Stadium Rat

Saints -John Gilliam's 1st game opening kickoff return for TD.
Dempsey's kick.

Super Bowls IV and VI.
Ali-Spinks at Superdome
Jack Nicklaus signed a scorecard for me after GNOO.
Larry Bird's career-high 66 points vs Hawks at UNO.
Arkansas-Ole Miss and Archie Manning in Sugar Bowl.
Gov. Ronald Reagan was shaking hands after a campaign speech at the Assembly Center.

LSU - Phantom face mask penalty, LSU v USC, 1979
Saban's 1st game at LSU. (Hot as frick) Sold my game ticket on Ebay to a guy that played for the opponent.
LSU and Saban beating Bama at Bama in 2003 (1st row, 50-yard line seats)
Mike Miley knocked on my front door. (brother was his teammate at EJ when they won District)
LSU-Tulane baseball Super at Zephyr Field
the best reason to go to an LSU baseball game was to get a cheap hot dog and Coke (mid 70s) About 60 people in attendance.

I got the recipe for Mee Grob Laht Na from Bangkok Cuisine once when I complimented them on it. For a while it was my favorite dish to eat out of any restaurant meal.

The base was what they called "Mama's Sauce" and it was also used in their "Duck Delight" dish that my wife loved.

Merlin Chauvin, who was one of the owner/chefs there, wrote it on the back of his business card. He was also working at Emeril's at the time.

I did a quick "tip of the finger" taste comparison between Mike's and Blue Plate. Mike's couldn't hold a candle to BP at all. I can't see buying it again.

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Is MDog still with us? He was a F&D board treasure.

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I know MD's real name and a web search doesn't show much of anything about him.

Boiled brisket (unbrined) is a traditional New Orleans meal. It's delicious.

Amazon has Blue Plate BBQ Sauce Concentrate on sale for $15 a gallon. It makes a gallon and a half. You add 2 quarts of water and a pound of brown sugar.

The prepared sauce tastes very similar to Dreamland's sauce and it is what Jay's BBQ uses. Normally over $40 a gallon.

Only hope this doesn't mean it's been discontinued.

Amazon

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Las Cruces was awful and I tried it probably 10 times. Bad atmosphere and food and the worst service.

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Guess I was just lucky.

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Yeah but they have the MEATS.

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Yeah, but their signature roast beef is deli meat and their cheese is something even less than Cheez Wiz.

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Class of ‘82. You?

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'76.

50 year reunion this year.

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I didn't mind the Las Cruces location

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Had to be the worst location I can think of.

I thought their food was excellent. Put that restaurant on Veterans, and they would have killed it. If Arby's can make it there, Las Cruces would have thrived.

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