A-58 - Christmas in Louisiana - Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA [Christmas 2021]

Did you make the soup ?

 

I did. It was a fairly simple recipe and tasted good. I went a little more on the seasoning but then again I usually go the extra shake or two when adding the good stuff.

 

Me too. I make Blackened Chicken a lot using Zatarain's Blackened Seasoning (superb) and my wife sometimes comments it's too hot, I think it's just right, but I dial it back. I keep a large backstock of Zatarain's, Chachere's and Tabasco Pepper sauce on hand just in case the Sh$$ ever hits the fan. They can make just about anything taste good. Plus, I grow and preserve a lot of peppers, cayenne's, serrano's, jalapenos, bananas, bells, cajin bells, and habaneros.

 

I used to grow an assortment of peppers at the old house. Plenty of sun there. That’s the only things that the squirrels didn't fool with. They wreaked havoc on my maters though.

 

I actually have bananas growing on my banana trees this year. My tomatoes did really well this year, as did the peppers. My concord grape vines have been in the ground three years now and it was beautiful, lush green and loads of grapes were coming in, then something got them. The leaves started getting skeletonized and something ate all the grapes. I had Japanese beetle traps out, so I don't think that was the issue. If I can identify the culprits, whatever they are they'll die and die hard.

 

Probably squirrels or raccoons.