Local cuisine......

7:28 am - Sunday - January 13th - Gonzales, LA - 43º F, 84% humidity, wind 6 mph out of the northwest......partly cloudy today with a forecast high of 54º F.

As I wrote yesterday morning the rain began shortly after I woke up, and continued until late afternoon.  Just because it's raining doesn't mean we can go out and do stuff, so around 9 am Forest and Cindy picked us up to go to breakfast at one of their favorite beignet (pronounced binyay) places which is simply called 'Coffee House' in nearby Sorrento, LA.  Beignets are typically come in servings of three and that is how they are served at the Coffee House.  You can order a regular breakfast here, but we were there specifically for beignets.....

 Left to right: Moi, TLE, Cindy and Forest

 They disappeared quickly

   

.....and were they ever yummy!  By the time I finished my three beignets there was powdered sugar everywhere!  The 'Coffee House' complex is composed of 7-8 buildings housing the restaurant, several gift shops, a barn full of antique farm equipment, and a fenced enclosure containing numerous alligators.....

 

  A very old and cool fire engine

 An old Allis-Chalmers tractor slowly melting into the soil

 A very old steam tractor

 Interesting steering gear composed of chains and worm gears

 

 There were just two alligators visible on this rainy day

.....in spite of the rainy day the restaurant was packed full of people, with a long line awaiting a table.  We got there just before the big rush.

We headed back to Forest and Cindy's home around 11 am and hung out there talking about Alaska until close to 1 pm when we headed out for lunch at a local seafood place Forest likes where they serve boiled shrimp by the pound.  You can buy them unpeeled with their heads still attached, or without heads, but still unpeeled, or headless, and already peeled.  I failed to take any pictures, however, I had their BLT with grilled shrimp added, TLE had shrimp and okra....forest ordered a pound of their boiled shrimp (headless and unpeeled).  I learned how to peel a boiled, headless shrimp, and actually loved them.  By the time we were finished with lunch we were quite full, and did not anticipate eating anymore food Saturday!

We were delivered back to our coach about 2:30 pm with full tummies, and big smiles on our faces having sampled a goodly portion of the local cuisine options.  We spent the rest of the afternoon watching recorded English Premier soccer matches and I watched most of the Rams vs. Cowboys NFC playoff game, which was won by the Rams 30-22.

We'll get together with Forest and Cindy again on Sunday to discuss our Alaska trip more, and do some route planning.....it's getting exciting!

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