I lovingly put together the myriad of spices needed for this, added vinegar and wine and onions and garlic, boiled it all up and added my ingredients little by little so that they would all cook properly...Long story short, it was good but Zatarain's shrimp boil is better. Mine was lacking the lip tingle that I get when I use it. Still, it's a nice end of summer dish and easy now that I;ve essentially told you to buy a pre-packaged bag of spices.