Louisiana Cooking

very nice pot and spoon i typically go darker than that with my roux, but for a gumbo, darker is not always a necessity.

 

Early start this year

 

We had two already last week at work. First one was traditional and the second was a pecan praline

the cakes are expensive as shit this year. Sigh.

 

been a while.

made my own rub



found a brisket cut small enough for two

 

she’s “resting” now.

 

c’est bon

 

Looks good baw

We had pastalaya on the menu tonight. Forgot to take pics.

 

Man, I love Lent. A great reason for some seafood. Fresh Soft Shell Crabs & Shrimp, fried right up.

Yum!!!!!

 

Man it’s been a while since I’ve had some good soft shell crabs. So delicious!

 

Some fresh caught Specs tonight.

 

Proud Ragin Cajun (and LSU Tiger) here from Lafayette, Louisiana, turned Carolina couillon. I lived in Colorado for years, which turned me into a regular Cajun cook at the house. Colorado food is TRASH.
Here's a few pictures of my cooking starting with shrimp stew (with a roux) in that old Magnalite pot, a rice dressing (with a roux... not "dirty rice"), and chicken and andouille gumbo.

 

Yeah, Midland can suck it.

You're REALLY in the marsh, dude. Lafayette is like the big city to y'all.

 

Man, that all looks delicious. Those Magnalites get passed down the family, like Maw Maw's cast iron skillets & stew pots.

I'm always looking at estate sales, for old cookware like that.

 

I found one at a random antique store in Denver, believe it or not. A legit Wagnerware Magnalite. A little barkeepers friend and steel wool revived it. My Mimi has a whole set.

 

By the way, everyone's Cajun Memaw or Mimi has one of these OG Talk About Good Junior League Cookbooks. You can get one on Amazon:

$19 Talk About Good Cookbook

https://www.amazon.com/Cookbook-Louisiana-Lafayette-Junior-League/dp/0935032029

 

That one, and River Road Recipes are the Classics. They both cover a wide range.

$18 River Road Recipes: The Textbook of Louisiana Cuisine

https://www.amazon.com/River-Road-R...cdb10bb3bee133e4b915db4b8e1282f4&gad_source=1


After Katrina (2005) the local newspaper put together a cookbook for all the folks that lost their handed-down family recipes in the flood.



Found it: Cooking Up a Storm

$19 Cooking Up A Storm: Recipes Lost and found from the Times-Picayune of New Orleans

https://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Up-S...21ad4380ae6e3a44a37a6ddf8734936a&gad_source=1

 

Oh dayum. I'll have add these to the bookshelf!

 

$25 Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou

https://www.amazon.com/Mosquito-Sup...ee0-46f4-9e02-01ade15460ba&pd_rd_i=1579658474

Here's a recent one that's easy to follow and still legit

 

Thanks for that. Regular $35, on sale for $6.29

There's a 3 or 4 book series put out by John Folse. They're like coffee table book sized. Some real good stuff in those. They're pricey, but I found a 2nd hand one online. And sent it out as a TWSS gift in 2022. There's one that's just vegetables, on that's seafood only, one just for game, and then one that covers it all.

Sorry to ramble on, but we like our cookbooks, haha

 

Yeah, I paid full price on the Mosquito book months ago. Lol

And all good. Those Folse books oughta be collectables