# An actual Monday morning MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 13, 2013, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220 "2013-05-13T09:21:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/481 "2013-05-19T23:19:18Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Jambalaya. Ham, shrimp, okra or am I thinking of something else? Just for you **flytrap** the wiki on [jambalaya](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambalaya). As you can see lot o’ variation there but always good and must be spicy. Since you were the next person to post, when may we expect your MMP to be up tomorrow? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/482 "2013-05-19T23:52:41Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Just for you **flytrap** the wiki on [jambalaya](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambalaya). As you can see lot o’ variation there but always good and must be spicy. > > Since you were the next person to post, when may we expect your MMP to be up tomorrow? 😃 Oh, 'bout 9 Post Meridian. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/483 "2013-05-19T23:56:22Z")
What the hell is the Louisiana dish made with shrimp, ham, okra and rice, gosh darn it?!? ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/484 "2013-05-19T23:56:56Z")
I should have kept a list of mundane things I have cried over. Today I cried over fabric. I have finally started working on the cloak that was to be for Dave and now will be for his son to wear in case he goes to Origins this year. Stupid fabric. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/485 "2013-05-19T23:57:43Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Oh, 'bout 9 Post Meridian. 🙂 Unless you can wait until 6:30 Ante Meridian and are willing for it to start off with, “S–t, it’s Monday”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/486 "2013-05-20T00:00:26Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What the hell is the Louisiana dish made with shrimp, ham, okra and rice, gosh darn it?!? Jambalaya? > **[Jambalaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambalaya)** > > Jambalaya (/ˌdʒæmbəˈlaɪə/ JAM-bə-LY-ə, /ˌdʒʌm-/ JUM-) is a savory rice dish that developed in the U.S. state of Louisiana fusing together African, Spanish, and French influences, consisting mainly of meat and/or seafood, and vegetables mixed with rice and spices. West Africans and Spanish people each had versions of jambalaya in their respective countries. Historian Ibraham Seck states Senegalese people were making jambalaya. The French introduced tomato to West Africans and they incorporated Th... ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/487 "2013-05-20T00:03:21Z")
Oh **Swaaaaaampyyyyyyyy** I saw this on facebook and thought of you! HILLBILLY SMOKIES WITH BROWN SUGAR 1lb Bacon - 1 lb Smokies - 1 stick Butter - 2 cups Brown Sugar Preheat oven to 375F. Cut bacon into thirds and wrap each Smokie. Place wrapped Smokies in a single layer in a baking dish. Melt butter and 1 cup of brown sugar. Stir until mixed well. Pour butter and brown sugar mixture on the Smokies and Bacon. Sprinkle the other cup of brown sugar evenly over the Smokies. Bake 15-20 minutes. Turn heat up to 400F for 5 minutes or until bacon becomes crispy. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/488 "2013-05-20T00:17:42Z")
Hmm, let’s see - late Sunday night - new MMP to start soon, time for me to drop in and say hello. In the midst of heavy litigation right now. Someday I have a bunch of stories to tell. Today is not that day. See y’all next Sunday… ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/489 "2013-05-20T00:30:52Z")
I can start the new MMP, I am sure I won’t be sleeping anyway ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/490 "2013-05-20T00:31:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What the hell is the Louisiana dish made with shrimp, ham, okra and rice, gosh darn it?!? Gumbo eta - if I spend all night coughing again, I might start it. Who ever does it first wins. Wins what, you ask? Why, the adoration of your peers, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/491 "2013-05-20T00:40:25Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What the hell is the Louisiana dish made with shrimp, ham, okra and rice, gosh darn it?!? Gumbo? ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/492 "2013-05-20T00:42:18Z")
I still think Jambalaya works too ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/493 "2013-05-20T00:42:45Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What the hell is the Louisiana dish made with shrimp, ham, okra and rice, gosh darn it?!? Gumbo? (\*\*rosie \*\*sniped me on that, darn it.) Have I posted my jambalaya recipe? I only put sausage in it for a meat and that seems to be enough. I might add some of the Pod of God when that comes in season. I bet I can get some at Ye Olde Farmer’s Market. Strawberries are coming ripe so I need to get some pectin so I can be jammin’. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/494 "2013-05-20T00:42:50Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Gumbo > > eta - if I spend all night coughing again, I might start it. > Who ever does it first wins. Wins what, you ask? Why, the adoration of your peers, of course. Thank you, all three. Looks like I’m off the hook, Swampy. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/495 "2013-05-20T00:43:24Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Gumbo > > eta - if I spend all night coughing again, I might start it. > Who ever does it first wins. Wins what, you ask? Why, the adoration of your peers, of course. nooooo, that is why I haven’t been sleeping. Did you get me sick? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/496 "2013-05-20T00:47:41Z")
I’ve got a topic for tomorrow. Given how late it is & how many is in bed for the week I save today’s stories for new MMP ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actual-monday-morning-mmp/658220/497 "2013-05-20T03:10:31Z")
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