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FT's Gumbo Pass

Just noticed that my web server is down at the moment and I can't ssh into it to find out why. Maybe the power's out at my house or maybe my ISP is down. I won't have a chance to check it out until I get home tonight...sorry for any inconvenience.
 
FatherTiresius said:
Very, very nice Ben! :thumbs: Thanks for playing.

Hope you'll think of me if you decide to tackle that gumbo. :) (You'll probably be cursing me, LOL) It's really not as hard as it looks, the roux is the hard part.

Misc...incoming.

The webpage has been updated.
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Mmmmm roux. My method is the two beer roux. By the time you finish two beers, you got yoself a mighty fine deep, dark roux

Haven't made gumbo in a loooong time. Maybe after I get the box I'll have to make a Greg inspired gumbo....
 
My method is a little more aggressive, Tony. I hate stirring, so I heat the oil until it starts to smoke, then I start adding the flour a little at a time, stirring like hell the whole time. Roux is done in 5 minutes. When it gets to the color you want, you add the chopped veggies (onion, celery & bell pepper - the holy trinity of Cajun cooking) and that prevents the roux from getting any darker. Insta-roux!!
 
I'm lazy, I bought a jar full from a friend in LA.!!! :D
 
A friend of mine just gave me his receipe (sp?) anyway...his alternative to a roux is to start dumping frozen breaded okra in.... the breading becomes the roux.
 
his alternative to a roux is to start dumping frozen breaded okra in.... the breading becomes the roux.
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My mother thinks I'm a heretic for doing it the way I do....wonder what she'd think of that approach?? Whatever works, I always say. :thumbs: Of course, Leebo's got the best method of all: get somebody else to do it for you. Can you believe? He even mooches roux. :D
 
As I feared, my network is offline at the moment. Adelphia is sending someone out tomorrow to check it out (and hopefully fix it). I have access from work, so I'll be checking in during the day today, but after that, I'll be down for a while.
 
Ok, well...

There's good news and there's ...uh... weird news (x2).

Good news: Pass got here, cigars look to be fine.

Weird news #1: No put/take list. I guess I'll have to spread those babies out and man-handle each one of them to see what's in here.

Weird news #2: I noticed that the list of people this pass goes to ends with DaveWF -- Father T's address is no where on the list. A generous move, to be sure, but perhaps not what he intended :)

Ok, I'll go over this and post P & T later.
 
LOL, I did the same thing in my first one!!!(forgot to put my addy in there)

I think he has a link to a list of what's in the box. Email him re: puts and takes and he'll update the list, bro!

:D
 
Ok, I can't get the spreadsheet link to work (it worked yesterday or 2 ago) -- "connection failure occurred" -- and now it's approaching bedtime.

All I want to know is if either #5 or #7 are ISOM. I think not (no "habana" on the band), but I don't want to be grabbing a bunch of ISOMs and replacing with non.

Thanks!
 
FT said that his network is down and that they would be out to get him back up today
 
Well, I was going to try to rush this out by noon (got plans for the afternoon & evening) -- but I think I'm going to wait until I see the sheet. I guess I'll check it again about 11:30 (am) and, if it's up, I'll mail, otherwise, it won't go out until Monday.

Sorry for the delay, just want to do what's right by the pass.

Good luck, Father! Bless them all, for they have sinned :p
 
Misc, there was a puts/takes list in there and some other paperwork. Perhaps Ben forgot to repack it? There should have also been a cover letter and gumbo recipes for everyone.

Yes, I did forget to put my addy on the list - I'll get in touch with Dave and let him know what it is. Good catch, thanks!!

#5 & #7 are not ISOMs, they start with #31 I think.

In other news, I just got a brand new cable modem so I'm back online. The web server is booting up as I type this and should be operational by the time you read it.
 
FatherTiresius said:
Misc, there was a puts/takes list in there and some other paperwork. Perhaps Ben forgot to repack it? There should have also been a cover letter and gumbo recipes for everyone.

Yes, I did forget to put my addy on the list - I'll get in touch with Dave and let him know what it is. Good catch, thanks!!

#5 & #7 are not ISOMs, they start with #31 I think.

In other news, I just got a brand new cable modem so I'm back online. The web server is booting up as I type this and should be operational by the time you read it.
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In the box, I got:

* Packing material
* Empty tupper
* Full tupper
* (Cigars, of course :))
* Lots of sticky labels
* Cover letter
* Many copies of same recipe
* Addresses sheet (2 pages.)

No puts/takes.

Ok, here's my P/T:

Take:

#5 LGC Serie R
#7 HdM Excalibur 1066
#9 Camacho (says Habana, I'm going to guess ISOM)

My puts:

#45 LGC Double corona (LGC for LGC)
#46 JR Ult Cabinet #70 (monster Villazon for monster Villazon :))
#47 Cohiba ISOM (ISOM for ISOM)

Plus an FT-only: #48 Consuegra #733 -- the gift that I hope will convince you that 2nds aren't always awful :)

Ok, here it goes!

(Web site still down, but I was able to read the numbered impressions in the wax on the sticky labels, to see that the previous numbers ended with 44 :)
 
Misc,

The Camacho isn't Cuban, it's Honduran so you may wanna reconsider your puts.

As for the missing list, I'll mail a copy to Bruddah Wade and ask him to put it in the box.

And I never said that seconds were horrible. I just didn't start with any and so didn't think it would be fair to allow them in trade for non-seconds. But I do appreciate the gift, I'll look forward to it.
 
FatherTiresius said:
The Camacho isn't Cuban, it's Honduran so you may wanna reconsider your puts.
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Nah, not a problem. Besides, I already taped up the box :) (A kind offer, though -- and now I can whine about them putting "Habana" on the band of a non-cuban cigar <sigh>)

Although... I didn't get to the PO in time to mail it, today (about 2 minutes after closing :\), so it won't go out until Monday. I'm also out of DC tags, so I'll post the number on Monday, too.
 
Nah, not a problem. Besides, I already taped up the box...
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Well, ok if you're sure...tape's cheap.

...and now I can whine about them putting "Habana" on the band of a non-cuban cigar <sigh>
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Take a closer look...I think it says "Havana" not "Habana" (but I could be wrong...don't have one in front of me) and besides, that's the name of the cigar line, not where they come from.

Nice puts Misc and thank you very much for being a part of the pass. :thumbs: One question: any idea what that Cohiba was so that I can update the (once again functional) webpage? ???
 
Well I just can't buy a break. We had a brief power outage earlier and it killed the PS in my web server. So looks like we'll be doing this the old fashioned way for a while. Here are the current contents of the pass:

Domestics
1 Punch Rare Corojo Rothschilds
2 Onyx Reserve Mini-belicoso
3 Perdomo The Cigar Churchill
4 La Unica Cameroon Torpedo No. 1
6 Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente Sun Grown
8 Savinelli ELR No. 6
10 Sancho Panza Dulcinea
12 Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story
13 Cohiba Extra Vigoroso 550
14 Oliva 'O' Omni
15 Placentia Reserva Organica Robusto
16 Padron 3000 Maduro
17 Arturo Fuente Hemingway Signature
18 Montecristo Serie V Corona Gorda
19 C.A.O. eXtreme Tubo No. 1
20 Bucanero el Capitan Maduro
21 Carlos Toraño Reserva Selecta Petit Corona
22 Ashton VSG Enchantment
23 Punch Grand Cru II Maduro
24 Domaine Avo <22>
25 Fuente Fuente OpusX Belicoso xXx
26 Arturo Fuente Don Carlos No. 2
27 Padron Anniversario Monarca Maduro
28 Fuente Fuente OpusX PerfecXion No. 2
29 Ashton VSG Sorcerer
30 Fuente Fuente OpusX Reserva D'Chateau
42 CAO L'Anniversaire Churchill Maduro
43 Arturo Fuente Hemingway Signature
45 La Gloria Cubana Serie R Double Corona
46 JR Ultimate Cabinet No. 70
48 Consuegra No. 733 (FT only)

ISOMs
31 Sancho Panza Non Plus (2000)
32 Bolivar Belicosos Fino
33 Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 1
34 Quai d'Orsay Imperiales
35 Partagas Serie D No. 4 (2001)
36 Punch Punch (1998)
38 El Rey del Mundo Choix Supreme (cab. 1998)
39 Hoyo de Monterrey Double Corona (cab. 1998)
41 Partagas Lusitania
44 Partagas Serie D No. 4
47 Cohiba ??
 
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