As a general rule I never know what to expect at my in-laws house. Nothing ever bad really... just different, Louisiana-style. I can't tell you how many times I have run into wildlife in their kitchen... squirrels, raccoons, ducks, all being nursed back to health by his mom. The proof of one of those creatures is shown below although not in her kitchen at the time.
Then there are the food surprises. I've decided that people from Louisiana (outside of New Orleans anyway) will eat ANYTHING! I've actually had squirrel and have been told about eating raccoon and nutria (
www.nutria.com/site.php). I have my limits... I will refuse nutria if I know that is what it is. I have to draw the line somewhere!
This Thanksgiving visit to the in-law's house provided the usual surprises but fortunately this one didn't involve wildlife... at least not the kind that I'm referring to above. This wildlife was in human form and goes by the name of Ruth
Buzzi. Now if you are too young, you might not remember Ruth
Buzzi but she was a regular on Laugh-In when I was young. Turns out I'm related to her now. Like me, she married into this crazy Louisiana family!
It was an interesting Thanksgiving to say the least. Ruth is known for her crazy slapstick kind of antics on TV and we did see a little bit of that after dinner. For the most part she is pretty much just a down-to-earth lady who despite her fame is not above traveling to
Cental Louisiana to hang with us commoners.
For those of you too young to remember her... look her up on You Tube which incidentally we are watching in the above picture on my computer. She was most fascinated about the things you can find on the
internet! :)
