There's More Than a Cheeseburger in Paradise

The Alabama Gulf Coast is blessed with many fine eateries and Lulu's is guaranteed to make you sit back and enjoy life for a while. It's located just off Alabama Highway 59 at the Intracoastal Waterway and Homeport Marina. Being Jimmy Buffett's sister doesn't hurt her ability to entertain. My youngest daughter and her family presented this awesome cookbook to me for Father's Day. It is full of witty stories and has some fantastic recipes. Anyone that likes good food should jump on this handsome volume. Crank up some shrimpboat rock and have a refreshing beverage while navigating a great treasure. Wow, a Guild Wars Droks T-shirt and now a great map to my staying a lardbutt, lol. My daughters and their families are the best. Thanks! Oh yeh, get the cookbook at Crazy Sista Cooking.

"But living in the briar patch ain't what it appears
Sooner or later you've got to face your fears
I heard it from the parrot verbalizing in the tree
I heard in the songline of the aborigine"
~Jimmy Buffett, Off to See the Lizard

Oh, Woe is Me

I am selfish. The King Cake is gone. My lardass ate every last morsel. Even licked the box. This greed of such a delight makes me pause. Truly, I know why destiny has never let me reside in New Orleans. My shame is barely bearable. I was not a big caramel fan and this type of icing was all over it. Now my list of cravings includes caramel. Each King Cake has a small figurine of a baby that represents Jesus. The person that receives the piece with the baby is supposed to have good luck for the year. Does that mean my local search for King Cakes will pay off? Wait...greed and gluttony are overcoming shame again. Well, I ate the whole thing so I DID receive the piece with the baby. Okay my fat, stuffed pathetic, bigger than a house butt is outta here. Wonder if there's milk in the fridge?

"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart."
~Erma Bombeck

Lunch? Hah!

Came home for lunch and then passed it up. Why? Because a festive yellow box awaited full of one of the best things in the whole wide world. King Cake! Verdana (one of my two daughters) and Dr. Uncle Snake live close to Baton Rouge and several of us local folk get King Cakes around Mardi Gras from their local bakery Wholly! Donuts. This year she decided on the praline and pecan flavor and it is marvelous! Now excuse my lardass...going back for another taste!

"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating."
~Pavarotti