Sunday, February 6, 2011

New Orleans, Abita brewery and shrimp, shrimp and more shrimp

We spent 4 days in the New Orleans area to do sightseeing, but the weather did not co operate, it was rainy and cold. So we did the next best things, drink and eat.

Our friends, John and Cathy Robnik, were in the area so we met them at the Abita brewery on Friday to take their tour. We drove across Lake Ponchitrain causeway, which is 25 miles long and met them for lunch at a little café and then went to the brewery. The tour itself was very minimal, but their welcome center had a big bar and we were all able to draw our own beer! We all sampled several of the beers and enjoyed the  company as usual. http://www.abita.com

 

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Outside of Bayou Signette state park are the shrimp shacks. There are about 12-15 small stands that sell shrimp , crab and fish right off of the boats. The first day we bought 4 pounds of 21-25 count and boiled most of them and sautéed the rest.

Fresh shrimp has a taste much, much better than frozen and we all enjoyed it.

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The next day we got 2 pounds of 15-17 count and 2 pounds of 21-25 count, plus all three of us bought 5 pounds each to freeze.

Our dear old fried Pete Reese gave me a recipe for coconut shrimp and a habanero pineapple chutney. The two pounds of larger shrimp were for the coconut and the smaller one to bread and fry….

Well let me tell you folks, after we cooked the coconut shrimp we took time out to eat them, and we all agreed to cook the other two pounds as coconut also!!!

Bobbi made coleslaw that was the best I have ever had and Terri make a yellow rice and we also had nice hot roll’s. All 4 pounds ended up in our tummy’s…..yum, yum, yum

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A very special thank you to Pete for giving me this recipe several years ago. I never made it because Linda did not like coconut shrimp, but after trying this recipe she is hooked. And the chutney…….OMG it was superb.

 

We may be homeless people, but we sure do eat damn good. Oh, by the way….the shrimp cost from $2.25 to $5.50 a pound, fresh from the boat. Eat your hearts out.

You know we love you.

Jim and Linda

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  1. Cathy RobnikFebruary 8, 2011 at 2:01 PM

    Great Blog, it was really nice seeing you both again.... Now what would be my chances of getting the recipe for the coconut shrimp and pineapple sauce...
    Safe travels and have fun at Bettys

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