Tobacco Fatalities and Maque Choux Recipe

The Good
A great site passed on to me today:

Ban Comic Sans

I’m applying for charter membership. Ick re: comic sans font.

The Bad
Perhaps you saw this headline on MSN:

Tobacco Expected to Kill 1 Billion People this Century

Disturbing, isn’t it? You’d think that percentage would be down based on all of the scientific evidence we have today, but health officials actually project the fatality rate will be ten times worse than the last century.

And the Tasty
I’m on the road this week for work, and one of the highlights is getting to sample the local cuisine. Woo! Tonight we ate at the Blue Dog Café in Lafayette. The big draw is the art work of George Rodrigue. But I had Chicken Bayou Teche—basically a chicken breast stuffed with seafood and topped with bacon rotel sauce. Yummy.

One standard side item was maque choux. This is basically a Cajun corn dish. Since the subject came up, someone at the table shared their secret recipe. I thought I would share it:

Boil corn on the cob. Scrape all the corn off and squeeze out all the juice. Add the cajun holy trinity (sautéed onions, bell peppers, and celery). Add crawfish (optionally) and any crawfish juice from sautéing the crawfish. Add seasonings and let simmer till ready.

Blue Dog Artwork by George Rodrigue