De Secret Ingredient

Ma frien, "T.C." waz a good soul, he done pass away a couple year ago and dat make me sad every time I tink O dat. He waz a life long frien an he left a good legacy too me shy. Now T.C. he waz a good Cajun cook too yeah. He done did dat professionally for a while and when he'd cook, he toll some funny Cajun stories.
One time, we all get together at his camp house on de bayou to watch the Saints kick some azz an he make what dey call an etouffee. Now for dose of you dat don' know, in Cajun land, "etouffe", means to smother. Me shy, I toll you on de side note, I tink I had a girl frien like dat once, but dats a story for another time. Now de recipe for a good etouffee iz easy-nough to find on de interneckts, in a recent blog, ma frein Boudreaux explained de Interneckts, "The Cajun Interneckt Marketer", so me, I'm not gonna toll it to you here. I am however, gonna toll you what sep-a-rate a good etouffee from a great etouffee! It's de "Secret Ingredient".
Ma frein T.C. done made me promise not to ever reveal de secret ingredient, but since he pass away, maybe he don' mind if I go ahead and pass it on. He sez to me at de time, shy, de secret ingredient to a great etouffee iz,...de spice of life. Now I done look at T.C. like he done loss hiz mind! I sez to him, are you crazy, or jess plain stupid? I sez to T.C., you can't put dat in de pot! de spice of life iz laughter, good frienz, good food and lots O good spirits! Now ole T.C. he look at me an laugh hiz azz off. He say, shy, it'z a diffrant kind of spice of life dat I'm to toll you bout. OK, so now you gots my full attention I sez to ole T.C. Now T.C. he starts to stir de pot and look like he got somtin deep and dark on hiz mind. He start to reach in de cabinet to get, "de secret ingredient", and stop dead in his tracks. Den he look over at me, and den behind hiz shoulder, like itz some kind of top secret guvmnet issue. Den ole T.C. he sez, before I give dis gift to you, I'm gonna toll you a little story bout Boudreaux, Thibideaux, and Marie! Me, I look dejected, like some kidd dat jess loss his candy to de school yard bully. It'z because I know T.C. all to well, an I know dat sometimes, hiz stories can take a long time an I probably done heard dis one bout tree (3) times too! But I relent maself to hiz request cause, I really want to know what dat iz dat he got in de cabinet.
T.C. starts in. One morning Boudreaux, Thibideaux, and Marie, de all get in de pirogue an head out on de bayou to hunt some gator. Marie, she done decide dat she'z gonna make de gator sauce piquant for dinner and dey gots to get de main ingredient. It'z about a four foot gator wit got no bizness gettin in de way of tree (3) hungry Cajuns!  Now bout twice half hour into de hunt, De clouds in de sky, dey start to stirin. (to be continued, Fish On!)