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Word: esteli (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rien!. . . and Hurricanes ($2.95). . . Cay-john as Chop Suey, but dey just like dem ones at Pat O'Brien's in dey Vieux Carre, and you drink two o'those, you say, "Doucement!," start feelin' like a nutria gettin' whomped on dey head! And I tell you what - C'est vrai, babe! - Dey teach dat Scorpion Bowl how to sting! Put one o' dem in your shoe, you gon' holler...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

...down by dey bay-you. But I eat as much as dey next jeune homme, and I t'ink I can spot dey gen'win article. (And sans doute, dey gen'win article can spot me! . . all mes freres Cay-johns reading dis story, shakin' yo' head, sayin', "C'est qui, cet imposteur?") So I go to dis Border Cafe, take a coupla friends, and I wait in line, you know, ha'f hour or so, and lemme tell you what I eat, and how it taste...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

Well, we get dese chips and piquante sauce. Dey OK. We eat dem up. Drink Corona beer and goutons a Margarita ($2.95). "Dis Margarita tastes like Windex!" my frien' says. But don't dey all? C'est comme...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

...some Creole Chicken. Poo-lay. Covered it over with, qu'est-ce que c'est, piquante sauce? Mon amie, she says it's real good, but she don' finish it. She eats only half, maybe, leaves it on her plate. Poor little chicken, I think. Don' nobody love you? I taste it with my mouth and, I don't know, it ain't so bad. You show me a chicken, you know what, I'll eat it. I'll eat it right...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

...food, you know, it not so bad. Not so good either. But what you want, K-Paul's in deh Quarter? Pour le dessert, bread pudding, I swear. . . Est-ce que ma mere etait dans la cuisine...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

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