Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I want solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what people actually will eat.
Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as 'really strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub was the most adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of him....(hey, I trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two choices for dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down there. -ginny
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Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I want solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what people actually will eat.
Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as 'really strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub was the most adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of him....(hey, I trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two choices for dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down there. -ginny
Actually, those Dutchmen are of German origins. The word "dutch" was a typical American way of mangling a word, in this case, "deutsch".
Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I want solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what people actually will eat.
Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as 'really strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub was the most adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of him....(hey, I trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two choices for dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down there. -ginny
Chicken & sausage gumbo (depending upon the group, a very large pot of it!) How are you at making a nice dark mahogany roux? Here's a start. When I made mine I just winged it. The recipe below is very similar.
Oh, and if you can find Zatarain's mixes the red beans & rice is pretty darned good but you'd have to double or triple the mix (again, depending on the size of the group). If you can find Andouille sausage, all the better. Or Chaurice. If not, any smoked sausage will do.
Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I want solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what people actually will eat.
Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as 'really strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub was the most adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of him....(hey, I trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two choices for dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down there.
Their loss!
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Virginia Tadrzynski said:
They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down there. -ginny
Then they missed out on some seriously good eats, IMO. I loved the crawfish boils and festivals when I lived in the Gulf Coast area.
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Chicken & sausage gumbo (depending upon the group, a very large pot of it!) How are you at making a nice dark mahogany roux? Here's a start. When I made mine I just winged it. The recipe below is very similar.
Oh, and if you can find Zatarain's mixes the red beans & rice is pretty darned good but you'd have to double or triple the mix (again, depending on the size of the group). If you can find Andouille sausage, all the better. Or Chaurice. If not, any smoked sausage will do.
I'd be very surprised if Wegman's doesn't carry andouille. If not, Whole Foods sells a good, spicy one.
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Virginia Tadrzynski said:
They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down there. -ginny
Then they missed out on some seriously good eats, IMO. I loved the crawfish boils and festivals when I lived in the Gulf Coast area.
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Chicken & sausage gumbo (depending upon the group, a very large pot of it!) How are you at making a nice dark mahogany roux? Here's a start. When I made mine I just winged it. The recipe below is very similar.
Oh, and if you can find Zatarain's mixes the red beans & rice is pretty darned good but you'd have to double or triple the mix (again, depending on the size of the group). If you can find Andouille sausage, all the better. Or Chaurice. If not, any smoked sausage will do.
I'd be very surprised if Wegman's doesn't carry andouille. If not, Whole Foods sells a good, spicy one.
Mary
Wegmans has great andouille, but they give it very little display space in the meat section.
Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I want solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what people actually will eat.
Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as 'really strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub was the most adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of him....(hey, I trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two choices for dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down there. -ginny
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Virginia Tadrzynski said:
Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I want solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what people actually will eat.
Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as 'really strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub was the most adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of him....(hey, I trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two choices for dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down there. -ginny
Something I haven't seen mentioned is dirty rice which is a staple in Louisiana. They also have good dirty rice at Popeye's.
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Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I want solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what people actually will eat.
Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as 'really strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub was the most adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of him....(hey, I trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two choices for dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down there. -ginny
Chicken and rice soup--made thick with wild, brown, red, and white rice, celery and carrots, like a stew, preferably with roasted dark meat chicken.
Chicken and rice soup--made thick with wild, brown, red, and white rice, celery and carrots, like a stew, preferably with roasted dark meat chicken.
Everybody seems to like this stuff.
Chicken and rice is fairly popular down there. Having spent four years in Alexandria just a hop skip and a jump from Slidell the biggest regional food choices are always Gumbo, Crawfish, fried catfish, fried okra, good cornbread, cat head biscuits with molasses. Gumbo would probably be easiest for a large group sided with cornbread, sliced sweet onion, chow chow. Have fun playing with your choice.
And your hubby and his group deserve much appreciation. So many have no idea that the biggest recovery for LA and the area is still to come.
Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I want solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what people actually will eat.
Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as 'really strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub was the most adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of him....(hey, I trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two choices for dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down there. -ginny
Ginny,
How about red beans and rice... you can make this spicy or not. Leave out the cayenne (or cut the amount down) if there are afraid of it. You can also do the same with one of my favorite... sausage and chicken gumbo.
Maybe a shrimp boil instead of a crawfish boil? Use the same stuff (corn on the cob, onions, new potatoes, etc.) but go light on the seasoning in the water if the problem is that they are "heat challenged".
Personally I'm also fond of fried catfish, but once again some people don't/won't eat catfish.
Chris in Pearland, TX but very close to the Louisiana border
Chicken and rice is fairly popular down there. Having spent four years in Alexandria just a hop skip and a jump from Slidell the biggest regional food choices are always Gumbo, Crawfish, fried catfish, fried okra, good cornbread, cat head biscuits with molasses. Gumbo would probably be easiest for a large group sided with cornbread, sliced sweet onion, chow chow. Have fun playing with your choice.
I was thinking chicken and rice due to the Anglo/German types she mentioned who are not very adventurous with food. I assumed that meant no spicy stuff, though I may have been wrong ...
Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I want solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what people actually will eat.
Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as 'really strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub was the most adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of him....(hey, I trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two choices for dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down there. -g
Jambalaya with chicken and sausage?
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How about red beans and rice... you can make this spicy or not. Leave out the cayenne (or cut the amount down) if there are afraid of it. You can also do the same with one of my favorite... sausage and chicken gumbo.
Maybe a shrimp boil instead of a crawfish boil? Use the same stuff (corn on the cob, onions, new potatoes, etc.) but go light on the seasoning in the water if the problem is that they are "heat challenged".
Personally I'm also fond of fried catfish, but once again some people don't/won't eat catfish.
Chris in Pearland, TX but very close to the Louisiana border
I would also suggest etouffee, which is easy to make for a crowd. Since the wimpy yankees are afraid of eating mudbugs, shrimp could be substituted for the crawfish.
