Official 🙄 2023 Cajun Country MeatUp Post…..

[rlozinak]

It looks like a lot of fun! Enjoy!!

[J-Melt]

Looks like a lot of fun! Enjoy yourselves!

[Panhead John]

We all just got back from the Tabasco Farm/Factory….very interesting stuff! You’d never think about how labor intensive and time consuming it is making Tabasco, we all learned quite a bit. We first ate lunch at the Tabasco Restaurant on site. Great food! I had a cup of gumbo and a gigantic shrimp po boy, very good!






To prove to the group how brave and fearless I was, I led the group into the tour, which was fraught with danger!……🙄


Another reason I went first was to protect the group in case of a bear attack! Luckily we didn’t encounter any, I would have hated dirtying my clothes in a fight with a wild bear.

[hoovarmin]

The Tabasco Museum was a hoot. I snapped this pic of John stalking a gator to wrestle it. Unfortunately, my battery died and I could not record the battle.



The food was good!

[DavidNorcross]

Panhead John I am glad someone thinks so…

[CaptainMike]

Oh, I completely agree with you being a perfect ass.

[Purc]

Well, PJ almost lost his perfect ass wrestling that Louisiana gator. smokenoob said that any one of his Florida Gators would have eaten Panhead John alive in just 1 bite since they were very angry Saturday afternoon.

[Panhead John]

Here’s the gator I was gonna wrestle, he was a good 20-25 footer! …….
This was at Jungle Gardens nearby.

[Panhead John]

More pics from the Avery Island Tabasco Tour, it’s a self guided walking tour..…



The Tabasco paste/product is fermented for 3 years in oak barrels…..

A small visitor’s greenhouse with various peppers

The product is stirred by machines for 3 weeks straight

[Panhead John]

This shows just a small section of the bottling plant……

[Panhead John]

After the Tabasco Tour we went down the street and did a driving tour thru Jungle Gardens…..the place was absolutely stunning!

[Panhead John]

[STEbbq]

I don’t know about the rest of y’all, but I am waiting for the 2:30am update posts, to you know, save for future reference.

[Draznnl]

You’re a braver man than I. The idea of 2:30am updates from this crowd kind of scares me.

[smokenoob]

I think I was there but CRS kicked in…..

[Troutman]

Avery Island is cool! Glad y’all got to go there👍

[smokenoob]

Whoa, what a day!

[CaptainMike]

Cousin It!

[STEbbq]

I wouldn’t have recognized you if not for the thumbs up.

[Smoker_Boy]

Meanwhile in Ohio...

[58limited]

A few more pictures from Avery Island

The McIlhenny House



Bass guitar that belonged to Michael Anthony of Van Halen



Scenery from the Jungle Gardens



My haul from the store, some of these are not available anywhere else



Two simple cookbooks, $2 each.


3lbs of dried ground up pepper pulp for $10. It tastes like Tabasco sauce and will be a great way to add that flavor to a dry rub.


I tried the Scorpion sauce - it was hot! Afraid of this one, bought it for a friend

[Finster]

love the idea of the powder, but it would take me years to use 3 lbs of it

[58limited]

Finster I will probably give a lot of it away.

[Panhead John]

58limited Guess where I’ll be this Thursday-Sunday? 🧐 Do you deliver?