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TrulyReconciled ( member #3031) posted at 11:12 PM on Friday, February 28th, 2014
Found you a roo in the can ...
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
GabyBaby ( member #26928) posted at 11:57 PM on Friday, February 28th, 2014
I have to say I used to always make my roux, but once I was in a hurry and bought a jar of Savoie's.... There's no going back once you cross over to the dark side. It's too easy and it doesn't make the whole house smell like roux.
Ooooh Knights....where did we go wrong? Did we not hug you enough? 
@TR -
Me - late 40s
DD(27), DS(24, PDD-NOS)
WH#2 (SorryinSac)- Killed himself (May 2015) in our home 6 days after being served divorce docs.
XWH #1 - legally married 18yrs. 12+ OW (that I know of).
I edit often for clarity/typos.
Jpapageorge (original poster member #31800) posted at 12:36 AM on Saturday, March 1st, 2014
I was in a hurry and bought a jar of Savoie's.... There's no going back once you cross over to the dark side. It's too easy and it doesn't make the whole house smell like roux.
It truly is the end of days
(I had to put your comments in proper order.)
The world can be a cold, cruel place sometimes.
'Specially when Cost Plus does not carry Central Grocery muffaletta.
TR, it is canned roo:
"Either get busy livin' or get busy dyin'." (and I prefer to live)
"Shame on me for kissing you with my eyes closed."
Spectemur agendo.
Me: FBBF
knightsbff ( member #36853) posted at 1:33 AM on Saturday, March 1st, 2014
Come on, try it, you'll love it. 
ETA: BH is now insisting that he likes the home made roux better. I swear I can't tell the difference but I will make it the next time I make gumbo just to see. Only because I love him though because I HATE stirring, and stirring, and stirring....forever.
[This message edited by knightsbff at 7:37 PM, February 28th (Friday)]
fWW 40s, BH 40s
D-day 27 Aug 2012. Kids 25, 17, 13. 2 dogs.
I edit often to fix stuff ☺️
Profoundly grateful Every. Single. Day. that I am blessed with an H with strength, integrity, and compassion, and that he decided to try.
GabyBaby ( member #26928) posted at 1:46 AM on Saturday, March 1st, 2014
A proper roux is a labor of love...cuz I love kickass gumbo!
Me - late 40s
DD(27), DS(24, PDD-NOS)
WH#2 (SorryinSac)- Killed himself (May 2015) in our home 6 days after being served divorce docs.
XWH #1 - legally married 18yrs. 12+ OW (that I know of).
I edit often for clarity/typos.
Jpapageorge (original poster member #31800) posted at 1:59 AM on Saturday, March 1st, 2014
KBFF, need I remind you that this is F&G and it clearly states in the goodlines:
Offensive pictures and bad roux will not be tolerated.
Morpheus is rollin'
http://www.nola.com/paradecam/
[This message edited by Jpapageorge at 8:01 PM, February 28th (Friday)]
"Either get busy livin' or get busy dyin'." (and I prefer to live)
"Shame on me for kissing you with my eyes closed."
Spectemur agendo.
Me: FBBF
thebighurt ( member #34722) posted at 10:06 AM on Saturday, March 1st, 2014
TR, I think that might be a wallaby instead of a roo? Don't think I would want either in *my* can!
Finding what life could have been....... Why didn't I see it?
knight ( member #36859) posted at 8:21 PM on Saturday, March 1st, 2014
Thank you Jpapa and Gabybaby for helping in KBFF's recovery. I have been telling her for years home made roux is so much better but she insists it tastes the same.
This was an intervention.
BH 40s
fWW (her) 40s
D-day Aug 2012
M 16
kids - 3 beautiful ones, DD22, DD14, DS10
Always be yourself, but always be your better self. - Karl G. Maeser
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Dyslexic...please ignore my spelling.
GabyBaby ( member #26928) posted at 8:34 PM on Saturday, March 1st, 2014
Thank you Jpapa and Gabybaby for helping in KBFF's recovery. I have been telling her for years home made roux is so much better but she insists it tastes the same.
This was an intervention.
Me - late 40s
DD(27), DS(24, PDD-NOS)
WH#2 (SorryinSac)- Killed himself (May 2015) in our home 6 days after being served divorce docs.
XWH #1 - legally married 18yrs. 12+ OW (that I know of).
I edit often for clarity/typos.
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 9:09 PM on Saturday, March 1st, 2014
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
knightsbff ( member #36853) posted at 9:20 PM on Saturday, March 1st, 2014
😝
We need a sticking out tongue, raspberry blowing emoticon!
fWW 40s, BH 40s
D-day 27 Aug 2012. Kids 25, 17, 13. 2 dogs.
I edit often to fix stuff ☺️
Profoundly grateful Every. Single. Day. that I am blessed with an H with strength, integrity, and compassion, and that he decided to try.
Jpapageorge (original poster member #31800) posted at 6:22 AM on Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
Take it on day at a time and one pot of Gumbo at a time KBFF. You can do this.
Caught Endymion on the webcam, second round of red beans are done along with pecan-free pralines for a friend with a nut allergy.
"Either get busy livin' or get busy dyin'." (and I prefer to live)
"Shame on me for kissing you with my eyes closed."
Spectemur agendo.
Me: FBBF
bbee ( member #17840) posted at 4:41 AM on Monday, March 3rd, 2014
And, just to enhance your nightmares: behold King Cake Baby, the mascot of the New Orleans Pelicans...
This above all: to thine ownself be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Hamlet, Act I, Scene 3
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
All's Well That Ends Well, Act I, Scene 1
Jpapageorge (original poster member #31800) posted at 8:57 AM on Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
It may not be Randazzo's but it is my first attempt at scratch making a King Cake.
[This message edited by Jpapageorge at 2:58 AM, March 4th (Tuesday)]
"Either get busy livin' or get busy dyin'." (and I prefer to live)
"Shame on me for kissing you with my eyes closed."
Spectemur agendo.
Me: FBBF
Jrazz ( member #31349) posted at 8:10 PM on Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
They're gorgeous! Well done!
"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." - Deeply Scared's mom
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 8:13 PM on Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
knightsbff ( member #36853) posted at 8:25 PM on Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
Beautiful King cakes! What 's inside? Cream cheese??? Yumm!
fWW 40s, BH 40s
D-day 27 Aug 2012. Kids 25, 17, 13. 2 dogs.
I edit often to fix stuff ☺️
Profoundly grateful Every. Single. Day. that I am blessed with an H with strength, integrity, and compassion, and that he decided to try.
Jpapageorge (original poster member #31800) posted at 9:06 PM on Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
Jrazz, they look purty OK but the true test comes tonight when we eat one at work.
Empress, thank you.(and see above 
)
KBFF, since it is my first attempt I went with a traditional cinnamon, sugar and raisin filling.(No pecans because a co-worker has a tree nut allergy )
The final tally: 17 qts of red beans done, five batches of prawlins(one without pecans) done, two king cakes done and beignets mixed and ready to fry. Defiantely puttin' the gras in Mardi Gras, Cali style.
[This message edited by Jpapageorge at 3:07 PM, March 4th (Tuesday)]
"Either get busy livin' or get busy dyin'." (and I prefer to live)
"Shame on me for kissing you with my eyes closed."
Spectemur agendo.
Me: FBBF
GabyBaby ( member #26928) posted at 10:18 PM on Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
I soooo want to dig into EVERYTHING on that menu!
Me - late 40s
DD(27), DS(24, PDD-NOS)
WH#2 (SorryinSac)- Killed himself (May 2015) in our home 6 days after being served divorce docs.
XWH #1 - legally married 18yrs. 12+ OW (that I know of).
I edit often for clarity/typos.
lynnm1947 ( member #15300) posted at 12:24 AM on Wednesday, March 5th, 2014
Canned roux should just be re-labelled "laziness".
Edited to add: Though my arthritic fingers can understand the impulse!
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Age: 64..ummmmmmm, no...............65....no...oh, hell born in 1947. You figure it out!
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
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