We had our third annual Blogger Get Together yesterday on Tellico Lake at Larry and Beverly's home (
Big Dude's Eclectic Ramblings).
This year our food theme was a Cajun crawfish and shrimp boil. Since AJ and Katherine (
Smoky Mountain Cafe) hale from Cajun country, they headed up the cooking activities but everyone pitched in, one way or another.
Despite my earlier assertion that I would NOT eat crawfish, I did. I even did the whole sucking the juices out of the head thing. Shocker, right? This avowed fish hater ate a mudbug and didn't choke. It actually tasted good - spicy and slightly meaty in texture.
I could go on and on about the day but let's just suffice it to say it couldn't be beat.
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The guests of honor. |
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Dave helping me prep the veggies in the morning. |
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AJ, Alexis, Jackie, and Dave hanging around the boiling action. |
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AJ "beating our lunch back into the pot" with a crawfish paddle ;) |
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The venue.... |
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Alexis and Sam. |
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Katherine demonstrates how to properly eat a crawfish. |
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Sausage, crawfish, shrimp and veggies - an amazing meal. |
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AJ giving Alexis and Trevor lessons on how to eat a mud bug. |
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Our hostess shows she knows how to eat a crawfish. |
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What a spread of food! |
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AJ and Alexis on the jet ski. |
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The kids, just before the rope got caught on the shaft of the jet ski.... |
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AJ spent an hour, 30 seconds at a time, under the water cutting the rope off of the shaft. |
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Larry giving margarita lessons. |
We had a great time, I got to meet some new folks and we had a few new bloggers this year. If you missed it this year, we hope you can join us next year!