Gator in the snow
 

Last week's Seattle Times featured a southern BBQ joint (Casper's) just
north of us that serves fried gator tail. The SO and I had enjoyed this
delicacy when we lived in Dallas, so we mustered the Friday night crew
to give it a try. As luck would have it, we got snow last night. The
joint had very little seating, so we did takeout and brought it home to
our house. There's something very incongruous about eating gator in a
"snowstorm" (the Seattle version, not the Midwest-Upstate NY version).
Other comments about the fare from around the table:

Gator--"Proof that birds evolved from reptiles"; a little too much
breading

Ribs--very good

Red beans and rice--on the bland side

Fried okra--just fine

Baked beans--pretty good, a little spicy

Banana pudding--"Trailer park tiramisu"

Cindy

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kilikini > wrote:

> When I used to visit my grandparents in Kiawah Island, South Carolina - the
> gators were everywhere! Here, in the "gator state of America", never seen a
> one.

I suspect the crack dealers are hoarding them as pets. They're the
new pit bull.

-sw

Gator in the snow
 

Cindy Fuller wrote:

> Banana pudding--"Trailer park tiramisu"
>
> Cindy

LOL

Gator in the snow
 

kilikini wrote:

> I've been living in Florida for almost 4 years now, and I've never had gator
> meat. I have yet to even see a gator in the wild! (I've seen them in a
> tank in Orlando.)
>
> When I used to visit my grandparents in Kiawah Island, South Carolina - the
> gators were everywhere! Here, in the "gator state of America", never seen a
> one.
>
> kili

Come to think of it, I have not seen any gators in Florida either. I
have seen sunshine, orange trees and retired people, so I know those
exist. lol Just for grins, go to a nude beach in Florida. There is no
shortage of elderly, retired people. It makes me feel young again. :D

In Texas, we had a lake behind our house and there was a gator in the
lake. Some neighbors wanted the parks dept to get rid of the gator, but
he was not guilty of doing anything, except being a gator.

Here in Louisiana, there is a pond on the golf course, right behind our
house. There are a few ducks on the pond, and there is a gator. Nobody
here has complained, yet.

Becca

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When I was in Hilton Head, SC, I saw lots of gators....they would come
out at night at a pond near a bank and we sat in the car and watched
them. I recently tasted gator at a restaurant in San Mateo, CA, called
Gator's Neo-Soul Cafe. It was very bland and I'm glad I tasted it but
wouldn't order it again....so glad it was only the appetizer!
Have a good weekend,
Ellie

Gator in the snow
 

kilikini wrote:

> Cindy Fuller wrote:
>> Last week's Seattle Times featured a southern BBQ joint (Casper's) just
>> north of us that serves fried gator tail. The SO and I had enjoyed this
>> delicacy when we lived in Dallas, so we mustered the Friday night crew
>> to give it a try. As luck would have it, we got snow last night. The
>> joint had very little seating, so we did takeout and brought it home to
>> our house. There's something very incongruous about eating gator in a
>> "snowstorm" (the Seattle version, not the Midwest-Upstate NY version).
>> Other comments about the fare from around the table:
>>
>> Gator--"Proof that birds evolved from reptiles"; a little too much
>> breading
>>
>> Ribs--very good
>>
>> Red beans and rice--on the bland side
>>
>> Fried okra--just fine
>>
>> Baked beans--pretty good, a little spicy
>>
>> Banana pudding--"Trailer park tiramisu"
>>
>> Cindy
>
> I've been living in Florida for almost 4 years now, and I've never had
> gator meat. I have yet to even see a gator in the wild! (I've seen them
> in a tank in Orlando.)
>
> When I used to visit my grandparents in Kiawah Island, South Carolina -
> the gators were everywhere! Here, in the "gator state of America", never
> seen a one.

Anyone else but me notice how nicely the Subject header - Gator in the
snow - works with the old Doors tune "Riders On The Storm"? :)

There's a gator in the snow
His brain is squirmin' like a crow
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If you give this man a ride
Sweet memory will die
Gator in the snow


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ellie1999 wrote:

>
> When I was in Hilton Head, SC, I saw lots of gators....they would come out
> at night at a pond near a bank and we sat in the car and watched them. I
> recently tasted gator at a restaurant in San Mateo, CA, called Gator's
> Neo-Soul Cafe. It was very bland and I'm glad I tasted it but wouldn't
> order it again....so glad it was only the appetizer! Have a good weekend,

Well, at least you weren't the *gator's* appetizer...


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kilikini wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> kilikini wrote:
>>
>>> Cindy Fuller wrote:
>>>> Last week's Seattle Times featured a southern BBQ joint (Casper's)
>>>> just north of us that serves fried gator tail. The SO and I had
>>>> enjoyed this delicacy when we lived in Dallas, so we mustered the
>>>> Friday night crew to give it a try. As luck would have it, we got
>>>> snow last night. The joint had very little seating, so we did takeout
>>>> and brought it home to our house. There's something very incongruous
>>>> about eating gator in a "snowstorm" (the Seattle version, not the
>>>> Midwest-Upstate NY version). Other comments about the fare from around
>>>> the table:
>>>>
>>>> Gator--"Proof that birds evolved from reptiles"; a little too much
>>>> breading
>>>>
>>>> Ribs--very good
>>>>
>>>> Red beans and rice--on the bland side
>>>>
>>>> Fried okra--just fine
>>>>
>>>> Baked beans--pretty good, a little spicy
>>>>
>>>> Banana pudding--"Trailer park tiramisu"
>>>>
>>>> Cindy
>>>
>>> I've been living in Florida for almost 4 years now, and I've never had
>>> gator meat. I have yet to even see a gator in the wild! (I've seen
>>> them in a tank in Orlando.)
>>>
>>> When I used to visit my grandparents in Kiawah Island, South Carolina -
>>> the gators were everywhere! Here, in the "gator state of America",
>>> never seen a one.
>>
>> Anyone else but me notice how nicely the Subject header - Gator in the
>> snow - works with the old Doors tune "Riders On The Storm"? :)
>>
>> There's a gator in the snow
>> His brain is squirmin' like a crow
>> Take a long holiday
>> Let your children play
>> If you give this man a ride
>> Sweet memory will die
>> Gator in the snow
>
> This group has me rolling on the floor today! LOL.

I love an easy house. ;)

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On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:57:43 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>kilikini > wrote:
>
>> When I used to visit my grandparents in Kiawah Island, South Carolina - the
>> gators were everywhere! Here, in the "gator state of America", never seen a
>> one.
>
>I suspect the crack dealers are hoarding them as pets. They're the
>new pit bull.
>
>-sw

or people are eating them.

your pal,
blake

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blake murphy > wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:57:43 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>kilikini > wrote:
>>
>>> When I used to visit my grandparents in Kiawah Island, South Carolina - the
>>> gators were everywhere! Here, in the "gator state of America", never seen a
>>> one.
>>
>>I suspect the crack dealers are hoarding them as pets. They're the
>>new pit bull.
>
> or people are eating them.

People are eating dogs, too.

-sw

Gator in the snow
 

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:57:43 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
> >I suspect the crack dealers are hoarding them as pets. They're the
> >new pit bull.
>
> or people are eating them.

"Pets or Meat" (5 points if you can name the reference)

The gator-as-pitbull trend might have been fueled by the old Miami Vice
TV show. One of the lead characters, Crockett (Don Johnson), lived on a
sailboat with a gator named "Elvis".

I grew up in Dade County, Florida, a few miles northwest of Miami. When
my family moved there, back in the '50s, it was still relatively
undeveloped. Housing developments were being hacked out of the
Everglades. Our house was near a creek, and alligators were known to
cruise by. Occasionally, the gators would dine on someone's poodle, or
toddler.

So when Cindy and I dine on gator, my conscience is clear. Turnabout is
fair play.

"Tastes like chicken", as they say. The gators probably say the same
about us.

--
Julian Vrieslander

Gator in the snow
 

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:00:47 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:57:43 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>kilikini > wrote:
>>>
>>>> When I used to visit my grandparents in Kiawah Island, South Carolina - the
>>>> gators were everywhere! Here, in the "gator state of America", never seen a
>>>> one.
>>>
>>>I suspect the crack dealers are hoarding them as pets. They're the
>>>new pit bull.
>>
>> or people are eating them.
>
>People are eating dogs, too.
>
>-sw

in chicago, with a dill pickle spear.

your pal,
blake

Gator in the snow
 

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:25:05 -0700, Julian Vrieslander
> wrote:

>In article >,
>blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:57:43 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I suspect the crack dealers are hoarding them as pets. They're the
>> >new pit bull.
>>
>> or people are eating them.
>
>"Pets or Meat" (5 points if you can name the reference)
>

michael moore's 'roger and me.' i thought it was damned funny, even
if the situation was not.

evidently there was a sequel, 'pets or meat: the return to flint,' on
p.b.s., but i don't think i saw that.

your pal,
blake

Gator in the snow
 

blake murphy wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:00:47 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>blake murphy > wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:57:43 -0500, Sqwertz >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>kilikini > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> When I used to visit my grandparents in Kiawah Island, South Carolina
>>>>> - the gators were everywhere! Here, in the "gator state of America",
>>>>> never seen a one.
>>>>
>>>>I suspect the crack dealers are hoarding them as pets. They're the new
>>>>pit bull.
>>>
>>> or people are eating them.
>>
>>People are eating dogs, too.
>>
>>-sw
>
> in chicago, with a dill pickle spear.

That's because *hunting* them with a dill pickle spear proved ineffective
and they had to do *something* with all the ones they'd carved.


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In article .net>,
Blinky the Shark > wrote:

> kilikini wrote:
>
> > Cindy Fuller wrote:
> >> Last week's Seattle Times featured a southern BBQ joint (Casper's) just
> >> north of us that serves fried gator tail. The SO and I had enjoyed this
> >> delicacy when we lived in Dallas, so we mustered the Friday night crew
> >> to give it a try. As luck would have it, we got snow last night. The
> >> joint had very little seating, so we did takeout and brought it home to
> >> our house. There's something very incongruous about eating gator in a
> >> "snowstorm" (the Seattle version, not the Midwest-Upstate NY version).
> >> Other comments about the fare from around the table:
> >>
> >> Gator--"Proof that birds evolved from reptiles"; a little too much
> >> breading
> >>
> >> Ribs--very good
> >>
> >> Red beans and rice--on the bland side
> >>
> >> Fried okra--just fine
> >>
> >> Baked beans--pretty good, a little spicy
> >>
> >> Banana pudding--"Trailer park tiramisu"
> >>
> >> Cindy
> >
> > I've been living in Florida for almost 4 years now, and I've never had
> > gator meat. I have yet to even see a gator in the wild! (I've seen them
> > in a tank in Orlando.)
> >
> > When I used to visit my grandparents in Kiawah Island, South Carolina -
> > the gators were everywhere! Here, in the "gator state of America", never
> > seen a one.
>
> Anyone else but me notice how nicely the Subject header - Gator in the
> snow - works with the old Doors tune "Riders On The Storm"? :)
>
> There's a gator in the snow
> His brain is squirmin' like a crow
> Take a long holiday
> Let your children play
> If you give this man a ride
> Sweet memory will die
> Gator in the snow

For a cold-blooded vertebrate, you are quite the composer. This makes
sense, since Jim Morrison was referred to late in his life as the Lizard
King.

Rock on...

Cindy

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Gator in the snow
 

Cindy Fuller wrote:

> In article .net>,
> Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>
>> kilikini wrote:
>>
>> > Cindy Fuller wrote:
>> >> Last week's Seattle Times featured a southern BBQ joint (Casper's)
>> >> just north of us that serves fried gator tail. The SO and I had
>> >> enjoyed this delicacy when we lived in Dallas, so we mustered the
>> >> Friday night crew to give it a try. As luck would have it, we got
>> >> snow last night. The joint had very little seating, so we did
>> >> takeout and brought it home to our house. There's something very
>> >> incongruous about eating gator in a "snowstorm" (the Seattle version,
>> >> not the Midwest-Upstate NY version). Other comments about the fare
>> >> from around the table:
>> >>
>> >> Gator--"Proof that birds evolved from reptiles"; a little too much
>> >> breading
>> >>
>> >> Ribs--very good
>> >>
>> >> Red beans and rice--on the bland side
>> >>
>> >> Fried okra--just fine
>> >>
>> >> Baked beans--pretty good, a little spicy
>> >>
>> >> Banana pudding--"Trailer park tiramisu"
>> >>
>> >> Cindy
>> >
>> > I've been living in Florida for almost 4 years now, and I've never had
>> > gator meat. I have yet to even see a gator in the wild! (I've seen
>> > them in a tank in Orlando.)
>> >
>> > When I used to visit my grandparents in Kiawah Island, South Carolina
>> > - the gators were everywhere! Here, in the "gator state of America",
>> > never seen a one.
>>
>> Anyone else but me notice how nicely the Subject header - Gator in the
>> snow - works with the old Doors tune "Riders On The Storm"? :)
>>
>> There's a gator in the snow
>> His brain is squirmin' like a crow
>> Take a long holiday
>> Let your children play
>> If you give this man a ride
>> Sweet memory will die
>> Gator in the snow
>
> For a cold-blooded vertebrate, you are quite the composer.

Parody, of course, not my composition. I only changed three lines. :)

> This makes sense, since Jim Morrison was referred to late in his life as
> the Lizard King.

Also nickname related, it should be noted that his name anagrams to "Mr
Mojo Risin", which also appears in some lines of "L.A. Woman".


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blake murphy > wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:00:47 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>People are eating dogs, too.
>
> in chicago, with a dill pickle spear.

They use relish in Chicago.

-sw