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| The title says it all.................MAMA's Beef Rice Dressing |
| How about a Pecan Picking and Praline Party? You pick the pecans (as my Mom would say) or participate in the pecan picking (as my fancy cousin would say), crack and shell the bucketful of nuts; Take this recipe, invite your friends make up a batchful. Enjoy this old fashioned classic candy. But do try to do this on a dry day as pralines generally turn out better on a dry cool day (that is what my Mommy use to tell me). Not yet rated |
| a fish stew made with the goo fish......The goo fish is the nickname for a freshwater drum; known as a gaspergou or sheepshead? In S LA, most people use the term "sheepshead" to describe a saltwater drum with big teeth and striped sides. The freshwater drum fish is a gaspergou. Farther up the Mississippi, the two names are interchangable, but they're usually referring to two distinct fishes. And you definitely don't catch them in the same places (fresh vs salt/brackish water).
I think the saltwater version is the superior fish, tastewise. They're all related to buffalofish, carp, and croaker, too. All make peculiar thrumming/drumming/thumping noises, hence the name drum.
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| This is a Cajun etoufee made up of a mixture of various etoufee versions compiled from myself and family members. It is very rich.
Editors' Note.........Delcambre is the city famous for the Shrimp Festival. One of the original and greatest festival celebrations in Louisiana. If ever you get a chance visit Delcambre and see the shrimpboats and learn about the real Delcambre Reboks! |
| This bread pudding is one the old classic baked by grandmothers. The meringue is baked into the pudding. |
| An ole Cajun folklore is that if it rains on June 8th, we wil have 40 days of rain. Cajun's call this Sant' de Medard!
Summer Rain Signs - Another generally believed weather rhyme is connected to summer rains. "If on the eighth of June it rain That foretells a wet harvest, men sayen” In France the weather on the feast of Saint Medard (June 8th) is said to determine whether the next few weeks will be wet or dry. If it rains, the rain will continue for four or five weeks, or recur at haying time. Rain on the 8th June in Norway and Hungary will lead to forty days of rain. In Flanders the day is July 6th, the feast of Saint Godelive. In Germany it is the 27th June, which is known as Seven Sleepers Day.
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| This is a classic New Orleans dish served on Mondays to which someone added brown rice to make it low carb & there is no sausage so it also feeds Vegetarians |
| With the increase of diabetes which unfortunately runs rampant in the Cajun culture, this recipe provides the diabetic an alternative to eating a dish he grew up loving. Bread Pudding made with Equal or Splenda - A new take on Cajun Cuisine Not yet rated |
| Hog maw or shodin is a pig's stomach commonly stuffed with a sausage mixture, simmered until done, then baked until brown. It's usually available only by special order and should be stored in the refrigerator for no more than 2 days; unless of course you have slaughtered the hog yourself. Before using, the stomach should be cleaned of all membrane, rinsed thoroughly, then patted dry.
Cajun's typically refer to the stuffed stomach as stuffed shodin pronounced "show dan". |
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| Carrot Factoid: Orange carrots predominate world-wide although some white types persist in western and eastern Europe (for livestock), some red (not orange) in Japan, some yellow and purple in the Mideast, and some purple, yellow, and red from Turkey to India and China.
This salad is a popular dish at family and holiday gatherings and Sunday dinner.
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