Recipes by Mawmaw
Sweet Sauerkraut
...un’s taste buds and is served more and more frequently on the Cajun dinner table. Ingredients 1 quart sauerkraut 1 cup diced celery 1/2 medium onion, chopped 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup Wesson Oil 1/2 cup red and green peppers, chopped Directions Step 1 Mix all ingredients thoroughly and let ...
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Croquinole Syrup Coating
Croquinoles (Kro-ce-yoils) Cajun Doughnut is one of the more popular classic Cajun sweet pastries. My mother used to make croquinoles and make a Steen’s syrup coating to dip them in. They were gummy but good. Very good and even better if you add a little crushed pecan on each of ...
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Bob’s Dipping Sauce for Crawfish,Shrimp or Oyster
...A delicious crawfish dipping sauce. Ingredients 1/4 cup ketchup 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce 2 tsp prepared horseradish or more or less to suit your taste 3 shakes of Tabasco Directions Step 1 Mix all ingredients and start dipping your fresh boiled crawfish or shrimp tails or spread on your freshly ...
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Basic Duck Marinade
Marinades are used to neutralize the game flavor in ducks and wild game. I have used several marinades, including the basic Italian Dressing, but I find this one to be exceptional. Ingredients 2 cups dry wine 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup balsamic or red wine vinegar 1/4 cup vegetable ...
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Seafood Dressing or Dipping Sauce
This no cooking sauce is great used as a cocktail sauce or for dipping boiled seafood, especially shrimp and crawfish. Ingredients 1 1/2 cups chili sauce 1/4 cup celery, processed in blender 2 cups mayonnaise 1 tsp lemon juice 1 to 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1 to 2 tsp prepared ...
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Shrimp Casserole
Ingredients 2 sticks butter or margarine 1 medium onion 1 small red bell pepper, chopped 1 small green bell pepper, chopped 1 pound peeled shrimp 1 can cream of mushroom or cream of shrimp 1 can cream of cheddar cheese soup 1 small can cream corn 1 can whole kernel ...
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Al’s Turkey Chili
Ingredients 2 pounds ground turkey meat 2 (16 oz) cans diced tomatoes, undrained 2 (15 oz) cans kidney beans, undrained 2 (8 oz) cans tomato sauce 1 large chopped onion 6 tbsp Chili Powder 1/4 tsp crushed garlic or 2 cloves 1/4 cup cooking sherry 1 large bell pepper 1 ...
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Crawfish Casserole I
A combination casserole of meat and seafood – from the oven to the table. This is one of the easiest no fail recipes for dressing. The flavor is incredible. As with any recipe that contains crawfish, shrimp maybe substituted, you could even mix the two and add crab meat. Ingredients ...
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Big Mamma’s Sunday Gumbo
The secret to this gumbo is the roux! Always use warm to hot water to dissolve the roux. While you’re at it, make extra roux as it keeps well in or out of the refrigerator. Ingredients 1 onion, finely chopped 1 large red tomato, chopped 3 cups chopped celery 1 ...
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Lemon Supreme
When MawMaw read the title of the recipe she thought of the 1961’s hit of Trini Lopez – “Lemon Tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat” -except in this very easy and versatile dessert. Ingredients 1 cup ...
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Spicy Hot Dogs in Beer
Baseball, Hot dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet! Ok everyone, date yourself – Do you remember that commercial in the 70’s? Now we hear – LSU! LSU! Go team go! Try this delicious easy appetizer for your next tailgate party. Ingredients 1 lbs Hot Dogs, sliced 1 can or bottle of ...
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Don’s (Seafood & Steakhouse) Bread Pudding
Don’s (Seafood & Steakhouse) is one of the finest and longest-lived business in Lafayette, LA. I am told by some waitresses working there that this has been their first and only job. Ingredients 9 slices white bread 1 1/4 cup sugar 1 (13 oz) can evaporated milk 2 cups milk ...
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Spicy Pickled Eggs
Fun Facts on eggs from the Department of Agriculture. Eggs age more in one day at room temperature than in one week in the refrigerator. Occasionally, a hen will produce double-yolked eggs throughout her egg-laying career. It is rare, but not unusual, for a young hen to produce an egg ...
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Chocolate Icing – Cake Frosting
“I could give up chocolate but I’m not a quitter. “- Lora Brody, author of Growing Up on the Chocolate Diet. What a powerful statement for most of us! Ingredients 1 square unsweetened chocolate or 1/3 cup cocoa 6 tbsp boiling water 1/3 tsp vanilla extract 1 3/4 cup confectioners ...
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