GLEE CLUB MEETING-- All Invited

We get them a lot in SoCal too. I think it's BP's penance for the Deep Horizon Fiasco.
 

mayor al


Annie for some reason the Alabama Tourist Bureau spends a lot of money running "See Alabama" commercials on the Louisville TV stations almost nightly...lots of White Sandy beaches and Roadfood style photo scenes !!  18 days...

Will Work...
  Patience !! Here is the sequel... but still not the Polka
 
   http://www.jibjab.com/view/yplHFwHnQ7GtJz1w8KWVRA

Ok. I know what all of you want. You can't wait for Wintzell's. You are jonesing for some food porn to hold you til we get there. I know----and this will get those juices flowing.
This afternoon in San Francisco, at the Hog Island Oyster Company.
 

Shucking the oysters.
 

The sampler platter---4 each of 6 different types of oysters, approximately 1/2  of the types were from their own oyster beds.
 

 
Hog Island Sweetwaters, Tomales Bay, CA.
 

 
Mignonette sauce, with a little bit of cilantro and fresh jalapeño.
 
OK, I hope this will hold everyone until Wintzells. I know it satisfied me!

Thanks Ed, We needed that !!

mayor al


Will Work...
Patience !! Here is the sequel... but still not the Polka

  http://www.jibjab.com/view/yplHFwHnQ7GtJz1w8KWVRA

Hilarious!  I hope they wear those outfits!

MikeS,
   I like WJ's suggestion of stopping for lunch at Isaiah's  in Montgomery.  That lemon pepper catfish and collard greens look really good.

mayor al


I received a nice note of greetings from our friend,  Seafarer John. As was posted earlier  John has undergone some severe medical setbacks over the past year or so. We wish him comfort and support thru this difficult time.
He did ask that we all enjoy as much of the Gulf Seafood as possible to bring back his memories of the previous Glee Club gathering in Mobile.
  God Bless and keep you and Gail and we will dedicate the meeting to honor your companionship for these many years.
Always Smiling, John will be with us in Spirit this year.

 
I am so sorry to hear that Seafarer John is having some medical issues.  During our previous Glee Club dinner at Brick Pit, I had the pleasure of sitting next to him and he is indeed a good man and good company.  We are all hoping for a speedy recovery so he and Gail can join us next year.   

Welcome to Roadfood cloudtwo!   So glad that you will be joining us!

No fair.........

annie   What's  NO Fair???

I would love to be able to make this year's event, however I will be headed to Nashville this weekend for an extended stay.  My father is going in to have Carotid Artery Replacement Surgery on the 5th.  So i will be in and around Nashville from Feb 3 to ????.
 
This year's gathering seems to be HUGE!  I hate that I will miss seeing old friends and old friends/new faces during this weekend in the lovely Gulf Coast.
 
If you make Pensacola Mexico beach is only another 2 hours and Killer Seafood.  :-)  Dad sold his house there so no more Killer Seafood for me for a while.  It is also the Gumbo Contest on the Beach, Gumbo starts at 11am (Central Time) and goes until the Gumbo runs out about 1:30 to 2:00.
 
Just a reminder for all the east coasters headed that way Mobile is Central Time so adjust accordingly.... Hell Mobile and the Gulf Coast is own their own time zone where it is usually always Beer Thirty or Quarter past the Oyster.
 
Have Fun My Friends!

EdSails


We get them a lot in SoCal too. I think it's BP's penance for the Deep Horizon Fiasco.

mayor al


Annie for some reason the Alabama Tourist Bureau spends a lot of money running "See Alabama" commercials on the Louisville TV stations almost nightly...lots of White Sandy beaches and Roadfood style photo scenes !!  18 days...

 
Yes since the fiasco with BP they have been advertising the heck out of the Gulf Coast trying to get the people back.  However even before that the "Forgotten Coast" always heavily advertised along the I-65 and I-10 Corridor.  It is a straight shot from Chi Town To Mobile on 65.
 
I always thought it was funny driving around in Indianapolis and see a billboard for The El Gov. Hotel in Mexico Beach.  It looked out of place in INDY, but then after driving I-65 all those years I realized why they spent their $$$$ along the corridor.

Say it ain't so! You will be missed. I had looked forward to breaking a crab leg with you!
 
All the best for your father. I will suck a crawfish head in your honor.
 

CajunKing


I would love to be able to make this year's event, however I will be headed to Nashville this weekend for an extended stay.  My father is going in to have Carotid Artery Replacement Surgery on the 5th.  So i will be in and around Nashville from Feb 3 to ????.

This year's gathering seems to be HUGE!  I hate that I will miss seeing old friends and old friends/new faces during this weekend in the lovely Gulf Coast.

If you make Pensacola Mexico beach is only another 2 hours and Killer Seafood.  :-)  Dad sold his house there so no more Killer Seafood for me for a while.  It is also the Gumbo Contest on the Beach, Gumbo starts at 11am (Central Time) and goes until the Gumbo runs out about 1:30 to 2:00.

Just a reminder for all the east coasters headed that way Mobile is Central Time so adjust accordingly.... Hell Mobile and the Gulf Coast is own their own time zone where it is usually always Beer Thirty or Quarter past the Oyster.

Have Fun My Friends!

EdSails


Say it ain't so! You will be missed. I had looked forward to breaking a crab leg with you!

All the best for your father. I will suck a crawfish head in your honor.

CajunKing


I would love to be able to make this year's event, however I will be headed to Nashville this weekend for an extended stay.  My father is going in to have Carotid Artery Replacement Surgery on the 5th.  So i will be in and around Nashville from Feb 3 to ????.

This year's gathering seems to be HUGE!  I hate that I will miss seeing old friends and old friends/new faces during this weekend in the lovely Gulf Coast.

If you make Pensacola Mexico beach is only another 2 hours and Killer Seafood.  :-)  Dad sold his house there so no more Killer Seafood for me for a while.  It is also the Gumbo Contest on the Beach, Gumbo starts at 11am (Central Time) and goes until the Gumbo runs out about 1:30 to 2:00.

Just a reminder for all the east coasters headed that way Mobile is Central Time so adjust accordingly.... Hell Mobile and the Gulf Coast is own their own time zone where it is usually always Beer Thirty or Quarter past the Oyster.

Have Fun My Friends!

 
Those babies are like LAYS potato chips you know you can't eat just one, so pinch some tails and suck some heads for me, you can have my share of the oysters too. YUCK
I will stick to the bay scallops, those little gems are like seafood candy.
 
I was looking forward to meeting you and AnnieP and others, but....
as they say in Fiddler on the Roof "Next Year in The Holy Land..." 
(Whistling If I were a rich man..)

Don,
Depending on our timing Sunday evening on our return trip we might stop for dinner in Nashville. email me your cell phone number and stay tuned to this thread if you can while you are in TN and maybe you'll meet Annie that weekend in  as we pass thru.
AL

CajunKing


I would love to be able to make this year's event, however I will be headed to Nashville this weekend for an extended stay.  My father is going in to have Carotid Artery Replacement Surgery on the 5th.  So i will be in and around Nashville from Feb 3 to ????.

Best wishes to your Father for a successful surgery.  Will have you both in our thoughts and prayers.

Mayor
 
On it's way to you
 
WW4BQ & Edsails
 
Thanks he has had angioplasty twice before on his carotids, but they are (depending on who does the test 75% to 90% blocked) and since the previous procedures there is just so much plaque and crap built up so "new" (to him at least) ones will be replacing the old ones.
 

Don, sorry you won't be able to make it to Mobile. Lisa and I wish all the best for your father.

Al-the no fair reference was to EdSails post of oysters.......just cant get them here!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Don-so sorry you cant meet up with all these people. But being with your Dad is important.

Got the number CK, Thanks.   We'll be in touch after you get to Nashville
 

I thought prarie oysters were quite common? They must do them by the dozen too.........

 
 

ann peeples


Al-the no fair reference was to EdSails post of oysters.......just cant get them here!!!!!!!!!!!

Ed
 I was kidding about the Ohio River Oysters....but currently the KY and Indiana Game Wardens are working overtime  trying to stop the poaching of some of the sturgeon-like cousins of the Cavier producing fish...the Paddlefish and Gar being the most common in the Ohio River. Poachers are netting the fish..or catching them somehow and selling the Roe as Caviar at a very high price. Lots of coverage in the media about the poachers being caught.
 
    I never knew we had our own American 'black-market' Roe industry.
I am really getting shellfish hungry ! two weeks to go.

Jeez-dont think anything like that is going on here in Wisconsin...but if it were, I would be all over it......! lol.

Jeez-dont think anything like that is going on here in Wisconsin...but if it were, I would be all over it......! lol.

oops...........:)
 

Lots of mussel poaching here in Ohio by people coming in from Kentucky and Tennessee. Most of it is concentrated on Ohio River tributaries, and especially on the Muskingum River.

I never poach mussels;  only eggs.

And to think, that comes from someone in Tennessee, where the mussel poachers live. Of course, he has the right idea. But then, anyone who can steer me to round ice "cubes" can't be all bad.

Poached salmon is pretty good.