The Big Easy

Wednesday, August 5, we watched The Big Easy and made New Orleans Red Beans and Rice.

I'm going to make this post very brief because this movie night was a FAIL! After all my effort to soak the beans overnight and then cook them in a crock pot all day... they never cooked. And let me tell you, trying to dance around eating red beans in a red beans and rice dish is just far to much effort. The andouille sausage was yummy though!

Much like the dinner was a "fail," so too was the movie, even though this film came highly recommended by a good friend of ours. I am going to have to disagree with her. I just couldn't get past Dennis Quaid's muddled accent. Here is a short synopsis of the film:
Remy McSwain (Dennis Quaid) is a detective in a New Orleans Police Department that has some shady goings-on involving drugs and murders. Ann Osborne (Ellen Barkin) comes in as the beautiful attorney investigating the corruption within the department. The two have a steamy, film noir romance (which i found to be poorly written and not believable). The end.

In attendance: Barb and Lindsey
Ratings: to come