![]() The woman said, “We’re from a small town you probably never heard of,” and I was all, “Honh, honh, honh. Slap Ya Mama, made by Walker & Son’s, had been handing out samples at a Chile Pepper Event, so I called up someone at Slap Ya Mama and the inevitable happened. My very first news story for Advertising Age (something they thought was a risk since I was just a copy editor) was about Chile Pepper Magazine and the zesty food movement. Slap Ya Mama is made in Ville Platte, where a lot of my mama’s people live. Before Frank’s hot sauce came up with the brilliant tag line, “I put that shit on everything,” people from Louisiana put that shit on everything. I tried to teach New Yorkers for decades how to pronounce Tony Chachere’s (phonetic attemp: sa-sher-ee). I grew up with Tony’s (I also went to school with Tony’s grandkids). Tony’s is made in Opelousas, which is where I’m from. I’m afraid to wade into this particular fight. (In fact, Slap Ya Mama was created because someone wanted a seasoning blend with less salt.) Slap Ya Mama loyalists say it’s better than Tony’s because it’s got less salt. Unlike Tony’s, it’s a lot easier for the uninitiated to pronounce. Slap Ya Mama is similar to Tony Chachere’s. SEE ALSO: Talkin’ Funny Louisiana Style and More Talkin’ Funny Louisiana StyleĪnother thing that happened in the last month or so was that I came across a line of Slap Ya Mama products at a World Market here in Brooklyn. Except Tony Chachere’s doesn’t taste like a dusty sack of stale spices. For those of you from the Eastern Atlantic coast, you should think along the lines of Old Bay. Tony Chachere’s is a seasoning blend, a magical little canister of dust to spice up your food. If you’re not from Louisiana, allow me to explain. One, the first rule of Trader Joe’s is “Get the hell out of Trader Joes.” Two, I knew that TJ’s didn’t have Tony Chachere’s. I should take a moment to point out that, defying centuries of Wheaton genetic coding, I didn’t insert myself into this conversation. “It’s a Louisiana seasoning blend,” the Brit said. Trying to find something at Trader Joe’s, I overheard a man with a British accent asking a store employee if TJ’s carried something called Tony Shasheer’s. Panic attacks are scary asf and those series of PAs I had just last month were the absolute worst I’ve ever experienced.I had a very surreal moment last month. I really hope she gets well and gets some rest or whatever help she needs. I was scared to be home alone because I really thought I was on my way outta here. And then I began having a panic attack and they continued probably two weeks later everytime I tried to sleep. My aunt said I would pray and then start saying I was hot and my mouth was dry. My face was dripping sweat, and i ended up running out of the house and sitting in the pouring rain when I came to. When I could see all I saw was images of my kids and at some point I could see myself as if I was looking in a mirror. I could hear the panic of my aunt, and her begging me to come back. The very next day whenever I would try to sleep I would have panic attacks (counselor believes it was due to fear of fainting again - because I really thought I was dying) I could hear things around me but I couldn’t see anything it was just black. ![]() They stopped at some point, but recently they came back after fainting. Same I used to have them all the time in highschool and college. ![]()
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