Recipes by L. Marceaux
Tater Tot Delight
...n nuggets 1 lb ground beef 1 medium onion chopped 1 can whole kernel corn or Mexi-corn 1 can golden mushroom soup 1 package sliced or shredded cheese Salt and pepper to taste 1 tablespoon oil Directions Step 1 In a medium skillet add oil, brown the ground meat along ...
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Priscilla’s Bread and Butter Pickles
When you have loads of fresh cucumbers and can’t eat them all up, pickle them using this easy recipe. Ingredients 3 medium onions 8 large cucumbers 2 tbsp pickling salt 6 cups cold water 1 quart white vinegar 2 cups brown sugar 1 tbsp celery seed 1 tbsp mustard seed ...
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Cajun Hot Wings
Although my sister and I use to fight for the chicken wing, wings were once thought of as the most useless piece of a chicken worthy only of the stock or soup pot. Nowadays, hot chicken wings are all the rage as appetizers and party fare. Originally gaining their fame ...
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Nan Boones’ Syrup Cake – Gâteau de Sirop
 In memory of Nan Boone Marceaux and Nanny Quida Broussard Recipe over 125 years old The LeMaire and Faulk families enjoyed Nan Boone’s delicious syrup cake for many years before the recipe was finally passed on. Nan Boone was often asked for the recipe but always said it was ...
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Lana’s Creamy Pecan Pralines IV
Ingredients 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 2 cups sugar 2/3 cup milk 2 cups pecans, coarsely chopped 1 tsp vanilla 2 tsp butter or margarine Directions Step 1 In a small heavy skillet on medium heat, caramelize the sugar. Combine sugar and water in the pan, stirring until it ...
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Best Fried Cajun Shrimp
...cayenne. Step 2 In another bowl, combine the corn meal and corn flour. Step 3 Dunk the seasoned shrimp in the milk mixture. Then dredge the shrimp with the corn meal and flour mixture and place in frying pan. (The oil is usually hot enough when a small pinch of ...
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Priscilla’s Choupique (ShoePick) Patties
Properly called bowfin, the fish carries more aliases than John … trout, cotton fish and in South Louisiana, choupique (pronounced shoe-pick). Like gars, bowfin are bimodal breathers which means they have the capacity to breathe both water and air. Bowfin are considered a “trash fish” by many, but are treasured ...
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