We have jumped ahead in our tale of the 2013 shrimp boil tailgate. There are many good photos of the tailgate itself and of preparations taking place in the wee hours. But we must make our way to 2014, and then 2015, because the real fun starts in 2016. This is the last post on the 2013 tailgate. It’s the day after–a Sunday.

Cheat sheet to terms and names:

Mr. mini-Hershey is the ^#*% who showed up at the tailgate with a single small bag of mini-Hershey bars as his contribution to the tailgate. That did not sit well with me and I told him so in the post before this original one. (Not in real life.)

The Piglet is the Piggly Wiggly grocery store in town.

A. Leland is a former colleague of Mr. Big Food who spent part of his sabbatical here on the Farm.

Season 3: It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over & It Ain’t Over Yet

Published on October 7, 2013 by Marica 

Mr. mini-Hershey may have had his fill of the shrimp boil and moved on to attend to the details of his worthless life, but those of us worth our salt were still working today.

We went to the Piglet this morning– the giveaway is up to $700!— and arrived home to a most horrific sight.

I won’t bore you with the details of what was involved with trying to get back to normal after several days of being focused on the tailgate. It was just drudge work— completing tasks which must be completed as efficiently as is possible without a functioning dishwasher.

The good news is there was a little bit of shrimp left over. Mr. Big Food turned it into a delightful Sunday Supper.

I’ll wrap up the post-tailgate drudge work tomorrow.

A. Leland has offered to take a look at the dishwasher.