A little Mardi Gras Fun @ Pigfeathers

[Selassie I]

One our favorites. In fact, you can keep the tail. Give me that fried head. Am I getting the vibe we will be hitting a Sushi joint when we get there?

I'm exactly the same way. There are many times that I don't even eat the tails.

 

[RamFan503]

I'm exactly the same way. There are many times that I don't even eat the tails.

Too funny. If they put a few Wasabi eggs under them, they are pretty good but those heads! Just crunchy goodness.

We actually went to a Sushi place with my son the other day. We've gone to it three or four times prior and liked it quite a bit. As always, we ordered three or four orders of the sweet shrimp. We got the tails and just expected the heads would be coming out a little later. They never showed. When I asked about them, the waiter apologized - then the owner came out and said they didn't normally come with the tails. I told him that we had never had to specify that we wanted the heads too. He then told us that we were confused and that we must be thinking of another place. This was the same guy who came to our table the previous time and personally thanked us because our tab was so high. He then changed tactics and said someone tried to sue him when they got stuck by one of the points. It got humorously weird. The owner came out a couple other times with a new story as to why we didn't get the heads. I just smiled, gave the waiter a nice cash tip (pretty much 20% plus the cost of the shrimp - I wasn't giving it to the owner), and paid for the food less the shrimp. The waiter came to us and apologized again but I had to tell him it was nothing personal and the service was great by him - but we wouldn't be back.

Just bizarre. We eat out a lot and I have never seen anything like this. The next time we went out to a Sushi place I actually asked them to make sure the heads were part of the deal. The server looked at me like - duh.

 

[Username]

I'm so fucking hungry right now dammit.

 

[Selassie I]

Too funny. If they put a few Wasabi eggs under them, they are pretty good but those heads! Just crunchy goodness.

We actually went to a Sushi place with my son the other day. We've gone to it three or four times prior and liked it quite a bit. As always, we ordered three or four orders of the sweet shrimp. We got the tails and just expected the heads would be coming out a little later. They never showed. When I asked about them, the waiter apologized - then the owner came out and said they didn't normally come with the tails. I told him that we had never had to specify that we wanted the heads too. He then told us that we were confused and that we must be thinking of another place. This was the same guy who came to our table the previous time and personally thanked us because our tab was so high. He then changed tactics and said someone tried to sue him when they got stuck by one of the points. It got humorously weird. The owner came out a couple other times with a new story as to why we didn't get the heads. I just smiled, gave the waiter a nice cash tip (pretty much 20% plus the cost of the shrimp - I wasn't giving it to the owner), and paid for the food less the shrimp. The waiter came to us and apologized again but I had to tell him it was nothing personal and the service was great by him - but we wouldn't be back.

Just bizarre. We eat out a lot and I have never seen anything like this. The next time we went out to a Sushi place I actually asked them to make sure the heads were part of the deal. The server looked at me like - duh.

That is bizarro. The fried head is by far the best part. Lots of people don't eat them though. I don't think they realize that you are actually supposed to eat them. I've freaked a few people out when they saw me eat one in the past,,, people who were eating with me, and people sitting near me. It grosses lots of Haoles out. lol

Growing up in Hawaii,,, our neighbors on both sides of our house were locals who had like 2 or 3 generations of their families living in the house together. The Old Grandpas on both sides would go out and hand net all kinds of shit everyday,,, and they would bring EVERYTHING caught in their nets back,,, everything ... vertebrate , invertebrate, plant. They always shared with us,,, almost insisted that we ate something from them every night (they'd bring some over if we weren't outside in the backyard already). Anyway, my taste buds were allowed to run wild from that experience let's say. I enjoy FRESH seafood sooooooooo much as a result. Octopus was my favorite back then,,, and it still is today. Eating a whole shrimp head is nothing compared to some of the crazy looking stuff they snagged in those nets.

I have a favorite sushi place that's actually far from the fanciest. I've tried them all in the Central FL area, and part of the reason I like my little place the best is because they fry the heads so much better than just about anyone else.

 

[RamFan503]

That is bizarro. The fried head is by far the best part. Lots of people don't eat them though. I don't think they realize that you are actually supposed to eat them. I've freaked a few people out when they saw me eat one in the past,,, people who were eating with me, and people sitting near me. It grosses lots of Haoles out. lol

Growing up in Hawaii,,, our neighbors on both sides of our house were locals who had like 2 or 3 generations of their families living in the house together. The Old Grandpas on both sides would go out and hand net all kinds of crap everyday,,, and they would bring EVERYTHING caught in their nets back,,, everything ... vertebrate , invertebrate, plant. They always shared with us,,, almost insisted that we ate something from them every night (they'd bring some over if we weren't outside in the backyard already). Anyway, my taste buds were allowed to run wild from that experience let's say. I enjoy FRESH seafood sooooooooo much as a result. Octopus was my favorite back then,,, and it still is today. Eating a whole shrimp head is nothing compared to some of the crazy looking stuff they snagged in those nets.

I have a favorite sushi place that's actually far from the fanciest. I've tried them all in the Central FL area, and part of the reason I like my little place the best is because they fry the heads so much better than just about anyone else.

Sounds like a date. Yeah - I'm a sick puppy. Anyway, we'll have to hit that place while we're there. We used to go to a place down in CA that served a little cup of dipping sauce they made just for the heads. I've never seen that anywhere before or since. I tried asking for it a couple times at other places and just got blank stares. Meh. I get that a lot.

Love octopus. Really got reacquainted with it when we were in Panama. You can't go anywhere that the eight legged suckers aren't on the menu. Didn't hurt that you could get a really good octopus dinner for two and a decent bottle of wine for less than $20.

Pretty hard to find something I won't try (food wise ) at least once. Uni took a bit to get used to but now I really like it. And I can order it knowing no one in my family is going to try to snake it from me.

I don't care about fancy. Just give me a place that serves the freshest fish and moves it fast. We go to a place in Portland that boasts Texas style sushi - - but it is awesome. The nigiri and sashimi is about three times the size of typical sushi places. I hate to use the term fresh when it comes to sushi because aside from shellfish, its all been frozen. But it still applies after they thaw it. Saburo always has a line out the door waiting to get in - even in the rain. When you get in, it has a clean diner kind of look that is just freakin' bustling. We've been going there for several years and I don't think I've ever seen a table sit unoccupied.

Man - I want some sushi right now. Probably can't tell - eh? Guess the wife and I are going to have to hit Saburo on Friday when we're in Portland.

 

[grease]

My wife really wanted to do a Mardi Gras celebration at our restaurant and brewery. So - I said - you come up with the decorations and what happens out front and I will take care of the menu.

So here you go. We offered true N.O. style Jambalaya, Gumbo, Shrimp boil, Cajun Steamed Oysters, Dirty Rice, Corn Maque Choux, and King Cake.

My main thing was that I was not going to do anything that wasn't authentic. I'm pretty picky so finding the ingredients and pulling it off was pretty hectic. But I had a blast doing it. As it turned out, I had no idea how many people in the area were either from Cajun territory or had been there many times. I knew I was keeping to tradition but didn't know how many people around here would recognize it.

Probably my best feedback was from these two ladies who were born and raised in Louisiana. Their comment was that "they finally were able to get their fix". Love it.

So here are some pics.

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Your jambalaya looks good but its not creole as in New Orleans. That color looks more like a cajun one with boiled seafood placed on top.

 

[RamFan503]

Your jambalaya looks good but its not creole as in New Orleans. That color looks more like a cajun one with boiled seafood placed on top.

Sigh. Never saw this post before. All I'll say is my recipes on this were mostly taken from a couple of chefs from NO and my past 45 years delving into foods from all over the world. And they as much as told me there are as many recipes in the area for these dishes as there are people that prepare them. These are pretty close to what they serve so I'll go with that.

Anyway, getting ready to do it again. I'll post more pics but I would like to see what yawlz are doing for Mardi Gras.

 

[Athos]

Honestly, I saw the mask before the lobster and I thought

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW SHIT, son! Someone is going to a Mardi Gras "Eyes Wide Shut" sex party!

Then I saw the lobster and thought.

Awwwwwwwwwww shit, my eyes! He's goes to a japanese-style mardi gras tentacle porn party!

Well....now I was I was drunk, because this post sounds like drunken raving.

Or maybe a weed-induced rant.

 

[rhinobean]

Like the looks of the gumbo! My brother could learn from you about that! You do etouffe? Might be my favorite dish of any of the goodies we get in NOLA!