Delta Blues Dinner Cooking School

I don't know why I signed up for this night class but it was an interesting menu of food that is characteristic of the Mississippi Delta. We had fried pickles (which I think Lindsay and Camille would have liked) and tamales (which I liked) and a mile high coconut creme pie that I know Dean will like and a parmesean crusted catfish filet that is probably the only thing I will probably make at home. The good thing about the pie was that we ate a slice there and got to bring a tart sized pie home to our loved ones I went by myself, of course, and had to pair up w/a married couple who were okay. Whenever men are in the class, they act obnoxious and very know-it-all. That could be considered a very sexist statement but it is true. Period. At least we didn't have to talk politics The teacher is the chef at Bonefish in Collierville and she tried really hard but was about as organized as I am . I gave her a good rating for her efforts. This particular class had not been tried before and the entire meal was way too complicated to be very successful. We spent most of our class worrying about the 11-step pie. When Camille gets home for Christmas and maybe Lindsay is here, I might try it again. When the girls were little we used to make a lot of stuff and the highlight of the year was dyeing Easter eggs. That tradition went on until Lindsay was in high school I think. Tomorrow I have a class on New Orleans hors d'ouerves I hope I don't have to touch an oyster or anything slimy