Just experienced a new culture...

[Rob Roy]

So Buffchick and I just got back from a trip to Louisiana. We were straight up in the biyou. Talk bout culture. Deep seeded culture. The cajuns really stay within their circle. What I mean is that they tend to only use local brands or products. Very nice, warm, welcoming people. We had a great time. Espescially considering that every social activity is centered around eating and drinking. Altough one thing that I really had a tough time with was eating all of the foods that I'm not accustumed to. I was raised as a midwestern boy eating my meat, potatos and vegetables. I knew I was in for it when I saw the "Specialty Meats Stores". I was introduced to boudans; a intestine casing filled with rice and some sort of meat. Nuetrea; a large rodent found in the swamp. Cracklins; pork rines, deep fried in lard, like pork rines on gear. Alligator Po Boy; no explination needed here. Begnaes; like a donut but deep fried with powdered sugar on top (these were the bomb). Everything is spiced to the max. I think that I'll have indegestion for another week. I had a tough time when I met Buffchick because she's filipino and I thought that filipino food was on the strange side. You ever try Chocolate Pork? I think that the cajuns may have her culture topped. Anyone else out there have any similar experiences? Another check mark in the culture department...

 

[RazorCuts]

Me and my wife adopted a baby from Guatemala about 2yrs ago. We had to go there for 4 days. It was a shock to see how these people lived. They basically have nothing yet are very gracious people. Homeless kids looking to help you for a buck no matter what it was.
The thing is they have a lot of crime there. Many gorilla groups. They used to steal the children from women and sell the to the attorney's. Things had to change drastically including DNA tests. When you went past a car dealership and seen a half dozen machine gun armed guards around it with electric fencing it was eary.
We stayed at the Marriot so everything was pretty safe and normal there.
The foster mother showed us around taking us to the zoo a restuarant and shopping. Very nice people who were very warm and giving.
The way these people live in huts with dirt floors. Drinking rain water that flows off thier rusty roofs. They work like dogs in thier fields. I could go on and on. The driving forget it, it was like bumper cars.
You have to experience things like this for yourself as it is very humbling and you appriecate your life more and do not take things for granted as much.

 

[BabyBeast05]

Hey Rob where in Louisiana did you visit? I live in south Louisiana although I don't think I fall into the "cajun" catagory lol. But I know what you mean about all the different foods. And your right about the Begnaes, their the shit! But I'm not really one who eats alot of crawfish or alligator or things like that so people down here always ask me if I'm really from louisiana lol. It's mainly chicken, steak, and brown rice for me but I guess thats what you gotta do if you wanna make it in bodybuiding.

 

[bulldog21]

I am part Japanese and Italian so since I can remember from a food standpoint I have been deeply exposed to both cultures.....I am looking forward to traveling more and seeing more cultures as it is one of my interests outside of bb'ing....

BTW I would have ate about 100 of those fried doughnut thingy's while I was there...LOL

 

[Rob Roy]

I'm going to go onto the Begnaes diet. LOL

Hey Rob where in Louisiana did you visit? I live in south Louisiana although I don't think I fall into the "cajun" catagory lol. But I know what you mean about all the different foods. And your right about the Begnaes, their the shit! But I'm not really one who eats alot of crawfish or alligator or things like that so people down here always ask me if I'm really from louisiana lol. It's mainly chicken, steak, and brown rice for me but I guess thats what you gotta do if you wanna make it in bodybuiding.

We were in Laffyette and Beau bridge. I was all about the crawfish and the begnaes were the shit.

 

[Shelby]

I've been to Thailand a few times, and Cambodia once. Ate lots of fried bugs over there (grasshoppers, crickets, water bugs). One lady in Cambodia was selling huge fried spiders (like tarantulas with hairy legs) but I didn't partake (in hindsight I probably should have). Strange to see a cute young asian girl pulling the legs off a fried spider and eating them.

 

[Kaiser]

The thing is they have a lot of crime there. Many gorilla groups.

LOL, do you mean Guerrilla or are you actually talking about the animal?

 

[RazorCuts]

LOL, do you mean Guerrilla or are you actually talking about the animal?

LOL , Both.
Im just a dumb ass!

 

[bulldog21]

Strange to see a cute young asian girl pulling the legs off a fried spider and eating them.

LOL, you kill me man.....

 

[BabyBeast05]

We were in Laffyette and Beau bridge. I was all about the crawfish and the begnaes were the shit.


Really, I live real close to Laffyette. I live in Opelousas which is only like 20 - 30 minutes away depending on how ya drive. Did you guys go to any resturants here?

 

[HUTCH]

i took a damn bus ALL the way through Mexico so I could get to Belize..I also went to guatamala for a day...But that bus trip was crazy..Getting stopped all the time and being that my dad is full black and his wife and her kids were white, the federallies loved to hassle us...They always questioned them about me cuz they thought they were stealing me from Mexico...at the time my hair was grown out and I was lighter skinned...hah..they would pull my Dad off the bus and for like 20 minutes have him outside..My Dad has a bad temper and pretty much doesnt take shit from people so how he held back his rage I will never know..Maybe it was the machine guns they had...crazy trip took I think4 days of 24-7 driving on a bus.....I will never do it again..

Rob I been to New Orleans, and I loved it..loved the food, though I didnt have crazy stuff like you had....just loved the way they seasoned it and all that..cool place...

 

[usamainadv]

Hi there!

Hi guys, my name is Allan and im completely new to this forum.

I hope that I'll learn and share a lot of interesting things.

Thanks,
Allan

 

[TRYN2]

I love crawfish.... But it aint that weird though.

 

[hawkmoon]

Louisiana sounds further away from my home of Boston than my current residence of Tokyo!


Things are pretty crazy here sometimes though....


EDIT: Damn - just realized I replied to an ancient thread....

 

[Stewie Griffon]

Louisiana sounds further away from my home of Boston than my current residence of Tokyo!


Things are pretty crazy here sometimes though....


EDIT: Damn - just realized I replied to an ancient thread....

hawkmoon, this is totally off topic but i have a question. i recall a while back you spoke of your pressing (bench) going down while all your other movements were strong as ever. i think you said you believed it was age related. i was experiencing a similar problem and it got worse. recently i discovered i had my medial pectoral nerve entrapped (impingement). it was causing pain in my posterior deltoid and tricep, not so much in my chest. it also caused some atrophy of my pec major. i am undergoing some intense massage therapy to correct it. did you ever find a solution for your problem?

 

[hawkmoon]

hawkmoon, this is totally off topic but i have a question. i recall a while back you spoke of your pressing (bench) going down while all your other movements were strong as ever. i think you said you believed it was age related. i was experiencing a similar problem and it got worse. recently i discovered i had my medial pectoral nerve entrapped (impingement). it was causing pain in my posterior deltoid and tricep, not so much in my chest. it also caused some atrophy of my pec major. i am undergoing some intense massage therapy to correct it. did you ever find a solution for your problem?

Hey Stewie, (sounds funny to myself saying that and imagining Family Guy)
I never did find a solution. With my bone spur in my left elbow having gotten worse I have not pressed in over a month. I am only doing flyes and pec-deck now. Note: I never had any atrophy.