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The Art of Drying Shrimp (Cajun Dried Shrimp)
...wder. By moving the sack around, downwind from you, all of the âgritâ blows away into the wind leaving only your dried shrimp. Voila Step 6 Store your shrimp in an air-tight sealed plastic jar in a dry area. If you have abundance, place them in the freezer remembering that ...
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Coca Cola Roast
...a tasty, brownish syrup which is used to coat the meat and be the basis of the gravy when mixed with the meat drippings. You can also buy prepared caramelized sugar marketed as Classic Caramel Color to darken your gravies or gumbo. The coca cola use in this recipe has ...
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Momma’s Cajun Potato Salad
Momma would serve her family of nine children this potato salad to go with her Sunday roast or chicken gumbo. Ingredients 2 pounds medium red potatoes 1 small celery stalk chopped fine (optional) 3 scallions (green onions) chopped fine 1/4 cup minced parsley (optional) 3/4 cup mayonnaise 3 tbsp white ...
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Crawfish Pie-Tart
âJambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo⊠âCause tonight Iâm gonna see my ma cher amioâ Could this be the same crawfish pie in this âJambaylaâ song? Ingredients 3/4 medium bell pepper, chopped 1 large onion, chopped 2 ribs celery, chopped 3/4 cup butter 6 tbsp crawfish fat (optional) ...
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Sugared Popcorn (Kettle Corn)
This old time sugar-coated popcorn dish is almost a lost tradition. Ms. Shirleyâs friends still trade her bowls of shrimp and okra gumbo for batches of her kettle corn. Ingredients 3 to 4 gallons of popped popcorn 6 - 7 cups sugar 1 cup regular milk Roasted peanuts (optional) Pecans ...
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Steamed or Boiled Okra
My Dad was a sharecropper, so when we were kids, okra was one vegetable that was always plentiful. Being a Cajun, we often used it to make what we called an okra gumbo. Ingredients 1 lb okra Salt and black pepper to taste Vinegar to taste (or 1/4 cup for ...
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a Caillé
...at-grandmother who will be missed by all. With her passes a part of our Cajun heritage â memories, language, food and experiences â unique to Southwest Louisiana. We love you Mawmaw. Iâll miss your oatmeal, gumbo, pralines and figs, but most of all, your laugh and your smile. Ingredients 8 ...
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Canned Hot Pickles Cucumber or Mirliton (Mirleton)
Used with gumbos or any rice and gravy dish in Cajun Country, chayote is a gourd-like squash that is about the size and shape of a very large pear. The skin is pale green and smooth with slight ridges that run lengthwise. Many compare the color to a light green ...
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