How could I forget?

Heavens! How could I forget our dinner out on Sunday night with a few friends? Of course the big new here isnt that we had dinner, or with friends, but that we finally got to sample ...
ARMADILLO EGGS!!!

Katie and Dean had invited us to join them and Chris and Tammy at T-Bone Tom's for dinner. It was going to begin late, so we joined them there at around 7.30pm. It was hosing down at the time, but no matter.
We had a choice of seating...either outside with the crowd and the loud live music (which is there every night of the week), or inside in the original part of the restaurant.
We arrived first and reserved a table...ok..Im drawing the story out..just for fun...
They arrived not long after we had ordered our drinks. Nothing in the USA is small size...so be warned.
I ordered Iced-tea...without sweetener...but the bus-boys didnt hear the last part, so he had to go back for unsweetened. Waz had a huge glass of lemonade. Lemonade here is NZ Lemon cordial (or similar) ...not fizzy like 7-up

A couple of fellas at the next table received these large Scotch Egg type fried balls, only they were't!...They were Armadillo Eggs!
 I had to get Katie to take a photo...bless him, this fella  didnt mind one bit, and proudly held them up for the photographer...

 

This is a dismembered Armadillo Egg. Jalapenos and I dont get along, so I was in the process of discombobulating one when I took these photos.

 

We almost forgot to take this photo...a couple of 'eggs' had already disappeared down the other end of the table:)

Katie took this photo of me for the record!

 the inside of the 'egg' is bar-b-q meat shredded and minced...well, thats how it appears. It was very tasty. I discarded the jalapenos and most of the breading. Just too much food. I ordered the oysters, which came with Texas Toast..more on that later...and cole slaw. They sibstituted the slaw for the fries.

Waz ordered Chicken fried Steak...this is tenderized thin steak that has been breaded and deep fried, covered with a chicken flavored white sauce..He got Texas Toast and slaw with his fries...below

 Katie and Dean both ordered the pork chop with two sides...spinach and beans and bacon with Texas Toast. Katie ate part of one chop and decided to take the rest home for a few meals during the week.

 and...being kemah/Seabrook, there was a Pelican somewhere close by!

We didnt have room for the many lovely desserts, but next time we decided to start with the desserts and end with whatever we have room for.

I had repeato with the oysters, so wont be getting them again, and I dont think they agreed with me, being deep fried. We are so used to eating fresh fruit and veg most of the time that our bodies just dont like the other kind of food, anymore.

An excellent evening with people of like mind. Tammy and Chris have sold EVERYTHING to live on their 37ft yacht. They were much braver than us! We still have a storage locker full of our worldly possessions, in NZ. They dont know where they will end up, and I guess you could say the same for all of us present. Katie and Dean have some rough plans for their future, but all of us intend going with the flow (literally).

Our intention is to take two years to see how we like the lifestyle, and frankly, we like it just fine, after two and a half months...I will let you know this time next year when we are coming south down the TennTom rivers, having spent the summer cruising Canadian waters in the Great Lakes.

We three couples have arranged to take time out this Labor Weekend (coming) to sail/motor somewhere katie has in mind, anchor and enjoy the comraderie, the sailing/motoring and just being off the dock.

After our hour out on the Bay yesterday, we are really looking forward to this weekend.

For now, it is wednesday night, and Im about to put my new walking shoes on.Today we went to the Tanger Outlet Mall on I45, just south of League City, and found another pair for Waz at the same store we bought the last ones. The daily special was 'Buy one, get two others for free'. So we did...well, they arent free, but you cant beat $33 each for these lovelies:) we wont need to buy sandals for at least another year, all going well. We also bought a crock for me to put all my kitchen 'things' (large utensils) into and free up the cutlery draw where I could never find anything because it was so full of 'stuff'...which is now in the crock, and Im very happy:)

Time to stop procrastinating, and hit the road. We might just go and rally Veronica and get her out for a walk. Lovely evening out there. I took some photos of Waz enjoying a cuppa on the fly deck as the sun was sinking...will post that tomorrow, I promise. Walking NOW!