Where in Louisiana are you, Shirley? Sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas! Lynn On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Shirley T. LeBlanc < shirleythibo@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Paul, > My entire Thibodeaux Family line (23) have been here in our home since > Monday and will all be gone by Tuesday. This is the first time for some to > ever be here in Louisiana and the first time in 19 years we have all been > under one roof sharing everything, cousins sleeping everywhere. No one > stayed in a hotel. > > Started out great , had jambayla one night , shrimp gumbo another night , > our son and wife brought crawfish pie. > > Had great Christmas dinner planned, had 4 family members needing to go to > emergency room, results strep-throat. So Christmas dinner was really just > turkey and left overs from the previous meals. Today it was a huge pot of > beef & veggie soup. > > Youngest great-niece lost her first tooth at the age of 41/2 and 2nd tooth > is also loose. > > I wanted this to ber a memorable Christmas I guess they won't forget > Christmas at Aunt Shirley and Uncle John's home. > > It;'s been great having my family here in our home. It was a time where > both > my brother and I were able to explain and share with our chidren the > history > of our ancestors and our life as children with our parents who were both > deaf. It also was a time where my brother and I with our families visited > our parents, grandparents and aunts grave together as a family. Imagine a > group of 23 people standing around a grave in St. Johns Cemetery wisiting > loved ones and sharing funny stories about each one of them. > > What a great Christmas for me, as I know this will be the last time we will > possibly all be togethert again in my lifetime. > > God is good and I have been Blessed. > > Shirley Thibodeaux LeBlanc. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <laleblanc78@comcast.net> > To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 5:45 PM > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > > > > > > > > Paul: > > > > > > > > The mother-in-law is with us for a week at Christmas. She is dominating > > the house. > > > > > > > > When the mother goes back to Houston on the 29th, I'll then send the > > procedures for frying turkeys and a recipe for upscale dirty rice to the > > list. This is not your grandmother's formulation for dirty rice. > > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > > > T-Louis > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: acadian-request@rootsweb.com > > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 3:00:03 AM > > Subject: ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send > > an email to Acadian-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > > message ------------------------------- > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Paul L LeBlanc) > > 2. Re: Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note (Fr John L) > > 3. Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. (Paul L LeBlanc) > > 4. Frying Turkeys (Paul L LeBlanc) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:14:16 -0500 > > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > > Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note > > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <8CD71945DA5636B-10C0-19E2A@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > Cousins > > > > Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, traditions, > & > > recipes. > > > > Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on > > your table. > > > > Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to > the > > family or you would like variations. > > > > Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed in > > the last 250 years. > > > > We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > = > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:35:31 -0500 (EST) > > From: Fr John L <owentagart@aol.com> > > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note > > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <8CD719754FB401C-D18-25DA1@webmail-d012.sysops.aol.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > Joyeux No?l. Bonne et Heureuse Ann?e. Et Le Paradis A La Fin De Vos > > Jours. -- Mais ne soyez donc pas press?s. > > > > Merry Christmas. Good and Happy New Year. And Heaven When Your Days Come > > To An End. -- But don't be in any hurry! > > > > Fr John L > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > > To: acadian <acadian@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Fri, Dec 24, 2010 10:15 am > > Subject: [ACADIAN] Holiday Traditions & Culture - Admin Note > > > > > > > > Cousins > > Let us take our Holiday break. Please share holiday stories, traditions, > & > > ecipes. > > Try and include at lease one recipe from one of our other homelands on > > your > > able. > > Ask if you remember a Grandma speciality disk & the recipe was lost to > the > > amily or you would like variations. > > Share your favorite tradition and we will compare how it has changed in > > the last > > 50 years. > > We can continue the discussion until King's Day (Jan 6). > > Paul > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > o check our Archive > > ttp://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > > ------------------------------ > > o subscribe to the list, please send an email to > > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com > > ith the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > > the > > essage. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" > > nrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. > > ------------------------------ > > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com > > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > > of > > he message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:50:50 -0500 > > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > > Subject: [ACADIAN] Lighting of the way for Papa Noel this evening. > > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <8CD719978E7ABA5-10C0-1A3CB@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > On the First Acadian Coast, St-James (civil) Parish, tonight there will > be > > the lighting of very fancy bonfires on the levees to show Santa the way > > down the river. The other story is to provide a guide for the families to > > find their way to midnight mass. > > > > The other name you may know is St-Jacques de Cabannoce. The church was > > named for my 6th great grandfather Jacques Cantrelle patron saint. His > two > > son-in-laws were the first Commandants (like in Zorro) during the > transfer > > period from France to Spain. > > > > There should be several news shorts on the building & lighting of the > > bonfires on the New Orleans & Baton Rouge TV stations. > > > > Some are > > > > Baton Rouge > > www.wafb.com/-CBS > > www.wbrz.com/ -ABC > > > > www.nbc33tv.com/- NBC > > > > > > New Orleans > > www.abc26.com/ - ABC > > > > www.wdsu.com - NBC > > > > www.wwltv.com/- CBS > > www.fox8live.com - Fox? > > > > The national stations news may also pick up the stories > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:29:50 -0500 > > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > > Subject: [ACADIAN] Frying Turkeys > > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <8CD719EEC1BCA83-10C0-1AA02@webmail-m012.sysops.aol.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > A (semi-) new tradition in south Louisiana (& east Texas) is the outdoor > > frying of small turkeys. > > > > You take a 8 to 12 pound thawed turkey, inject it with seasoning and deep > > fry in peanut oil. > > > > Before I moved up here caused by Hurricane Katrina. At noon, Nubby would > > shut down the Auto Repair shop and start the butane burners. > > > > All the guys would come by with their turkeys and a case of beer. > Sometime > > during the afternoon your turkey would take it's turn in the fryers. > > > > This was one of the few times of the year the blue and white collars > would > > get together. The "blues" provided the place & equipment. One of the > White > > collars was the local Planters rep. & he provided the peanut oil. > > > > I was designated driver so would provide "taxi" service bringing the gang > > home. About 4 PM the wives would show up and pick up the last of the > > straggles. > > > > Since moving up I have to become "an American" and have to order a fried > > turkey from the store. Boohiss > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > End of ACADIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 256 > > *************************************** > > ------------------------------- > > To check our Archive > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > > ------------------------------- > > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to > > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a > > confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. 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