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Virginia Tadrzynski said:

trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two choices for
dinner....take it or leave it).....

heh heh.... I like that. 😉

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Any ideas?

Gut 'em and throw 'em in the boil.

Here's my bible:

http://www.gumbopages.com/recipe-page.html

nb

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Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I
want solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what
people actually will eat.

Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to
make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of
preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was
made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as
'really strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub
was the most adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of
him....(hey, I trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two
choices for dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out
refused to eat crayfish when down there.
-ginny

Actually, those Dutchmen are of German origins. The word "dutch" was a
typical American way of mangling a word, in this case, "deutsch".

Virginia Tadrzynski said:

Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but
I want solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but
what people actually will eat.

Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group
is to make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets
the job of preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most
of the group was made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at
the food there as 'really strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated
with maple syrup. Hub was the most adventurous of the lot eating
anything put in front of him....(hey, I trained him well, this
Southern girl believes in two choices for dinner....take it or leave
it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down
there. -ginny

Chicken & sausage gumbo (depending upon the group, a very large pot of it!)
How are you at making a nice dark mahogany roux? Here's a start. When I
made mine I just winged it. The recipe below is very similar.

http://www.gumbopages.com/food/soups/chixsaus-gumbo.html

Oh, and if you can find Zatarain's mixes the red beans & rice is pretty
darned good but you'd have to double or triple the mix (again, depending on
the size of the group). If you can find Andouille sausage, all the better.
Or Chaurice. If not, any smoked sausage will do.

Jill
Jill

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Virginia Tadrzynski said:

Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I want
solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what people
actually will eat.

Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to
make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of
preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was
made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as 'really
strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub was the most
adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of him....(hey, I
trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two choices for
dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat
crayfish when down there.

Their loss!

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-ginny

Southern fried chicken.

Keep it simple for plebians!
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Virginia Tadrzynski said:

They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down
there. -ginny

Then they missed out on some seriously good eats, IMO. I loved the crawfish
boils and festivals when I lived in the Gulf Coast area.

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Chicken & sausage gumbo (depending upon the group, a very large pot of
it!)
How are you at making a nice dark mahogany roux? Here's a start. When I
made mine I just winged it. The recipe below is very similar.

http://www.gumbopages.com/food/soups/chixsaus-gumbo.html

Oh, and if you can find Zatarain's mixes the red beans & rice is pretty
darned good but you'd have to double or triple the mix (again, depending
on
the size of the group). If you can find Andouille sausage, all the
better.
Or Chaurice. If not, any smoked sausage will do.

I'd be very surprised if Wegman's doesn't carry andouille. If not, Whole
Foods sells a good, spicy one.

Mary

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Virginia Tadrzynski said:

They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down
there. -ginny

Then they missed out on some seriously good eats, IMO. I loved the
crawfish boils and festivals when I lived in the Gulf Coast area.

Quoted message said:

Chicken & sausage gumbo (depending upon the group, a very large pot of
it!)
How are you at making a nice dark mahogany roux? Here's a start. When I
made mine I just winged it. The recipe below is very similar.

http://www.gumbopages.com/food/soups/chixsaus-gumbo.html

Oh, and if you can find Zatarain's mixes the red beans & rice is pretty
darned good but you'd have to double or triple the mix (again, depending
on
the size of the group). If you can find Andouille sausage, all the
better.
Or Chaurice. If not, any smoked sausage will do.

I'd be very surprised if Wegman's doesn't carry andouille. If not, Whole
Foods sells a good, spicy one.

Mary

Wegmans has great andouille, but they give it very little display space in
the meat section.

Virginia Tadrzynski said:

Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I want
solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what people
actually will eat.

Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to
make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of
preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was
made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as 'really
strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub was the most
adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of him....(hey, I
trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two choices for
dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat
crayfish when down there.
-ginny

MREs?

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

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Virginia Tadrzynski said:

Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but
I want solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but
what people actually will eat.

Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group
is to make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets
the job of preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most
of the group was made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at
the food there as 'really strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated
with maple syrup. Hub was the most adventurous of the lot eating
anything put in front of him....(hey, I trained him well, this
Southern girl believes in two choices for dinner....take it or leave
it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat crayfish when down
there. -ginny

Something I haven't seen mentioned is dirty rice which is a staple in
Louisiana. They also have good dirty rice at Popeye's.

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Joe Cilinceon

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Quoted message said:

Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I
want solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what
people actually will eat.

Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to
make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of
preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was
made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as
'really strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub
was the most adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of
him....(hey, I trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two
choices for dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out
refused to eat crayfish when down there.
-ginny

Chicken and rice soup--made thick with wild, brown, red, and white rice,
celery and carrots, like a stew, preferably with roasted dark meat chicken.

Everybody seems to like this stuff.

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Chicken and rice soup--made thick with wild, brown, red, and white rice,
celery and carrots, like a stew, preferably with roasted dark meat
chicken.

Everybody seems to like this stuff.

Chicken and rice is fairly popular down there. Having spent four years in
Alexandria just a hop skip and a jump from Slidell the biggest regional food
choices are always Gumbo, Crawfish, fried catfish, fried okra, good
cornbread, cat head biscuits with molasses. Gumbo would probably be easiest
for a large group sided with cornbread, sliced sweet onion, chow chow. Have
fun playing with your choice.

And your hubby and his group deserve much appreciation. So many have no idea
that the biggest recovery for LA and the area is still to come.

Cindi

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Quoted message said:

Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I
want
solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what people
actually will eat.

Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to
make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of
preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was
made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as
'really strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub
was the most adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of
him....(hey, I trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two
choices for dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out
refused to eat crayfish when down there.
-ginny

Ginny,

How about red beans and rice... you can make this spicy or not. Leave out
the cayenne (or cut the amount down) if there are afraid of it. You can
also do the same with one of my favorite... sausage and chicken gumbo.

Maybe a shrimp boil instead of a crawfish boil? Use the same stuff (corn on
the cob, onions, new potatoes, etc.) but go light on the seasoning in the
water if the problem is that they are "heat challenged".

Personally I'm also fond of fried catfish, but once again some people
don't/won't eat catfish.

Chris in Pearland, TX but very close to the Louisiana border

"Cindi - HappyMamatoThree" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Chicken and rice is fairly popular down there. Having spent four years in
Alexandria just a hop skip and a jump from Slidell the biggest regional
food choices are always Gumbo, Crawfish, fried catfish, fried okra, good
cornbread, cat head biscuits with molasses. Gumbo would probably be
easiest for a large group sided with cornbread, sliced sweet onion, chow
chow. Have fun playing with your choice.

I was thinking chicken and rice due to the Anglo/German types she mentioned
who are not very adventurous with food. I assumed that meant no spicy stuff,
though I may have been wrong ...

John Kane said:

Virginia Tadrzynski said:

Okay, I HAVE tons of cookbooks with cajun/creole recipes in them, but I want
solid recommendations. Not things that look good in print but what people
actually will eat.

Hubby went to Slidell, LA last week to do Katrina Relief. His group is to
make a presentation the first week of June. Yours truly gets the job of
preparing a feed for those in attendance. Realize, most of the group was
made up of mad Dutchmen (Pa. Dutch) who looked at the food there as 'really
strange' since it wasn't scrapple coated with maple syrup. Hub was the most
adventurous of the lot eating anything put in front of him....(hey, I
trained him well, this Southern girl believes in two choices for
dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat
crayfish when down there.
-g

Jambalaya with chicken and sausage?

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Quoted message said:

How about red beans and rice... you can make this spicy or not. Leave
out the cayenne (or cut the amount down) if there are afraid of it. You
can also do the same with one of my favorite... sausage and chicken
gumbo.

Maybe a shrimp boil instead of a crawfish boil? Use the same stuff (corn
on the cob, onions, new potatoes, etc.) but go light on the seasoning in
the water if the problem is that they are "heat challenged".

Personally I'm also fond of fried catfish, but once again some people
don't/won't eat catfish.

Chris in Pearland, TX but very close to the Louisiana border

I would also suggest etouffee, which is easy to make for a crowd. Since the
wimpy yankees are afraid of eating mudbugs, shrimp could be substituted for
the crawfish.

Mary

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Quoted message said:

, this Southern girl believes in two choices for
dinner....take it or leave it). Any ideas? They flat out refused to eat
crayfish when down there.

Their loss!

Quoted message said:

-ginny

Southern fried chicken.

Keep it simple for plebians!

Try Jumbalaya, it rice.
If you add crawfish tails, call it lobster.