The Shrimp Stops Here

You can have your shrimp and eat it, too. Come join us for some wonderful food, we’d love to see you. Here’s what we’ve got cooking for you at the end of the week: Chicken carbonara pasta and a shrimptastic po-boy Thursday. 

We’ll be closed Friday, October 7 for the North Delta Food and Wine Festival in West Monroe.

What We’re Cooking for You at Week’s End

Wednesday, October 5

Chicken carbonara on bow tie pasta. We have bow tie pasta swimming in a lovely and creamy white sauce with lots of fine friends — oven-roasted chicken breast, mushrooms, garden fresh veggies, and green onions. Well, on this very day way back in 1947, President Harry S. Truman appeared on TV for the very first time. Grainy and seen only in 44,000 homes (not many folks owned TV’s), President Truman made an appeal for decreased usage of food goods (e.g. grain, meat, poultry, and eggs) so we could help our friends and former enemies rebuild a tattered and war-torn Europe through The Marshall Plan. The first President to appear from the White House, starting an interesting precedent, we wonder if he’d like where we’ve come. By the way, he wasn’t the first to appear on TV: Franklin D. Roosevelt holds that distinction for a broadcast from the New York’s World’s Fair on April 30, 1939. Well, come enjoy some bow tie pasta today and remember our old friend Harry.

If you can’t make it for lunch on Wednesday, just give us a call at 267-4457, we’ll set aside some supper for you including salad, house-made bread, and chicken carbonara pasta.

Thursday, October 6

Shrimptastic Thursday: Barbecued shrimp stuffed po-boys or fried green tomato and shrimp po-boys with house-made remoulade sauce ($15). Take a half-size po-boy, hollow the bread to make a bread cave, stuff it with our own New Orleans style barbecued shrimp (prepped in loads of butter, white wine, and saucy spices), cover it with barbecue sauce, and grab the napkins. Or grab our fried green tomatoes, add some shrimp sautéed in our barbecue sauce, our house salad with house-made dressing, some remoulade sauce, and you’ve got a little more than a po-boy, you’ve got a “Whoa-boy.” President Truman famously had a sign on his desk saying, “The buck stops here.” Few know the sign was painted glass, made in the Federal Reformatory in El Reno, Oklahoma. On the back side was painted, “I’m from Missouri.” No kidding. President Truman reminded folks that the job of the president was to decide, there was no passing the buck from his desk in the Oval Office. Our favorite story, though, has the president at home in Missouri, eating a ham sandwich and having a glass of buttermilk on the evening of the November 2, 1948 election as he fought to hold the Oval Office against challenger Thomas E. Dewey. He went to bed behind in the count, causing the Chicago Daily Tribune to print the infamous erroneous headline, “Dewey Defeats Truman.” Of course, when President Truman woke, he’d won the presidency. Well, the shrimp stops here, and you don’t have to wait until the vote count is finished to have your shrimp and eat it, too.

Friday, October 7

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Get your tickets and information here.

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Stone House Eats Bread Baked Daily

Lunch Served | 11am-2pm Tuesday — Friday

You can find our house at 828 Julia Street in Rayville, Louisiana. You can call us at (318) 267-4457.

Thanks for letting us serve you, and may God bless you richly as you sit at the table.

Famous Quotes

Well, President Truman, ever known for speaking his mind (sometimes in no uncertain terms), once said, “I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.” Well, there you have it.

October 4, 2016 Weekly Menu

What happens when the weather cools? “Yahoo!” Kool and the Gang join us singing, “Celebrate good times, come on! There’s a party goin’ on round here, a celebration to last…,” well, about five minutes — it’s north Louisiana. If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes, it’ll probably change. But, while it’s here, we’re singing cool with Kool and his gang. Here’s what we’ve got cooking for you this wonderful week: Louisiana red beans and rice with hot water cornbread, chicken carbonara pasta, and a shrimptastic po-boy Thursday.

We’ll be closed Friday, October 7 for the North Delta Food and Wine Festival in West Monroe.

What We’re Cooking for You This Week

Tuesday, October 4

Special made Louisiana red beans and rice with hot water cornbread and house salad. Our red beans come fully and deeply flavored, cooked in our own house-made smoked ham hock stock that will totally set the week in motion. “Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.” We find that gem in Aesop’s Fable called “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.” Apparently, the quieter, simpler, pastoral life of the country mouse made more sense than the noisier, hurried, citified life of his townie cousin. We would totally agree. Come join us at the table for a wonderful lunch that will transport you to a quieter, simpler, more peaceful life. Red beans and rice, the key to peace and quiet (well, peace at least).

Wednesday, October 5

Chicken carbonara on bow tie pasta. We have bow tie pasta swimming in a lovely and creamy white sauce with lots of fine friends — oven-roasted chicken breast, mushrooms, garden fresh veggies, and green onions. “A tavola non si invecchia.” In Italian it literally means, “The table does not age.” What it means is that you don’t age at the table. Yep. Well, there you have it. The secret fountain of youth for which Ponce de León searched in vain for years is really found at the table. This pasta will help you stay young, but only so long as you sit a the table.

If you can’t make it for lunch on Wednesday, just give us a call at 267-4457, we’ll set aside some supper for you including salad, house-made bread, and chicken carbonara pasta.

Thursday, October 6

Shrimptastic Thursday: Barbecued shrimp stuffed po-boys or fried green tomato and shrimp po-boys with house-made remoulade sauce. Take a half-size po-boy, hollow the bread to make a bread cave, stuff it with our own New Orleans style barbecued shrimp (prepped in loads of butter, white wine, and saucy spices), cover it with barbecue sauce, and grab the napkins. Or grab our fried green tomatoes, add some shrimp sautéed in our barbecue sauce, our house salad with house-made dressing, some remoulade sauce, and you’ve got a little more than a po-boy, you’ve got a “Whoa-boy.” Comedienne and screenwriter April Wenchell writes, “I wish you a tolerable Thursday. That’s all any of us can hope for.” Well, Thursday (named after the Norse god Thor) gets overlooked many times because it’s sandwiched between “Humpday,” the day we’re trying to climb past, and “TGIF,” the day of freedom from the workaday world. Let’s celebrate Thors-day as more than tolerable with some thunder and lightning BBQ shrimp on a hammering good po-boy.

Friday, October 7

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Get your tickets and information here.

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Stone House Eats Bread Baked Daily

Lunch Served | 11am-2pm Tuesday — Friday

You can find our house at 828 Julia Street in Rayville, Louisiana. You can call us at (318) 267-4457.

Thanks for letting us serve you, and may God bless you richly as you sit at the table.

Famous Quotes

Our old, wise friend Plato observed, “There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.” See, we need Lonesome Dove’s Pocampo in the political process. Maybe he’ll bring his fried grasshoppers and bird egg pie.

I Dreamed I Was a Shrimp Étouffée

“What I like about the man is he’s a philosopher,” Gus tells Call in Lonesome Dove after they hire Pocampo. Well, have we some philosophy for you as we head into the weekend. Pocampo will join us with Zhuangzi, an ancient Chinese philosopher, and something miraculous just might happen. Here’s what we’ve got cooking for you at week’s end: Chicken cacciatore and shrimp étouffée.

What We’re Cooking for You at Week’s End

Thursday, September 29

Chicken cacciatore on creamy polenta. Our chicken breast is pan-fried in butter with a crushed plum tomatoes, fresh mushrooms, and fresh red peppers sauce served on a bed of creamy rosemary polenta. S. Parkes Cadman observes, “We can see a thousand miracles around us every day. What is more supernatural than an egg yolk turning into a chicken?” Well, he’s right, but we’d suggest seeing what happens when take that miraculous chicken and turn it into chicken cacciatore. It’s nothing short of heavenly.

If you can’t make it for lunch on Thursday, just give us a call at 267-4457, we’ll set aside some supper for you including salad, house-made bread, and chicken cacciatore.

Friday, September 23

Shrimptastic Friday: Shrimp étouffée with rice ($15). Shrimp lovingly cooked with the tasty trinity veggies, a light roux, and delectable Cajun spices in a delicious sauce served over Louisiana rice will make you boogie up and down the street. Fourth century Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi wrote, “We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.” Maybe that ancient tidbit can inspire some perspective on our current political environment, or maybe it’s a fancy way of saying, “The only thing that stays the same is change.” Of course, Zhuangzi also famously observed, “I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?” We’re wondering what it means if we dream of shrimp étouffée….Come join us at the table, and we can dream and discover together!

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Stone House Eats Bread Baked Daily

Lunch Served | 11am-2pm Tuesday — Friday

You can find our house at 828 Julia Street in Rayville, Louisiana. You can call us at (318) 267-4457.

Thanks for letting us serve you, and may God bless you richly as you sit at the table.

Famous Quotes

British author George Eliot waxes, “Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” Well, George (actually her name is Mary Ann Evans — she used a male pen name to ensure her work was taken seriously), got it right. Autumn is delicious and wonderful, and we’re certainly thankful for the turn in temperatures.

Image Credit: “Orchid Pavilion Gathering,” CreativeCommons.org.

September 27, 2016 Weekly Menu

Well, the first presidential debate’s in the books. We’re not sure anything much has changed — but, we’ve got some great food at the table this week to help us get over all the hullaballoo. Here’s what we’ve got cooking for you as we continue moving into early fall: Chicken and sausage gumbo, marinated pork loin, savory-sweet beans with mama’s rice, chicken cacciatore, and shrimp étouffée.

What We’re Cooking for You This Week

Tuesday, September 27

Chicken and sausage gumbo. We make our gumbo with a dark roux, chicken, sausage, and the trinity of bell pepper, onion, and celery. Oh, Grandpa Justin would add sauterne wine, a cup or two or three, and so do we. Modern presidential debating started interestingly about this week 56 years ago with the first Kennedy-Nixon debate. Because of heavy campaigning and preparing, Mr. Nixon looked a little pasty, sweaty, and tired on camera. Mr. Kennedy, on the other hand, looked suave, debonair, and rested. The secret, you wonder? Naps. Because of his back issues from the PT-109 sinking in World War II, Mr. Kennedy had to rest daily (usually taking a warm bath). Naps. The real secret behind doing well in a  presidential debate (and, truth be told, napping is probably the best way to watch a presidential debate).

Have a look at Grandpa Justin cooking his dark roux gumbo here.

Wednesday, September 28

Marinated pork loin, savory sweet green beans, and mama’s rice. Specially marinated with butter, spices, and dijon mustard, this pork loin comes with savory-sweet green beans, and mama’s rice. Ted Stevens, former Alaskan senator, joked, “I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me.” Well, you don’t have to feel guilty about asking for pork around here, we love to serve it — and no tax dollars were wasted in its making.

Thursday, September 29

Chicken cacciatore on creamy polenta. Our chicken breast is pan-fried in butter with a crushed plum tomatoes, fresh mushrooms, and fresh red peppers sauce served on a bed of creamy rosemary polenta. Some folks may wonder what foods the presidents favor. Well, what about the First Ladies? Long a Sunday evening staple in the Roosevelt household, scrambled eggs cooked in a chafing dish by the tableside were Eleanor Roosevelt’s favorite supper. FDR made the martinis and Eleanor cooked the eggs. Yep. And, yes, that has absolutely nothing to do with chicken cacciatore.

If you can’t make it for lunch on Thursday, just give us a call at 267-4457, we’ll set aside some supper for you including salad, house-made bread, and chicken cacciatore.

Friday, September 23

Shrimptastic Friday: Shrimp étouffée with rice ($15). Shrimp lovingly cooked with the tasty trinity veggies, a light roux, and delectable Cajun spices in a delicious sauce served over Louisiana rice will make you boogie up and down the street. Well, “Polly Wolly Doodle” was first published in a Harvard songbook in 1880 with this recognizable chorus: “Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare thee well my fairy fay, for I’m going to Lou’siana for to see my Susyanna, sing polly wolly doodle all the day.” Our favorite lyrics, though, talk about sneezing chickens: “Behind the barn, down on my knees, sing polly wolly doodle all the day, I thought I heard a chicken sneeze, sing polly wolly doodle all the day (chorus). He sneezed so hard with the whooping cough, sing polly wolly doodle all the day. He sneezed his head and the tail right off, sing polly wolly doodle all the day (chorus).” This étouffée will have you singing polly wolly doodle into the weekend. You’re probably humming this oldie right now…we sure are.

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Stone House Eats Bread Baked Daily

Lunch Served | 11am-2pm Tuesday — Friday

You can find our house at 828 Julia Street in Rayville, Louisiana. You can call us at (318) 267-4457.

Thanks for letting us serve you, and may God bless you richly as you sit at the table.

Famous Quotes

Our great, good friend Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady herself, says, “I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job.” Well, we just love Maggie…oops, we weren’t supposed to agree.

Ba De Ya — Say Do You Remember?

Earth, Wind and Fire drops by the house with their cool 70’s threads and the jammin’ horn section. What more could you want? Here’s what we’ve got cooking for you at week’s end: Chicken and sausage pastalaya. 

We’ll be closed this Friday, September 23 for a catering event.

What We’re Cooking for You This Week

Thursday, September 22

Chicken and sausage pastalaya with house salad. Well, Cajun calling! What’s better than a delicious, hearty mix of chicken, sausage, bow tie pasta, and tasty goodies? Earth, Wind and Fire totally plays some cool music, including one of our favorites, “September.” We love to hear them sing, “Pastalaya — say to you remember? Pastalaya — dancing in September. Pastalaya — never was a cloudy day!” Of course, our favorite lyrics were, “Ba duda, ba duda, ba duda, badu, ba duda, badu, ba duda, badu, ba duda, badu, ba duda!” Yep. Dancing, singing, and pastalaya. Come let the horn section greet you, we’d love to see you.

If you can’t make it for lunch on Thursday, just give us a call at 267-4457, we’ll set aside some supper for you including salad, house-made bread, and pastalaya.

Friday, September 23

We’ll be closed for a catering event this Friday. Come see us next week on Tuesday, September 27 — we’ll be serving chicken and sausage gumbo, marinated pork loin, savory sweet green beans, and smashed potatoes, chicken cacciatore, and a shrimptastic Friday with our shrimp po-boys.

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Stone House Eats Bread Baked Daily

Lunch Served | 11am-2pm Tuesday — Friday

You can find our house at 828 Julia Street in Rayville, Louisiana. You can call us at (318) 267-4457.

Thanks for letting us serve you, and may God bless you richly as you sit at the table.

Famous Quotes

Lee Maynard writes, “I loved autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there just for the beauty of it.” We would agree, especially as the temperatures cool.

Image Credit: Reviewsrevues.

September 20, 2016 Weekly Menu

We’ll be swinging from a old tire swing all week, singing a few songs, writing some great poetry, and answering deep philosophical questions over pulled pork po-boys. Here’s what we’ve got cooking for you as we move into early fall: Fried chicken tenders with lady cream peas and roasted broccoli, pulled pork po-boys with apple slaw, and chicken and sausage pastalaya. 

We’ll be closed this Friday, September 23 for a catering event.

What We’re Cooking for You This Week

Tuesday, September 20

Fried chicken tenders with lady cream peas, roasted broccoli, and honey cornmeal biscuits. Chicken tenders bedded overnight in buttermilk and hot sauce come fried in a special flour recipe and served with a savory side of lady cream peas and roasted broccoli with flaky honey cornmeal biscuits. Poet Carl Sandberg noted, “Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.” We remember his opening lines to the poem about “Chicago,” “Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders: They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys….” Biscuits, hyacinths, and poetry — sounds like we’re having fried chicken with some fresh farm goodness just for you.

Wednesday, September 21

Pulled pork po-boys with apple slaw. Slow cooked pork, pulled to tender pieces, house made barbecue sauce, and jalapeño mayonnaise topped with our tart apple slaw on Gambino’s po-boy bread form a porkalicious sandwich that simply makes your week better by helping you slide faster into the weekend. Writer Shane Koyczan jokes, “When I was a kid, I used to think pork chops and karate chops were the same thing.” We’re wondering what kind of animal a “karate” is. Will it taste like chicken? Come have a pulled pork po-boy with us, and we can answer these deep, philosophical questions together.

Thursday, September 22

Chicken and sausage pastalaya with house salad. Well, Cajun calling! What’s better than a delicious, hearty mix of chicken, sausage, bow tie pasta, and tasty goodies? Old buddy Jimmy Buffet sings in his song, “Life is Just a Tire Swing” — “Life was just a tire swing. ‘Jambalaya’ was the only song I could sing. Blackberry pickin’, eatin’ fried chicken, and I never knew a thing about pain. Life was just a tire swing.” Well, this pastalaya will help you feel the breeze of swinging on an old tire in late, cool evenings of early fall. Yep.

If you can’t make it for lunch on Thursday, just give us a call at 267-4457, we’ll set aside some supper for you including salad, house-made bread, and pastalaya.

Friday, September 23

We’ll be closed for a catering event this Friday. Come see us next week on Tuesday, September 27 — we’ll be serving chicken and sausage gumbo, marinated pork loin, savory sweet green beans, and smashed potatoes, chicken cacciatore, and a shrimptastic Friday with our shrimp po-boys.

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Stone House Eats Bread Baked Daily

Lunch Served | 11am-2pm Tuesday — Friday

You can find our house at 828 Julia Street in Rayville, Louisiana. You can call us at (318) 267-4457.

Thanks for letting us serve you, and may God bless you richly as you sit at the table.

Famous Quotes

Our old friend Henry David Thoreau oddly observed, “I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” Hmmm. Maybe he’s saying he doesn’t like city-living. Then again, maybe he’s The Great Pumpkin of Charlie Brown fame the way John Lennon was the walrus. 

Can’t Get Enough of Your Grits, Babe

Barry White celebrates his birthday with us this week as we sing together about the good things of life like ham, shrimp, and grits. Come join the disco-funk choir, we’d love to see you! Here’s what we’ve got cooking for you at week’s end: Fettuccine Alfredo with sugar snap peas and ham and shrimp with fried or creamy grits.

What We’re Cooking for You at Week’s End

Thursday, September 15

Fettuccine Alfredo with sugar snap peas, snow peas, and ham. Fettuccine noodles dressed in a creamy, homemade Alfredo sauce with sugar snap peas and ham added to make a surprisingly light and delicious meal. Our friend and comedian Mike Myers admits, “I came out wanting to be an actor. From my first view of the world, that’s what I wanted to be. I’m made of 99 percent ham and 1 percent water. I was just cooked that way!” Well, these noodles won’t help you be funny, but they sure will help you feel 99 percent good. Hey, that’s a “A.” Like the “a” in ham. See, pork is good for you.

If you can’t make it for lunch on Thursday, just give us a call at 267-4457, we’ll set aside some supper for you including salad, house-made bread, and pasta.

Friday, September 16

Shrimptastic Friday: Shrimp and grits ($15). Shrimptastic Friday: Shrimp on baked garlic cheese grits (crispy or creamy), $15. Shrimp lovingly cooked with chopped veggies in a delicious sauce served over baked garlic cheese grits (either crispy or cream) will make you toot your horns up and down the street. Barry White celebrates a birthday this week, but we’re remembering his famous disco dance ode to grits: “Can’t Get Enough of Your Grits, Babe.” He sang so soulfully deep, “I’ve heard people say that too much of anything is not good for you, baby. Oh no, but I don’t know about that; there’s many times that we’ve cooked, we’ve shared grits and made grits. It doesn’t seem to me like it’s enough. There’s just not enough of it, there’s just not enough. Oh oh, babe. My darling, I can’t get enough of your grits, babe. Girl, I don’t know, I don’t know why, can’t get enough of your grits babe….” That low, earthy rumble seduces, doesn’t it? Yep. That’s grits for you (especially fried ones): low, earthy, rumbly, and seductive. Come grab a bowl of shrimp and grits this Friday, Barry will be here providing the background love.

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Stone House Eats Bread Baked Daily

Lunch Served | 11am-2pm Tuesday — Friday

You can find our house at 828 Julia Street in Rayville, Louisiana. You can call us at (318) 267-4457.

Thanks for letting us serve you, and may God bless you richly as you sit at the table.

Famous Quotes

Paula Deena shares the secret of southern-made veggies, “Down South, even our vegetables have some pig hidden somewhere in it. A vegetable isn’t a vegetable without a little ham hock.” Preach on, dear sister, preach on.

September 13, 2016 Weekly Menu

“O say can you see…,” Francis Scott Key wrote on September 13, 1814 as Key watched the British bombing Fort McHenry in Maryland. And, as day broke the grip of horrendous night, he saw the flag still flying. Yep. Here’s what we’ve got cooking for you as we move into early fall: Fried pork chops with speckled butter beans, brisket tacos with fresh salsas, fettuccine Alfredo with sugar snaps and ham, and shrimp with fried or creamy grits.

What We’re Cooking for You This Week

Tuesday, September 13

Fried pork chops, speckled butter beans, and savory-sweet green beans. Blissfully slumbering overnight in a special saucy boudoir of buttermilk and seasonings, these pork chops will ceremoniously swim with their special flour bathing suits in a big pot of hot and lovely grease, and they come served with a fresh speckled butter beans sided by our special savory-sweet green beans. Yes, interestingly enough, amid all the hubbub of gridiron protest during our national anthem of late, we arrive on the day when Francis Scott Key actually penned the famous poem. Originally published in newspapers, the poem was eventually set to the music of a popular English drinking tune called “To Anacreon in Heaven.” The Greek poet Anacreon wrote lots of odes on drinking and love, and so, in the late 18th century the Anacreontic Society, a gentlemen’s club dedicated to music, food, an drink, sang this lovely little song to honor their patron. It has about six verses, opening with these lines: “To Anacreon in Heav’n, where he sat in full Glee, a few Sons of Harmony sent a Petition, that he their Inspirer and Patron would be; when this answer arriv’d from the Jolly Old Grecian ‘Voice, Fiddle, and Flute,’ no longer be mute, ‘I’ll lend you my Name and inspire you to boot, and, besides I’ll instruct you, like me, to intwine ‘The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus‘s Vine.'” Well, that’s history for you. Come join us for some fried pork chops, they can make sense of anything.

Wednesday, September 14

Brisket tacos, charro black beans, cilantro lime slaw, and fresh red and green salsas. Our overnight brisket chopped and served on lightly fried corn tortillas with charro black beans, lime cilantro slaw, and fresh tomato and tomatillo salsas will help you rethink the traditional taco. Forty-six years ago, President Jimmy Carter attended a Willie Nelson concert on the White House south lawn. And, yes, First Lady Rosalynn and Nelson sang a rousing rendition of “Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother.” Then, reportedly, as was Nelson’s particular nightly habit, he retired to the roof to light “a big fat Austin torpedo” (that’s a joint for the uninitiated). Yep. Well, that has absolutely nothing to do with brisket tacos, but it makes for an interesting story. Happy Wednesday.

Thursday, September 15

Fettuccine Alfredo with sugar snap peas, snow peas, and ham. Fettuccine noodles dressed in a creamy, homemade Alfredo sauce with sugar snap peas and ham added to make a surprisingly light and delicious meal.  Hiding the courtship from her father, she secretly dated Robert until the fateful night they snuck over to St. Marylebone Parish Church where they were married. For one week, they kept the wedding a secret until they eloped for Italy. Sounds like a great start to a love story, and it was, only Elizabeth never saw her father again. You’ve probably guessed, but way back in September of 1846 the love affair of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning started. In her famous poem “Aurora Leigh,” she composed, “Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God, but only he who sees, takes off his shoes, the rest sit round it and pluck blackberries, and daub their natural faces unaware….” She proved right: earth is crammed full of heaven which she found in her Robert. You, too, can start a great love story with our fettuccine Alfredo — and you don’t even have to elope to Italy.

If you can’t make it for lunch on Thursday, just give us a call at 267-4457, we’ll set aside some supper for you including salad, house-made bread, and pasta.

Friday, September 16

Shrimptastic Friday: Shrimp and grits ($15). Shrimptastic Friday: Shrimp on baked garlic cheese grits (crispy or creamy), $15. Shrimp lovingly cooked with chopped veggies in a delicious sauce served over baked garlic cheese grits (either crispy or cream) will make you toot your horns up and down the street. Our old friend Dolly Parton reveals, “I’ll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road.” Reminds us of the “Ballad of Palladin,” “Have grits, will travel, reads the card of a man. A knight without armor in a savage land. His fast grits for hire head’s the calling wind.” Or something like that. Our fried or creamy grits will have you breaking into song, even if the song doesn’t really make sense.

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Stone House Eats Bread Baked Daily

Lunch Served | 11am-2pm Tuesday — Friday

You can find our house at 828 Julia Street in Rayville, Louisiana. You can call us at (318) 267-4457.

Thanks for letting us serve you, and may God bless you richly as you sit at the table.

Famous Quotes

Author and philosopher Albert Camus remarked, “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” Well, that’s a great way to think about the colors of fall.

Sometimes You Wear Stretchy Pants

Nacho Libre has joined us to do a wrestling exhibition called “How to Wrestle Your Neighbor.” We’re having some stretchy pants fun at the end of the week. Here’s what we’ve got cooking for you at the end of week: spaghetti and meatballs and blackened catfish with a beurre blanc crabmeat sauce over dirty rice.

What We’re Cooking for You at Week’s End

Thursday, September 8

Spaghetti with fresh marinara sauce and meatballs. Yes, it’s the old stand-by, but ours contains homemade marinara sauce and hand-patted meatballs served over piping hot pasta, and it’s just the right kind of pastalicious serving that makes life a little better as you head toward the weekend. One of our favorite movies stars Jack Black, played a wannabe luchador in Nacho Libre. One of the orphans where Nacho works as a kitchen servant catches him trying on his new luchador outfit. Nacho replies, “Chancho, when you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants in your room. It’s for fun.” Well, you may need some stretchy pants after these meatballs — they are delightful, delicious, and scandalously good. Who knows, they might even inspire some luchador wrestling in the front room? Be sure to bring your wrestling mask.

Friday, September 9

Blackened catfish with a beurre blanc crabmeat sauce, dirty rice, and house bread, ($15). Seasoned to perfection using Paul Prudhomme’s season recipe, we blacken the catfish in a white hot cast iron skillet, serve it atop dirty rice, add a little beurre blanc sauce with crab meat, and put a little house bread on the side. Yummy. In 1970 one-hit-wonder named The Ides of March created a totally fun R&B funky song called “Vehicle” with some great horn riffs to take us into the weekend. “Well, I’m the friendly stranger in the black sedan, oh won’t you hop inside my car? I got pictures, got candy, I’m a lovable man. I’d like to take you to the nearest star I’m your vehicle baby, I’ll take you anywhere you wanna go. I’m your vehicle woman. By now I’m sure you know that I love you (love you). I need you (need you). I want to, got to have you child. Great God in heaven, you know I love you.” Jim Peterik wrote the song as a kind of joke when he realized a girl he was dating — and driving to and from school in Chicago — was only using him as a vehicle. We like to think he was thinking about blackened catfish as a vehicle to take us to the stars — or at least to the weekend. Eat this catfish, and you’ll be hearing that great horn riff, “Great God in heaven, you know I love catfish.”

Catch The Ides of March on Youtube playing, “Vehicle.” For a live, less grainy version of “Vehicle,” try this video from 2014 at the Chicago House of Blues.

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Have a look: Stone House Eats Standard Menu!

Stone House Eats Bread Baked Daily

Lunch Served | 11am-2pm Tuesday — Friday

You can find our house at 828 Julia Street in Rayville, Louisiana. You can call us at (318) 267-4457.

Thanks for letting us serve you, and may God bless you richly as you sit at the table.

Famous Quotes

Nacho and Sister Encarnación catch the orphans playing luchadores, something forbidden in the orphanage. Nacho instructs them (even as he’s fighting the ring), “I know it is fun to wrestle. A nice pile-drive to the face; or a punch to the face; but you cannot do it because it is in the Bible not to wrestle your neighbor.” Yep. Theology and stretchy pants sounds like a great combo to us because sometimes your neighbor needs to be wrestled, but in a very loving and caring way.

September 6, 2016 Weekly Menu

Babar the Elephant has joined us at the table with his elephant army sporting painted backsides to scare the bad guys. Well, it worked as a deterrent to those rascally rhinoceroses, but we think sitting at the table provides a better way to make it through the week (and you don’t have to paint your backside — unless that’s how you roll). Here’s what we’ve got cooking for you to welcome you to the workaday world of the very early fall (even though it’s still hot): house-made hamburgers on jalapeño buns, chicken pot pie, spaghetti and meatballs, and blackened catfish with a beurre blanc crabmeat sauce over dirty rice.

What We’re Cooking for You This Week

Tuesday, September 6

House-made hamburgers on jalapeño buns with all the trimmings. Well, what’s better than home-made hamburgers, jalapeño buns, lots of trimmings? Nothing. TV chef and culinary explainer Alton Brown says, “I’m an absolute connoisseur of cheeseburgers and like to think that I can detect even mere percentages of shift in fat content in ground meat in a burger and can actually name the temperature to which it was actually cooked to the degree if I’m, you know, really on my game.” Well, we are none so fancy or gamey as Mr. Alton, but we will tell you a simple thing we learned a long time ago: kill the fat, kill the burger. So, we hide a little bacon in our burgers to make them juicy and savory. ‘Cuz everybody knows, bacon makes things better.

Wednesday, September 7

Chicken pot pie. Made with specially cooked chicken breast meat, a host of roasted root vegetables, and a scrumptious sauce made with our very own chicken stock, Stone House Eats chicken pot pie redefines mom’s old standby meal. Who is the most famous chicken character of all time? Well, believe it or not, according to Ranker.com, Lady Kluck of Disney’s Robin Hood stands at number 5 with Alan-a-Dale, also of Robin Hood, singing his way to number 4. Chicken Little of the-sky-is-falling fame, runs to number 3. Muppet Camilla the Chicken (Gonzo’s main squeeze) comes in at number 2. But, the most famous chicken of all (at least, according to the internet which always tells the truth) is our oldie, but goodie friend Foghorn Leghorn of Looney Tunes fame. Yep. This chicken pot pie should top your oldie, but goodie list of famous chickens (and no cartoon, puppet, or imaginary chickens were harmed in the making of the pies).

Thursday, September 8

Spaghetti with fresh marinara sauce and meatballs. Yes, it’s the old stand-by, but ours contains homemade marinara sauce and hand-patted meatballs served over piping hot pasta, and it’s just the right kind of pastalicious serving that makes life a little better as you head toward the weekend. Old “Blood and Guts” General George S. Patton once remarked, “A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.” Sounds like that leadership advice about not being able to push an elephant by the tail, you have to lead it by the trunk. Well, this spaghetti is the good elephant in the room, and you eat it one bite at a time (another famous elephant teaching). We’re not sure this makes much sense, but the spaghetti will help us get it sorted.

Friday, September 9

Blackened catfish with a beurre blanc crabmeat sauce, dirty rice, and house bread, ($15). Seasoned to perfection using Paul Prudhomme’s season recipe, we blacken the catfish in a white hot cast iron skillet, serve it atop dirty rice, add a little beurre blanc sauce with crab meat, and put a little house bread on the side. Yummy. Well, we learned something new this week: being catfished. It means someone (“the catfish”) makes a very persuading fake identity for the purposes of establishing a relationship for fake dating with “the catfishee” (a.k.a., “the victim”) for obtaining personal information from the victim. Well, we’re not sure what to say about that. But, our catfish is totally for real — identifiable and delicious — with no tricks. Well, no tricks except that it provides an early transport to the weekend because of it’s goodness. Come join us, we’d love to see you!

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Have a look: Stone House Eats Standard Menu!

Stone House Eats Bread Baked Daily

Lunch Served | 11am-2pm Tuesday — Friday

You can find our house at 828 Julia Street in Rayville, Louisiana. You can call us at (318) 267-4457.

Thanks for letting us serve you, and may God bless you richly as you sit at the table.

Famous Quotes

Since we’re talking about elephants a little this week, our funny friend Groucho Marx jokes, “One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know.” We’re reminded of The Travels of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff, which has a elephant in pajamas eating a picnic with his wife Celeste. Babar, interestingly, was first written in French as Histoire de Babar: Le Petit Elephant.