Defeat

For those of you that know me you know I do NOT like to lose but it is time to suck it up and admit defeat. Yep, the Bulldogs let me down and Brett has officially won the bet. I have the tickets to the Egg Bowl, several places to party in The Grove, a place to stay and next week I will go buy the bottle of Johnny Walker Black.
MSU was the first school in the SEC to set a record by hiring the first black coach - wonder if they'll set another one by firing him??? If Croom does not get rid of the offensive coordinator and special teams coach then something has to be done. I'm about ready to go back to cheating and winning - where's Jackie???? Can anyone tell me???
While we are on the subject of football - November 22 is Jere Barrier's birthday. That is also the day that Ole Miss plays LSU in Baton Rouge. Now for those of you that did not have the pleasure of knowing Jere, she was a HUGE Ole Miss fan. I've had a very strong feeling for the last week that Ole Miss would defeat LSU in Tiger Stadium next Saturday - In memory of Jere I'll be pulling for the Rebels and will even do a Hoddy Toddy -Happy Birthday DooDah!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2cDkFxpYrc

Guests & Gumbo

I got a most welcome but unexpected text message last week. Lee Ann was still in Grenada, Mary Lee had the weekend off and they wanted to come to Jackson on Saturday. Kay decided to come spend the night too.

To my delight the weather was tuning cool and this would be the perfect weekend to cook gumbo. It is an all day affair but well worth the time and effort. The first thing you need to do is cook some bacon, ham and andouille sausage in the pot you are using for the gumbo. Take out of pot when done, save for later. You may need to add some more oil to the pot in order to make your roux. Add plain flour, stirring constantly and cook until dark brown. When the roux reaches the desired color add your chopped vegetables (5-6 small-medium onions, 1 green bell pepper, 3-4 cloves garlic). Cook the vegetables for a few minutes and then add about 2 cups hot water (more if needed), 2 bay leaves, 1 Tbsp Louisiana Hot Sauce, 1Tbsp K's Cajun Seasoning (recipe to follow), 1 tsp thyme, 1 Tbsp Worcestershire, juice & pulp of 1 lemon. Add 2-3 cans fire roasted tomatoes. Add the bacon/ham/sausage back to the pot and a bag of cut okra. Let simmer until

vegetables are tender. While this is cooking peel/devane your shrimp.

Add shrimp to pot - cook until done - serve over rice - and don't forget the garlic bread.

K's Cajun Seasoning: 1(26 oz) box salt; 3 Tbsp black pepper; 2 Tbsp garlic powder; 1 tsp onion powder; 1 tsp nutmeg; 2 Tbsp Accent; 2 Tbsp dried parsley flakes; 4 Tbsp Cayenne pepper; 2 Tbsp chili powder (this makes a lot, store in air tight container and keep in the freezer)

The Saga of The Bet

Ole Miss has now won 5 games while MS State has only won 3. Both teams have this weekend off (thank goodness, I don't think I could take another weekend like this past one). Let me refresh your memory - I said the bet was that State would have a better season than Ole Miss AND kick their ass in Oxford at The Egg Bowl. Well, it pains me to admit this but I do not have a snowballs chance in hell of winning (thank you Bulldogs) even if they win their next 2 games. In order for Brett not to be able to collect on the bet Ole Miss would have to lose their next 2 games and State would have to win their next 2 and then we would be tied going into the Egg Bowl. The bet said "better season and win in Oxford" so if by some strange miracle we are tied going into the EB then I think it is a toss up. I would ask all of you what you think but I really don't care, after all it is my big fat mouth that got me into this bet so I think I get to make all the rules.