pass the tabasco....

This job has given me my first in depth experience with construction crews.  Their lifestyle is interesting but it's got to be rough.  They move to a job site for a couple of years while their family stays back "home".  They head back for visits but they mostly stay in hotels or travel trailers and send the checks home.  It must be the location of this project but most of the crew here is from Louisiana.  I've become friends with a bunch of them and every time they head home, I ask them to bring me back some gumbo.  A couple of guys have gotten tired of me asking them so they have whipped me up some good Cajun fare.  So far, I've had chicken creole, shrimp gumbo and chicken and sausage gumbo.  A construction buddy is leaving next weak for his next assignment in Edmonton.  He's threatened to make a pot of gumbo while watching Nascar this weekend.  yummy