highlights from the Times Picayune Notice in the right column the proposal to close down NOAH (New Orleans Adolescent Hospital) and merge it with Southeast Louisiana Hospital in Mandeville. Now with the dearth of mental health [...]
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    Posted: March 15, 2009, 10:09pm EDT
    by maringouin
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