I'm in Baton Rogue to see my baby girl graduate from LSU with an MLS. Not even having been stopped in Texas by a "drug interdiction patrol" has dampen my pleasure at being here.(Why do you think they would think two old farts in a family sedan actually going the speed limit were drug mules?) Jeez.
A Louisiana pictorial quiz for you know it alls out there.
1. What did they carry around in this thing?
3. What kind of fruit will grow from this bloom?
2. What was the big ole pot originally used for?
3. What kind of fruit will grow from this bloom?
4. Why is this plantation house not painted white?
5. What is the common name for this very deadly poisonous plant?
5. What is the common name for this very deadly poisonous plant?
Remember you can enlarge this photos by clicking on them.
Check this article out: http://blog.nola.com/living/2007/08/creole_country_laura_plantatio.html
13 comments:
1. Okra
2. Wash
3. Don't know
4. Keep bugs away
5. Castor bean?
2. Wash and/or boil the pig/make lye soap.
Jealous of the victuals. "Meat" and "pie" are two of my favorite words together. Mmm ...
Feodor:
1. Okra=no
2. Wash=no
2. Wash and/or boil the pig/make lye soap.= no
3. Don't know= no you don't
4. Keep bugs away= no
5. Castor bean? yes!
Score one for Feodor.
So what poison comes from castor beans?
Come on ER, you should know some of theses.
If it's Castor Bean, it's riacin.
Yes, score 2 for F.
A few SWAGS ...
1. A baby? Part of some kind of travois?
2. Sour mash
3. ??
4. Don't know but it's probably on the Natchez Tracce and there is probably some connection.
1. A baby? Part of some kind of travois? = nope
2. Sour mash = nope
3. ??
4. Don't know but it's probably on the Natchez Tracce and there is probably some connection.=nope
Uncle.
OK, here's the answers:
1. bread dough
2. to boil down sugar cane squeezings
3. bannas
4. It is a French Creole Plantation house, only the American Anglos had those big white houses. When the Anglos took over the Lousiana legislature in the 1830's they "outlawed" the multi-colored homes.
I was gonna say bananas! But I didn't think even the deepest Delta was tropical enough!
And I sensed, but couldn'r finger, something like that about the plantation house!
When you look at the kettle is hard to tell that is five feet wide. When I first saw them I thought cannibals?
Today I saw one eight feet wide. Now how do handle a thing like that?
All of this stuff is on the 'Laura Plantation' on the Mississippi River almost to New Orleans.
The bannas produce are real small. You can see some growing beneath the bloom.
See: http://www.lauraplantation.com/
By the way, having missed the greater note on Louisiana history: Congratulations, pappa!
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