u/Ki77ycat

One of the staples at my home. I use Savoy's Andouille and Louisiana Gulf shrimp and Louisiana crawfish and Gumbo Crabs.make my roux, use the Trinity, garlic, parsley and okra. Seasoned with Tabasco, bay leaf, a blend of Tony's, some Cayenne, some Slap ya' Mama, and a touch of liquid seafood boil and a good bit of W Sauce and a bit of Kitchen Bouquet.

For this batch I was making it for my mom, who has a seafood allergy, so I made it with a roasted chicken, baked the bones and then made the broth with the bones. Then I separated out half and added a seafood broth made with Shrimp shells from the shrimp to one half, then added crab meat , then the shrimp and crawfish. Turned it off and let it sit until it hit 140° and then put it in the fridge overnight to blend the flavors together well.

Second photo shows it served.

I've just ordered the plantation shutters for the windows, but undecided on casing and trimming the window and putting in a faux wrought iron insert, or use a custom arched shutter and looking for opinions. It's AI generated so not accurate in scale, but close.

I need to remove the rail from the wall. I am looking for suggestions and or explanation of any difficulties in removing this. Just want to avoid tearing up the wall and have to patch, tape, float and texture before painting this stairwell.

Optionally, I leave in place to remove all the paint but I could perform a much better return to stain condition off the wall instead of on the wall.

ChatGPT says it is 70% certain this is a Valley shower valve, but could be a Delta 600 series.

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Can I unscrew the brass nut and remove the trim plate to expose the cartridge to be certain?

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Also, assuming this is correctly identified, are there options available for replacing the trim in black? I don't care if it's round or rectangular, just changing everything out to black.

Lots of rain lately here. What popped up?