Gumbo cook-off to Save Scrim planned Jan. 11 in Metairie | Entertainment/Life

Scrim, the legendary runaway terrier, is famously hard to find. But gumbo, the legendary Louisiana dish, will be easy to find at the “Save Scrim Gumbo Cook-Off” Jan. 11 at Bayou Daiquiris and Bar, 7251 Veterans Memorial Blvd. in Metairie at Bayou Daiquiris Bar.

Eight teams will make gumbo to raise money for Zeus' Rescues, the New Orleans pet rescue that has spent so much time and so many resources trying to bring the wily woofer in from the outdoors and find him a good home.

Teams of two to four cooks can enter for $50 per team, competing for a judged decision and a People's Choice competition and aiming to make it to the Wall of Fame. Gumbo, a minimum of 2.5 gallons, must be completed by 6 p.m., with samples for the public offered from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for tickets. The winners will be announced at 9 p.m. All entry fees go directly to Zeus’s Rescues and donations to the nonprofit are encouraged.

And Zeus' Rescues will be on hand with some pets in need of forever homes. 

Scrim was a shy stray, found in a Houma trailer park on Halloween 2023. Michelle Cheramie of Zeus' retrieved the dog from the Terrebonne Parish Animal Shelter and placed him with an adoptive family in Mid-City, but Scrim immediately escaped. The dog became a local sensation, as he evaded capture for almost six months.

In October, Scrim was trapped in a fenced parking lot, where Cheramie darted him and brought him to a vet. He seemed safe at last, but, three weeks later, on Nov. 15, the dog escaped again, diving 13 feet from a second-story window of Cheramie’s Uptown home to keep running. Zeus' is still searching for him.

Details to register for the gumbo cookoff can be found here. For more information, contact Bayou Daiquiris & Bar or Zeus' Rescue on Facebook.