cajun cooks only — i have been down loading cajun recipes and cant find much difference between jambalaya?
and gumbo. is this a ethnic thing or am i missing something. in one gumbo recipe it says to put the schrimp shells in with the chicken,schrimp andandouille sausage but never says anything about taking them out and why put them in anyway. and to make the roux would it be ok to use corn starch and water. will be waiting with my yankee bells on
the shells and everything except the kitchen sink(only because we haven’t learned how to tenderize it !!!) are boiled together to make a stock…strain…discarding everthing but the juice(stock) and meat……
corn starch is actually better to thicken a gravy……flour and oil is all it takes for a roux….take a gumbo,add uncooked rice,cook until the juices are almost completely absorbed by the rice….you will now have jambalaya…..kitchen buquet will give it color needed
Cajun cooking gumbo 2
Cajun cooking gumbo at Shockzilla’s house the night before the GB game…
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Cajun Cooking Why Do People Try To Imitate Gumbo
Cajun Cooking
Im from New Orleans La, and every time I go out of town or in a city. I see some sort of restaurant advertising cajun cooking and creole food. Most of the time I check out the restaurant because I miss home so much I decided to try my so call home food. Needless to say it is horrendous. I been to 15 so call Cajun Cooking and creole food restaurants and none of them even compare to actually new orleans natives food.
First New Orleans food is not Cajun Cooking but creole french cooking.
I see A lot of people ask for a gumbo recipe, and it just aggravates me, when they try to short stop our style of cooking. I feel as though if you are not going to cook the recipe from scratch, then your are not getting a new orleans taste of CUISINE, you are getting someone else cusine, I mean the whole point of cooking it is because you were craving for it right? However I just want to let these people know who loves gumbo but want the recipe to try and get it from the natives and not some online fake recipe. If you need my recipe or a native site I can give it to you. I just want people to respect our culture and food. And average gumbo take a day or a half. if you can cook gumbo in two or 6 hours it is not the real thing. Furthermore; lets not try to imitate other peoples culture. do it by the way it suppose to be done.
these are the things in a gumbo(shrimps, crabs, chicken, onions, celery, red, yellow, green peppers, okra, gizzards, oysters, tomatos and parsly. If you do not have all these things in your gumbo especially the seafood then you are not eating new orleans cusine rather than some other types of cusine but don’t put new orleans name to a cusine when it is not the orginal recipe
because they wanna make money just like everybody else in this troubled economy you gotta do what you gotta do
Cajun Cooking
What are some easy cajun and/or creole recipes?
I’m a college student living in an apt for the first time. I LOVE to cook, but I’m no chef. I need something easy and somewhat inexpensive.
I love seafood, especially shrimp and crab. I like chicken and pork as well but NO beef. And I know that creole and cajun food sometimes include crayfish but I dont have access to them in this small town. I also love spicy food. So if any recipes come to mind please share!! ![]()
Creole and Cajun dishes are my favorites. You can always substitute shrimp for crawfish in your recipes. Here are some links that I saved:
Shrimp Etouffee
http://www.soulfoodandsoutherncooking.com/shrimp-etouffee-recipe.html
Jambalaya
http://www.chefrick.com/jambalaya/
Dirty Rice
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/dirty_rice.html
Corn Maque Choux
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=10000000258936
Okra Creole
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=10000000352451
Crab Croquettes
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/cajun_crab_croquettes.html
Shrimp Creole
http://www.chefrick.com/cajun-shrimp-creole/
Gumbo
http://www.gumbopages.com/food/soups/shr-crab-gumbo.html
Culinary Creations Creole Chicken and Seafood Gumbo
ChefJayNChttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/chefjayncHowtoCulinary, Creations, Creole, Chicken, and, Seafood, GumboCulinary Creations Creole Chicken and Seafood Gumbo
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Is this a good essay. Check the essay for grammars too please tell me whats wrong with it 2?
Many people have different interpretation about what goes on in South Louisiana. Some people think that our backyards are surrounded by swamps filled with snakes and alligators. While others assume that the only food we eat is gumbo, jambalaya, and seafood. But the locals on the other hand immediately think about Mardi Gras and the festivals. However, looking at the commercials and advertisements from our area it is clear that people enjoy South Louisiana. These advertisements inform us that people love Louisiana music, food, and style of dance.
Randol’s Restaurant focuses more on its music than its food in its advertisements. The restaurant’s logo is a crab playing a small guitar. The guitar suggests that the music playing is Cajun and the crab represents Louisiana implying that the only music you will hear is Cajun and the only place you can hear it is in Louisiana. Furthermore, newspaper and Yellow Book Acadian advertisements show couples doing the Mamou Jitterbug or the 8-ct two-step. It seems strange to me that a restaurant would focus on its music instead of its food because the customers are paying for the food served, not the dancing. However the advertisements suggest the reverse that people are willing to come to Randol’s for the music and dancing and not the food
Advertisements for the local restaurant Buffet City emphasize that the food it serves is fresh and the best in Acadian. Newspapers and the Yellow Book ads for Buffet City all feature a truck in front of a restaurant, or a man on a boat fishing. The truck in front of the restaurant suggests that Buffet City’s produce, seafood, etc. are fresh and that it is serving fresh food to their customers. Also, the ads tell us that everything that Buffet City prepares is fresh and
uses the best ingredients available. The man fishing in the boat suggests that Buffet City catches its own fish and raises its own crawfish. The ads also suggest that Buffet City is the best in Acadian, since it was named the number one restaurant in Acadian.
The advertisements for Petar’s Restaurant, emphasize dancing not the food nor the music. Newspapers and the Yellow Book Acadian ads feature an image of a dance floor with locals dancing and sitting at the bar. The dance floor suggest that the restaurant is trying to get more young people involved. The other aspect is that it promotes the happiness people feel at the restaurant; people are having a great time. It seems outrageous that a restaurant would have a dance floor. The dance floor provides a great and appealing image to the people because not many restaurants have dance floors.
Many people have different ideas about what we do in South Louisiana. Despite the different ideas people still love coming to here. The food, music, and dance provide the most entertainment to the locals. But the quality has decrease over the years but locals still expect the best and deserve the best for their money.
Many people have different interpretations about what goes on in South Louisiana; some people think that our backyards are surrounded by swamps filled with snakes and alligators, while others assume that the only food we eat is gumbo, jambalaya, and seafood. The locals on the other hand immediately think about Mardi Gras and the festivals. However, looking at the commercials and advertisements from our area, it is clear that people enjoy South Louisiana; these advertisements inform us that people love Louisiana music, food, and style of dance.
Randol’s Restaurant focuses more on its’ music than its’ food in its’ advertisements; the restaurant’s logo is a crab playing a small guitar. The guitar suggests that the music playing is Cajun and the crab represents Louisiana, implying that the only music you will hear is Cajun and the only place you can hear it is in Louisiana. Furthermore, newspaper and Yellow Book Acadian advertisements show couples doing the Mamou Jitterbug or the 8-ct two-step – it seems strange to me that a restaurant would focus on its’ music instead of its’ food because the customers are paying for the food served, not the dancing; however the advertisements suggest the reverse – that people are willing to come to Randol’s for the music and dancing and not the food.
Advertisements for the local restaurant Buffet City emphasize that the food it serves is fresh and the best in Acadian. Newspapers and the Yellow Book ads for Buffet City all feature a truck in front of a restaurant, or a man on a boat fishing. The truck in front of the restaurant suggests that Buffet City’s produce, seafood, etc. are fresh and that it is serving fresh food to their customers. The ads tell us that everything that Buffet City prepares is fresh and
uses the best ingredients available. The man fishing in the boat suggests that Buffet City catches its own fish and raises its own crawfish; the ads also suggest that Buffet City is the best in Acadian, since it was named the number one restaurant in Acadian.
The advertisements for Petar’s Restaurant, emphasize dancing not the food nor the music. Newspapers and the Yellow Book Acadian ads feature an image of a dance floor with locals dancing and sitting at the bar. The dance floor suggest that the restaurant is trying to get more young people involved. The other aspect is that it promotes the happiness people feel at the restaurant; people are having a great time – it seems outrageous that a restaurant would have a dance floor. The dance floor provides a great and appealing image to the people because not many restaurants have dance floors.
Many people have different ideas about what we do in South Louisiana; despite the different ideas people still love coming to here. The food, music, and dance provide the most entertainment to the locals – but the quality has decrease over the years but locals still expect the best and deserve the best for their money.
Shrimp Creole – A New Orleans Classic
When thinking of New Orleans cuisine Gumbo, Etouffee, and Jambalaya immediately come to mind. But try this recipe for Shrimp Creole. It combines all of the flavors of New Orleans into one of my favorite dishes.
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Spicy Seafood and Sausage Gumbo
Click here for the full recipe.http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/spicy-seafood-and-sausage-gumbo.html?bnrid=3185401&cm_ven=socialmedia&cm_cat=YouTube&cm_pla=videodisc&cm_ite=sssgumbo
Duration : 0:3:14

Cajun cooks gumbo at Shockzilla’s place…
Bordered by Texas to the west and Cajun Country to the east, southwestern Louisiana has developed its own brand of cooking. Rustic, spicy, and stick-to-your-ribs might best describe the food of this marshland. Dominating menus are fried and boiled seafood, pork stew, catfish courtbouillon, rice dressing, shrimp and okra gumbo, jambalaya, wild game, and lots and lots of rice. This trail zigzags across the southwestern corner of the state, sometimes known as the Louisiana Outback, stopping at a variety of crawfish houses, oyster bars, cafes, and grocery stores.