The first #sourdough #bread loaf came out ok. Not as sour as I would have preferred but I figured out how to fix that.
I always hated just throwing away the discard and didn't want a long recipe to use with it. A quick search found this super easy cracker #recipe with no fuss.
Bonus: I used some of the #cajun #seasoning I picked up in #NewOrleans where I bought my kid some #alligator #jerky.
#OTD (Apr 22) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Two accused of Agnello murder in #NewOrleans, letter connects Morello with #BarrelMurder victim, jury convicts #Baltimore Black Hand bomber, #Kastel gets three years for mail fraud, #Torrio is charged with tax fraud, murder victim found outside #HotSpringsAR, Marcello is freed of contempt charge, Manocchio convictions are restored.
Hmm, that's a lot of rain for just a thunderstorm (over New Orleans)... 5-7 inches, more falling. 
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Jefferson Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
Southwestern Orleans Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
Western St. Bernard Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 543 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 5 and 7 inches of rain
have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
Jehovah’s Witnesses administrator confessed child abuse without substantial consequence, lawsuit says https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/jehovahs-witnesses-child-sexual-abuse #Rapeandsexualassault #Jehovah'sWitnesses #USjusticesystem #NorthCarolina #NewOrleans #Louisiana #Religion #UScrime #USnews
#OTD (Apr 20) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NewOrleans #Mafia leader is murdered, #NYC tong chief seeks protection, #BarrelMurder victim is identified, #Masseria is buried, Cammarata deportation is blocked, #YoungstownOH racketeer Joey Naples enters prison, mob gunmen kill Marfeo and Melei in #ProvidenceRI.
If I could, I would post a whiff of Star Jasmine carried by the breeze. Walking in New Orleans right now is like walking in paradise.
Survivor of notorious New Orleans child sex abuser priest speaks out for first time https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/new-orleans-clergy-abuse-survivor-neil-duhon #NewOrleansclergyabuse #Rapeandsexualassault #Catholicism #NewOrleans #Louisiana #UScrime #USnews
greetings from #NewOrleans (& the pop culture conference), where a kind hotel clerk helped us locate the room the dead were busted in at the royal sonesta in 1970, formerly 2184, now 2128. the maid said someone was staying there so we couldn't go in (nor did we have a warrant). #deadfreaksunite #GratefulDead #cannabis
I talked about my love of Louisiana, New Orleans' HEAVY LIDS on here and their 2017 record 'Final Days' a couple years back when I bought it. Revisiting it today, have it #NowPlaying & blasting loud in the background as I play Toadomination-- this thing is still a solid banger. What a record. No idea what's going on with Heavy Lids, hope we see more from them.
#OTD in 2019, #NewOrleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell delivered an official proclamation of apology for the 1891 #lynching of eleven Italian-American prisoners held at Orleans Parish Prison.
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/04/nola-mayor-to-offer-apology-for-1891.html
