Greetings from New Orleans my friends, neighbors and resident Goobers.

I'm here on a DOT project after two great weeks at home with my angel for Thanksgiving.

I do love the state of Louisiana but New Orleans is still a huuuuuge Crap Hole.

Louisiana hot sauce is the only condiment that I find necessary to use in the diet I have become accustomed to.

It is especially handy in one of my organic juice recipes.

But it also serves as a rescue condiment when the meal set before me is not of my own preference.

I'm of the opinion that if a meal is properly prepared, there will be no need to add on extra condiments.

A steak for instance.

A properly prepared steak needs no steak sauce.

Steak sauce is actually an insult to a well prepared cut of beef.

Hot sauce however, for me, is necessary gear for the road.

And I insist that it be Louisiana hot sauce because my taste buds can immediately detect the difference.

And if I'm in an eating establishment and I request hot sauce, God forbid if the server returns with Tabasco sauce.

Although the top of the line Tabasco sauce is also made in Louisiana, it is by no means the same as Louisiana brand hot sauce.

Some restaurants offer Cholula hot sauce.

But it's made in Mexico.

I don't eat or drink anything from Mexico...........period !

Then there's Texas Pete which is a total f**e.

To begin with, it's made in North Carolina.

And me being a Texas boy, just the sight of a bottle of Texas Pete makes me want to round 'em all up and use 'em fer' target practice.

So I keep a bottle of good ol' 'Louisiana' on my shelf and in my truck at all times.

This is the final stage of our Louisiana project.

After Christmas I'll be headed to Austin to conduct some safety training exercises.

My boss (uncle) just submitted a bid that was requested for a TXDOT border bridge survey that will collect data at every single bridge that crosses the Rio grande into Texas.

We conducted this same type of survey in 2001, but I'm sure that this time it is related to the current caravan dilemma.

I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Greetings from New Orleans my friends, neighbors and resident Goobers.

I'm here on a DOT project after two great weeks at home with my angel for Thanksgiving.

I do love the state of Louisiana but New Orleans is still a huuuuuge Crap Hole.

Louisiana hot sauce is the only condiment that I find necessary to use in the diet I have become accustomed to.

It is especially handy in one of my organic juice recipes.

But it also serves as a rescue condiment when the meal set before me is not of my own preference.

I'm of the opinion that if a meal is properly prepared, there will be no need to add on extra condiments.

A steak for instance.

A properly prepared steak needs no steak sauce.

Steak sauce is actually an insult to a well prepared cut of beef.

Hot sauce however, for me, is necessary gear for the road.

And I insist that it be Louisiana hot sauce because my taste buds can immediately detect the difference.

And if I'm in an eating establishment and I request hot sauce, God forbid if the server returns with Tabasco sauce.

Although the top of the line Tabasco sauce is also made in Louisiana, it is by no means the same as Louisiana brand hot sauce.

Some restaurants offer Cholula hot sauce.

But it's made in Mexico.

I don't eat or drink anything from Mexico...........period !

Then there's Texas Pete which is a total f**e.

To begin with, it's made in North Carolina.

And me being a Texas boy, just the sight of a bottle of Texas Pete makes me want to round 'em all up and use 'em fer' target practice.

So I keep a bottle of good ol' 'Louisiana' on my shelf and in my truck at all times.

This is the final stage of our Louisiana project.

After Christmas I'll be headed to Austin to conduct some safety training exercises.

My boss (uncle) just submitted a bid that was requested for a TXDOT border bridge survey that will collect data at every single bridge that crosses the Rio grande into Texas.

We conducted this same type of survey in 2001, but I'm sure that this time it is related to the current caravan dilemma.

I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

I like Louisiana too, but I do prefer Tabasco. It is the oldest. The location was fought over in the War between the States for the salt dome there. After the war, old medicine were cleaned up and used for the hot sauce, hence the odd shaped bottles we see it in now. New Iberia is one of the biggest bird sanctuaries in the world. There is a long and colorful history behind Tabasco and I like that. I like the sauce too. Did you know, from the time it's picked to the time it's bottled is three years?