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[cordmaker]

Scalloping: No.

However, I've caught octopus using home-made fish nets. I've also snagged (picked up) conch that were as big as those found in Florida. Both along the Sinai coast.

Below is my First Sergeant (RIP) holding an octopus we caught in '82 near Nuweiba, Sinai, Egypt. Tastes great raw with soy sauce. Conch is the best, and when heated just enough to let go.

My best friend who I do stained glass with said one time, that he ate his first and his last octopus one time. He said the more he chewed on it the bigger it got!!!!!

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Every city or town needs a Catfish Parlor.. I could live in that place.

Have you ever been scalloping. Where I live that is the big event. Well deep sea fishing is a big thing too but every one looks forward to July and scallop season. Hernando, Steinhatchee, Homosassa and Crystal River are the state's prime scallop grounds. Freshwater rivers formed by deep springs, flow into the Gulf and provide the right mix of salt and fresh water for the scallops to thrive.

They Gulf waters at this part of the coast are very shallow and scallops gather in the flats. A simple snorkel and mask will bring up a bag full. Also the water is crystal clear and you can spot them from your boat laying in the grass. The water is usually 3 to 4 feet deep and you can be a long way from shore. You will need a boat to get to them.

They are my favored sea food. If I were given unlimited numbers, I don't actually know how many I could eat, especially when I was a young man.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Sounds fantastic! I was an extremely picky eater as a kid. Drove my parents crazy. I didn't even like steak(yeah, figure that one out.) Well, those days are long gone..... Minus intestines and reproductive organs, I would try most anything! (no snakes either- i just couldn't do that.)

Bluewest, you are starting to fit in.

It is good to have you on the D-League. You will slowly season and get even more eccentric!

 

[cordmaker]

We had a night out when we were at Fort Hood, went to Killeen one night to a restaurant that had seafood, all this one guy talked about was eating some scallops. They brought them out with some fries and again all he talked about was how good they were going to be. He put some ketchup on his fries and someone had someone had spiked the bottle with whisky, it went all over his plate! He told the waitress what happened and they brought him another plate. They went to take the other plate away, he told them just leave it there, ate all that plate too, just picked it out of the whisky ketchup!!

 

[Bluewest]

Bluewest, you are starting to fit in.

It is good to have you.

Thank you sir! I may appear to be a "flyby" at times, but it's not intentional....

 

[Ben101er]

Sounds fantastic! I was an extremely picky eater as a kid. Drove my parents crazy. I didn't even like steak(yeah, figure that one out.) Well, those days are long gone..... Minus intestines and reproductive organs, I would try most anything! (no snakes either- i just couldn't do that.)

I tried rattlesnake once. Wasn't too bad, but I'm not sure I would eat it on a regular basis. However, I remember eating C rations, before they had the MRE's, and getting some that were dated from the Korean War era. (This was 1972) Ham and eggs congealed in that can were tough to eat. Sometimes I would have eaten the bark off a tree before some of the things that came out of those cans. Only the beans and franks were edible. Snake would have been a delicacy.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Here's ZZ Top shortly before they performed at the Jack Tar Hotel (Orange, Texas) for the Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School prom in 1971. Not exactly what one might imagine, eh?

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Sounds fantastic! I was an extremely picky eater as a kid. Drove my parents crazy. I didn't even like steak(yeah, figure that one out.) Well, those days are long gone..... Minus intestines and reproductive organs, I would try most anything! (no snakes either- i just couldn't do that.)

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

Here's ZZ Top shortly before they performed at the Jack Tar Hotel (Orange, Texas) for the Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School prom in 1971. Not exactly what one might imagine, eh?

Watched a documentary on them a few months ago. Couldn't believe the guys you see in these old pictures are the same guys. Maybe on Amazon or YouTube. Worth a watch if you like them. Think the drummer lives on a lake outside Austin?

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Watched a documentary on them a few months ago. Couldn't believe the guys you see in these old pictures are the same guys. Maybe on Amazon or YouTube. Worth a watch if you like them. Think the drummer lives on a lake outside Austin?

It's on Netflix and it's a good documentary on them. It had a lot of interesting things about them.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Watched a documentary on them a few months ago. Couldn't believe the guys you see in these old pictures are the same guys. Maybe on Amazon or YouTube. Worth a watch if you like them. Think the drummer lives on a lake outside Austin?

Last I heard, drummer Frank Beard splits time between his ranch near Richmond, TX and house on Lake Travis near Austin.

I like their music.

 

[BBUK]

Believe it or not, I've probably spent a total of 2-3 months in Louisville over the past 40 years. I've mainly hung around Hillview, Preston Hwy and Fern Valley Rd.

It's a nice city. I've had lots of fun there.

I knew the areas very well to include Maryville...

Oh, and may you all have a day to remember (For the good). Face each day happy to be alive and thankful that God numbers the hairs on your head. Oh how much does God love.... Imagine...



The first light snow here that is more a slush than a snow. Raining more than snowing...

 

[Bluewest]

I will consede that I do like chicken livers.... I don't really understand gizzards but I won't turn them down either. They're addictive!

 

[BBUK]

I will consede that I do like chicken livers.... I don't really understand gizzards but I won't turn them down either. They're addictive!

TMI

 

[blubo]

Lee’s Famous Recipe the best. 🍺

 

[BBUK]

Every city or town needs a Catfish Parlor.. I could live in that place.

Have you ever been scalloping. Where I live that is the big event. Well deep sea fishing is a big thing too but every one looks forward to July and scallop season. Hernando, Steinhatchee, Homosassa and Crystal River are the state's prime scallop grounds. Freshwater rivers formed by deep springs, flow into the Gulf and provide the right mix of salt and fresh water for the scallops to thrive.

They Gulf waters at this part of the coast are very shallow and scallops gather in the flats. A simple snorkel and mask will bring up a bag full. Also the water is crystal clear and you can spot them from your boat laying in the grass. The water is usually 3 to 4 feet deep and you can be a long way from shore. You will need a boat to get to them.

My favorite meal! (Scallops) Just LOVE them...

 

[UK_fan_41102]

UK now plays UNC instead of UCLA.

 

[cordmaker]

Just went out and got our local county paper, this is the headline, "Vaccine on it's way, end of pandemic nears"!!! SMH!

 

[UK82]

82 say you live in Louisville? I have family there, my cousins worked for Ford and my uncle worked for LG&E

Two of the larger employers in Jefferson County. Great places to make a career.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

How about a instrumental to close the day. One of my favorites.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Lee’s Famous Recipe the best. 🍺

Indeed. I grabbed some Lee's gizzards in Middlesboro on the 28th of last month. Good as always.

 

[Ben101er]

My favorite meal! (Scallops) Just LOVE them...

Me, too. We get them in Lahaina, every time we go to Maui. They are about half again the size of silver dollars, and an inch thick. They broil them in some kind of sauce that is wonderful. I like them fried, too.

 

[UK82]

Here's ZZ Top shortly before they performed at the Jack Tar Hotel (Orange, Texas) for the Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School prom in 1971. Not exactly what one might imagine, eh?

What an amazing photo. I've been to a few of their concerts and I played the hell out of the Tres Hombres album.

 

[UK82]

Lee’s Famous Recipe the best. 🍺

Love Lee's!

 

[UK82]

UK now plays UNC instead of UCLA.

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Fine by me. At least it's not a cancellation. I'll take it.

 

[UK82]

I love liver, gizzards, etc. but I have to be careful eating organ meat. Gout. I haven't had a flair-up in at least 8-9 years and I really don't want another one.

 

[BBUK]

Lee’s Famous Recipe the best. 🍺

That stuff'll kill you..

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

Lee’s Famous Recipe the best. 🍺

Love Lee's!

That stuff'll kill you..

The Lee's around here are greasy. Last couple of times we've gotten carryout (been a few years), by the time we get it home the bottom of the box is so 'wet' from the grease that the box was falling apart. That was fried chicken.

Speaking of food...family tradition of ours...whenever it snows it's chili night. So, tonight was chili. Paula Deen's recipe for Texas Style Chile. But I'm sure that @AustinTXCat and @BBUK (when he lived there) have had better with the real Texas Chili.

 

[Backer cutter]

I love liver, gizzards, etc. but I have to be careful eating organ meat. Gout. I haven't had a flair-up in at least 8-9 years and I really don't want another one.

Have gout problems myself but rarely eat organ meat. Never heard that before, but will keep it in mind. Hope all the D is doing good or at least better, haven’t checked in for awhile. Good people here.

 

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[blubo]

The Lee's around here are greasy. Last couple of times we've gotten carryout (been a few years), by the time we get it home the bottom of the box is so 'wet' from the grease that the box was falling apart. That was fried chicken.

Speaking of food...family tradition of ours...whenever it snows it's chili night. So, tonight was chili. Paula Deen's recipe for Texas Style Chile. But I'm sure that @AustinTXCat and @BBUK (when he lived there) have had better with the real Texas Chili.

I never get anything from lee’s but the gizzards, and only about once a year, with their potato wedges. whenever i want fried chicken i usually get kroger’s which is always good.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I never get anything from lee’s but the gizzards, and only about once a year, with their potato wedges. whenever i want fried chicken i usually get kroger’s which is always good.

I drove all the way to Ocala for Lee's gizzards. 100 miles round trip. For fried chicken I like Publix or Popeyes and Bojangles

 

[UK82]

Have gout problems myself but rarely eat organ meat. Never heard that before, but will keep it in mind. Hope all the D is doing good or at least better, haven’t checked in for awhile. Good people here.

Yeah high purine levels in guts. The last bout of gout I had was damn near crippling. I've only had 2 but that's enough. Big toe for me.

 

[Cawood86]

Meijer has some of whole rotisserie chickens that I really like.

 

[BBUK]

Yeah high purine levels in guts. The last bout of gout I had was damn near crippling. I've only had 2 but that's enough. Big toe for me.

Man, when I was in Korea the doctor there told me I had the Gout but I never had any symptoms. Stated my uric acid levels were high (Around 7). I think one time I tested at 7.2 but I never treated for it. Stated I may be eating too much sea food. I did eat a bunch at the time but I ate a bunch of everything at the time.

Since I've been back (2015) it has never been brought up again... (Thankful)

 

[BBUK]

I never get anything from lee’s but the gizzards, and only about once a year, with their potato wedges. whenever i want fried chicken i usually get kroger’s which is always good.

My wife makes fried chicken to die for. My kids argue with my wife to make it. I don't eat a lot of fried anything. ("Man's GOT to know his limitations...") I am down under 210 now and am going to keep it that way. All I really did was to count calories for about four months with my fitbit. I quit doing that in probably February 2019 or so. I just use my fitbit now to ensure my sleep quality stays normal. (My Grandson sure likes to play with the buttons. He sets the alarm sometimes and it wakes my up at 2 in the morning. The booger.) Nuff....😉

 

[AustinTXCat]

I never get anything from lee’s but the gizzards, and only about once a year, with their potato wedges. whenever i want fried chicken i usually get kroger’s which is always good.

Love Lee's buffet in Middlesboro. I'll grab it whenever in the area, which usually happens twice yearly and includes gizzards along with other great stuff. COVID changed everything this past year. Drive-thru only. Last two trips were just gizzards and sweet tea.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 30°F and clear. Chilly out. Heater kicked on. My morning hike looks like fun. Today's high may reach 64°F.

I ran into that local homeless guy with no teeth again yesterday morning during my hike. Surprised he was up so early. He sleeps out in the open in a nearby abandoned lot that's full of trash. Hope I avoid his ass today.

Wishing all our fellow D-League members happiness and health today.

 

[warrior-cat]

Morning Legionnaires!

Was out for a few days due to bad tooth pain. So bad I could not stand it starting Saturday afternoon. Called dentist Monday morning and they could not see me they said until Tuesday afternoon. Had some leftover Percocet from previous problem but only two. Used those until they ran out and then high doses of ibuprofen until being seen Tuesday afternoon. Wisdom tooth was abscessed so, had it extracted. More Percocet for a couple of days so I was not in to doing anything.

Got on here last night only to see that we are now playing UNC on Saturday. Not opposed, keep the fire on these boys until we find out what they are made of.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Morning D-League. We got about 2-3 inches of snow yesterday, followed by hours of freezing rain then another inch of snow. That makes walking around an ass-buster invitational.

I took my morning hike anyway, at times looking like a drunk on roller-skates. But I’m home with pelvis intact.

Time for a long hot shower and a cup of coffee. I hope all are well.