Cajun Catfish 101
ZeCookingMaster has a special treat for dinner tonight! Good old Cajun Fried Catfish. And no, we ain’t from Leesiana 
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New Cuisine or Recipe??
Is there a particular cuisine that you have never tried but would like to try it someday? How about a recipe?
I would like to try Cambodian, Tunisian or Portuguese cuisine, I have never had anything from these countries.
I would like to try cooking some Creole and Cajun foods, this is new territory for me but I love Creole dishes.
****FOLKS: read my questions!
BTW, Thanks for the recipes, they look yummy!
Great question! I would like to try some authentic & traditional Scandinavian dishes. Also, I’ve always wanted to try some Maori (NZ) dishes.
Recipe wise: would love to do up a good classic NE Crab Boil one of these days!
What’s Cookin Good Lookin? Ha. What’s for dinner tonight moms?
Share your yummy recipes! I have been in a mood to cook different and yummy things here lately! Something quick and easy though and something the whole family will love!
So far I have made:
Chicken Crossaints
Chicken Enchiladas
Strawberry Truffle
And this weekend I am going to try this cajun dish! With seafood
Thanks ahead of time moms! Ya’ll are the best
Ok Seth- DAD- Give me a good recipe then! 
Sheppards Pie- Yum! We have made that before too I like it with mash taters better then tater tots.
Yeah my dad use to make sheppards pie all the time- pizza crust on the bottom then layers of hamburger meat,mash taters,cheese,corn,and gravy! SOO good! I prolly should try it with other veggies as well Bet that would be good!
How do you make Taco Soup!?!? Sounds good!
Proudmom- awww how nice of your mom! We had spaghetti lastnight that MY mom made! haha! Ok I will try it just with shrimp Chris will be so excited about it! thanks again!
proudmom- haha I will try not to! Yay its time to get off work! have a nice night
Tonight we get a treat, my Mom is at my house right now cooking us a homemade spaghetti, yummy can’t wait to eat.
Hey on the recipe I gave you, you don’t have to use the crawfish, you can just do the shrimp which will be just as yummy.
Edit: your so welcome thats why we are all here now don’t burn it haha.
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How do I get him to try different types of food?
I eat almost anything but Pork. I love Sushi, Cajun Food, Caribbean Food, Chinese food, and Thai food. I eat very exotic things like Shark, baby alligator, frog legs, clams, sweet potatoe fries, spinich pie, seafood gumbo, fried oysters, escargo, calamari, eel, and even chicken gizzards. I’m trying to get him to eat some of my Caribbean Southern fusion dishes. He likes my fried sweet potatoes and gumbo and my pies, but i’m trying to make him eat everything else.
probably for the same reasons you don’t eat pork, cuz it grosses him out. A lot of that stuff sounds good, but i could never eat escargo or frogs, simply because of the thought of eating that animal.
mmmm you should invite me to eat some yummy calamari, clams,or oysters. i luv seafood!
New Orleans non-cajun restaurants?
I am not a fan of cajun food (too spicy, don’t eat seafood), but will be in New Orleans for a wedding in June. I’m looking for suggestions for restaurants of other cuisines (Italian, American, Mexican, Chinese, etc.)
Thanks!
I’m from New Orleans and I can tell you, Cajun resturaunts are not the dominant resturaunt market. I grew up in Lakeview close to Metairie and the resturaunts there are quite diverse.
So this will be mostly Metairie Locations which I know is more up and running then New Orleans.
For steaks try Crazy Jonnies in Fat City which is Metairie.
For italian try anything that’s not a franchise, someone above mentioned Italian Pie, they have good pizzas. But there are others that do much more. Faustos in Metarie is another good one.
Zea’s Rotessiore is great for something different, I used to work there so they made me try everything on the menu. Everything is delicious and if I remeber right there’s one location that makes it’s own beer in Clearview Mall.
My favorite chineese resturaunt was Golden Dragon in Metairie. It’s family owned and run, and the food is great. Plus they make a good Mai Tai.
Ok and po-boys, you gotta have one before you leave. Go to Parrans (I know im not spelling it right its pronounced pierans) which is in Metairie. (I suggest roast beef..yumm) My mom suggests Jam’s which is also in Metairie, there you will get a tastse of New Orleans hospitality.
At least once finish a meal off with dessert at a coffee house I suggest Cafe Cafe in Metairie or La Madelines. And try Morning call one morning for coffee and benietes.
Ok now for the french quarter:
Breakfast: Cafe du monde
Lunch: Central Grocery Store for mufellatas or Masparos
Now I must warn you about the Quarter at night. It’s not very safe, especially if you walk close to the allies. Stay away from the allies! Travel in a group at night and don’t get too tispy. I hope you have a great trip and be safe.
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What is a good fish to subistitute for cat-fish in recipes such as gumbo?
I have become interested in trying my hand at Creole and Cajun style cooking, and have seen some intriguing recipes that call for the use of cat-fish. However, after searching some local specialty fish shops and markets ( here in Vancouver, Canada ) I have come out empty-handed. So what is an appropriate substitute for cat-fish in this sort of dish?
I think any firm-flesh fish would work well. Orange roughy or tilapia would probably work. Also, gumbo is delicious with just chicken or a combination of chicken, oysters and shrimp.
Also, be sure to make some spicy cornbread to go with it. Yummy!