Official 🙄 2023 Cajun Country MeatUp Post…..

[Michael_in_TX]

I love the outdoor photos. Classic late summer Gulf Coast weather.....blue skies, cumulus clouds all around, and a bit warm.

[Panhead John]

Last night, Friday, we all ate at Poorboy’s Riverside Inn. For a change of pace I had some seafood stuffed mushroom caps and some alligator boulettes. ……yum!




From the left clockwise….TxF -Don, Candy Sue and her friend Linda, Smokenoob-Jerry, Jerry’s BIL Mark, hoovarmin-Dave, 58limited-David, Purc-Bill, Uncle Bob and wife Lee, Don’s wife Julia

[DavidNorcross]

Love the photos. Looks like everyone is having a great time!

[Panhead John]

Thanks David! Wait until I post the swamp tour pics and videos…..😱 All I’m gonna say for now is……we and our tour guide got up close and personal with a few gators!!!

[klflowers]

Beautiful group. I hate that I couldn't make it beautifuler

[radiodome21]

Looks like a great time!

[Jim White]

Looks like a fun time. I hope to make it to the next gathering.

[smokenoob]

Just a few from the swamp tour today. Awesome tour PJ set up for us! We filled a boat with our group 😁

[STEbbq]

That hand and the gator’s mouth look a bit close for comfort…

[LA Pork Butt]

If anything goes wrong with the gator feeding, he can just change his name to Captain Hiook.

[CaptainMike]

Or Amos Moses (left arm gone clean up to the ell-bow-o)

[Panhead John]

We had a blast on the swamp tour! Our tour guide, Cal, was awesome! Extremely knowledgeable about the area, wildlife, history of the swamp as well as the trees and plants native to the area. Someone asked him…”how do you tell the male alligators from the female ones?” He said…..”the females wink at me”....

Our awesome tour guide Cal, with Linda [L] and Candy Sue [R]




Getting ready to leave…

[smokenoob]

What’s the loneliest bayou?
Bayou Self 😂

[Smoker_Boy]

^ Groan.
Groan, Groan, Groan.

[Panhead John]

Julia’s a hoot!

[Panhead John]

Cruising along, 450 CI Chevy motor with 650 HP!…….👍

Please excuse my squealing like a little girl…….

[TxF]

It was a 600hp 640ci big block Chevy.

[Alan Brice]

Prob a 454 punched out? Otherwise we talkin diesel?

[Panhead John]

Alan Brice I’m thinking it was a 454 punched out, not sure, but it definitely wasn’t diesel though.

[Panhead John]

The alligators were quite a hit for everyone!

https://youtu.be/OR19goj5sqk?feature=shared

[DavidNorcross]

Wow

[Panhead John]

Tonight, Saturday, we all hit Prejean’s [pronounced Pra-shons] and it was a big hit for the most part. A couple of hiccups, Julia’s fish was a little over cooked which they replaced, and the complimentary bread pudding wasn’t up to snuff. But everything else was very good according to verbal reviews! I got the shrimp and grits along with a delicious cup of seafood gumbo! We all had a blast and enjoyed our time bad mouthing the moderators.





My shrimp and grits……


Julia’s replacement flounder was perfectly cooked


Candy Sue and her grilled oysters….

[Jerod Broussard]

OK, but how is that B word pronounced?

[Alan Brice]

Can't say! Family friendly forum.

[smokenoob]

Another great time orchestrated by PJ!
He asked me to remember the name of my dish, I’ll report back when my synapse are firing 😁

[58limited]

This was a really fun Meat-Up, I hope we do it again In the future. There are lots and lots more restaurants to try out. I'm almost home but stopped at Hop Ave. Brewing in Bridge City for a wood fired pizza and couple of beers.

[Panhead John]

WARNING!!! …..Don’t try and hang with the Cajuns when they’re drinking! Friday night Uncle Bob, Bill, Dave, David and myself were downstairs in the large inside seating area minding our own business. I believe we were discussing nuclear physics. Right next door is another gathering room filled with a bunch of “party people”. They were playing music, laughing and having a good old time! I walked by a few times and waved and said “Damn man, y’all got it going on!” They all smiled and waved back, then said..”come on in and join us!” Big mistake… I was ready for a party! They all welcomed me like a long lost friend. I sat down with em for a while after introducing myself. These folks were some of the nicest and friendliest people you could hope to meet. Well, after a bit I decided to go back next door and see who wanted to join me at the party. Dave and David said “what the hell, let’s go.”

There was about 20 people there, all Cajuns living about an hour away from Lafayette. Anyway, after enough booze flowed, they started having sing a longs with a music channel from the TV. I just shot a few videos, no one wants to hear me sing, trust me. I think I dragged myself upstairs around midnight 😳 That’s a late night for me these days. They were still going strong, after I left! 😳

Suddenly, someone set this in front of me…….😳


Needless to say, I was definitely hung over Saturday ……David had the Blind Squirrel


We had a great time hanging with em, but man I paid for it the next day….😢

[Purc]

+1 on Fireball John as they called him as they left our hotel.

[Mosca]

That sounds like it was a hoot!

[Alan Brice]

FB is made from Buffalo Trace Whiskey. Same as Pappy's. Same only different.

[smokenoob]

Mark and I went out fishing as soon as we got home and the Blue Angels did a welcome home fly over! 😁🤪😉

[smokenoob]

Every Sunday afternoon they come home from a show they do an area fly over

[Alan Brice]

Man, that is Nice.

[Purc]

This is the Chevy big block that powered our airboat. When it started up, the sound reminded me of my 2002 Miata !

[Purc]

I wish, but no, just a Borla cat back exhaust and a cold air intake.

[ofelles]

That sound ain't no 4 banger

[Alan Brice]

Ease up on the lake water. No Meowta eva sounded like a Six hunnert horse Cheeevolaaa!