Gumbo, the ultimate Cajun food. It's really just a thick stew served with rice. This recipe uses chicken and sausage, but you can use anything that swims, flies, walks or crawls. Shrimp, alligator, turkey, ham, anything you like. This one is also a filé (sassafras powder) gumbo, which means no okra. If you prefer okra, you can add some, I just don't really like it that much if it's not fried. If you can't find filé in your area, it can be mail ordered, or you can leave it out, but the results will not be as good without it.

Okay, it's Friday afternoon. Time to wind the workday down and think about the weekend activities. What's going on this weekend? Football playoffs. That's what's going on. Bring on the chips and salsa, the chili, the buffalo wings, Hi-Def television, DVRs, Coopers homebrew, and lazyboy chairs (friends optional).

Speaking of lazyboy, I stopped by the local store on my way back from playing basketball and picked up a beer to try while I wrote this blog. Lo and behold, I found an India Pale Ale from Lazy Boy Brewing. As Matt Hendy quoted "It was their butterscotch ale mislabeled as India Pale Ale." This beer is loaded with diacetyl. So if butter is your thing, go for it. But I digress

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This is the original spicy Buffalo chicken wings recipe from the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY. You can adjust the heat by adding more or less cayenne and Tabasco.

There are many Buffalo chicken wing recipes out there, but if you want to taste the "real" thing give this a try. The chicken wings are deep-fried in the original recipe, but the hot oven works fine for the home version.

Makes 6 Servings of Buffalo Chicken Wings (6 per person)