What did you do today?

[Sunshine]

Wow!!! Lucky!!!!

 

[Bottesini]

I know you were responding to Sunny.

Our deaf club has get togethers EVERY Friday and Saturday, at the very least. Come on up to MN any weekend you're bored.

We are thinking about retiring to someplace that has a bigger, more active deaf community, but that is still several years away.

 

[Steinhauer]

too much work

Yeah ... guess everybody shouldn't "work too much".

 

[Dixie]

We are thinking about retiring to someplace that has a bigger, more active deaf community, but that is still several years away.

Move down here, and help me get a new Deaf Club started here. I would love to have deaf socials on a monthly or weekly basis.

 

[Bottesini]

Yeah ... guess everybody shouldn't "work too much".

Hey Steinhauer, what is file?

 

[Bottesini]

Move down here, and help me get a new Deaf Club started here. I would love to have deaf socials on a monthly or weekly basis.

The land of my birth? If I came to Arkansas when we retire, I sure hope I can afford a big air conditioner!

 

[Steinhauer]

Nice okra. Did you grow it?

Yes. It was the only thing that grew ... and grew .... and grew. It looks like a small tree right now.

 

[CSign]

I wasn't recommending that they solely learn through a website. It was more geared towards supplemental learning.

Thanks for the recommendations though.

 

[Steinhauer]

Hey Steinhauer, what is file?

It's a seasoning for Gumbo.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filé_powder

 

[Dixie]

The land of my birth? If I came to Arkansas when we retire, I sure hope I can afford a big air conditioner!

Get housing with CH/A. Then invest in huge box fans as backups.

There's also an air circulator thingy that is energy efficient and cools the air. It runs from a regular wall plug-in outlet. You might try that.

 

[Bottesini]

It's a seasoning for Gumbo.

Just a spice then? My father spent quite a bit of time in Louisiana in his youth and he was a Gumbo fanatic.

Sassafras from your link I see.

 

[Dixie]

I've never had a gumbo, but I've never been able to try it either. Too bad our local restaurants don't serve it.

 

[Bottesini]

Get housing with CH/A. Then invest in huge box fans as backups.

There's also an air circulator thingy that is energy efficient and cools the air. It runs from a regular wall plug-in outlet. You might try that.

I already use many fans here in Iowa. I am not a warm weather lover!

 

[jillio]

Just a spice then? My father spent quite a bit of time in Louisiana in his youth and he was a Gumbo fanatic.

It is ground up sassafras leaves. Adds flavor and also used as a thickening agent. Pronounced "fee-lay" if you ever look for it in a market.

 

[Bottesini]

It is ground up sassafras leaves. Adds flavor and also used as a thickening agent. Pronounced "fee-lay" if you ever look for it in a market.

I don't know if we have it here. I could order online I suppose. I haven't really eaten Gumbo since I lived with my parents.

Kind of a nostalgic thought. I might make some this winter.

 

[jillio]

Yes. It was the only thing that grew ... and grew .... and grew. It looks like a small tree right now.

I love okra. One of the things I learned to love living in TN.

 

[Dixie]

I may be from the south, but I don't like okra or squash...

 

[jillio]

I don't know if we have it here. I could order online I suppose. I haven't really eaten Gumbo since I lived with my parents.

Kind of a nostalgic thought. I might make some this winter.

I get mine at Whole Foods. I have never seen it in a regular grocery in this area. All the groceries stocked it in TN, though. It keeps forever. I buy a big bottle, and just set it inside the freezer to keep it fresh.

 

[jillio]

I don't know if we have it here. I could order online I suppose. I haven't really eaten Gumbo since I lived with my parents.

Kind of a nostalgic thought. I might make some this winter.

It is my favorite Cajun dish. I like to use wild duck in mine, too. Really makes a rich gumbo.

I made it with crawfish once for my brother, so he called it "Peek-a-boo Stew, because every time he went to take a bite, a crawfish would float to the top. I use them whole with the heads still on, so he said they were "peeking" at him, lol.

 

[Steinhauer]

It is my favorite Cajun dish. I like to use wild duck in mine, too. Really makes a rich gumbo.

I made it with crawfish once for my brother, so he called it "Peek-a-boo Stew, because every time he went to take a bit, a crawfish would float to the top. I use them whole with the heads still on, so he said they were "peeking" at him, lol.

I have never tried it with duck ..... hmmmm

Thanks for the tip