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| Bellepepper |
Posted - Mar 02 2009 : 08:34:54 AM
What is the difference? I have several recipes that call for one or the other. Are they the same thing? |
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| palmettogirl |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 11:11:55 AM
i think of cajun and creole as similar, but for some reason i think of cajun as "hotter".....i don't know why....... anyway, i do love all kinds of spicy food and the hotter the better!! |
| Lorie Marler |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 10:24:21 AM
I love Justin Wilson. My mom is cajun so I grew up eating gumbo, ettouffee, boudin, crawfish, shrimp.
My mil is mexican so my husband grew up eating mexican food so every week when I plan my menu I have a day of Mexican food, and a day of cajun food. |
| melody |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 09:40:33 AM
Oh I remember him. He looked like someones grandpa! I garonteeee!
Melody
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| Gaelic Gardener |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 06:21:44 AM
I'm headed to New Orleans on April 3 -- can't wait to have some mud bugs etoufee! I garontee!
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns,
or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
Abraham Lincoln |
| Annab |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 03:19:57 AM
Just for kicks too see if some of you can find archived shows of Justin Wilson
He was a Cajun cook who really made watching his cooking show fun to watch
OOOoooooo EEEeeee |
| Annab |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 03:17:56 AM
I have an aunt who is Creole
Could explan why my dad and I love hot spicy food so much
It's all good! 'cept gator meat. It's a little tough |
| Bellepepper |
Posted - Mar 03 2009 : 04:51:53 AM
Melody, falafel is garbanzo beans processed in the food processor with parsley and some other stuff then made into balls and deep fried like hush puppies. Muffaleta is a sandwich made with cheese and cold cuts and a wonderful Italian olive salad. Will post recipes later. Kinda in a hurry. |
| melody |
Posted - Mar 02 2009 : 7:18:46 PM
Michele, I just checked out your etsy store (Lovely things!) and then I read your profile. I'm 51 and both my sisters and I are planning on retiring and living together in Arizona....It's a standing joke in our house :)
Your aunts sound like real "Treasures!" |
| vintagediva1 |
Posted - Mar 02 2009 : 5:47:10 PM
You all are making me Hungry!!!!
Doncha just love New Orleans food? Guess I'll have to make Jambalaya tomorrow. Jeez, Melody, I think we are cut from the same cloth
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
Love that good ole vintage junk |
| melody |
Posted - Mar 02 2009 : 4:48:36 PM
Belle,
"Like falafel and muffaleta"....Now you got me ...I just love the sound of falafel....sort of rolls off the tongue!
My husband loves anything Cajun and or Creole...
He has people not far from New Orleans and he is 1/2 French to boot, hence the Etuffee
Every New Years eve I make him Hoppin John...but I think that is more Southern than Cajun? Not sure.... I was born in Texas and grew up on Hoppin John, fried potatoes, pinto beans, cornbread and ICED TEA!
Wow...I must be hungry!
Melody |
| Bellepepper |
Posted - Mar 02 2009 : 3:26:37 PM
Melody, Where did you learn that? Do you have recipes? It almost has to be on the food network before I can understand anything. Like falafel and muffaleta(sp). |
| melody |
Posted - Mar 02 2009 : 2:51:38 PM
Belle.... I learned somthing new today!!
Etouffee anyone??? 
Étouffée or etouffee is a Creole and Cajun dish typically served with shellfish or chicken over rice, similar to gumbo, very popular in New Orleans and in the bayou country of the southernmost half of Louisiana.
Melody
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| Bellepepper |
Posted - Mar 02 2009 : 11:49:11 AM
One of the Sandra Lee episodes on Food Network featured Reggie Southerland. They cooked Grits that calls for creole seasoning and Fried okra that calls for creole or cajun seasoning. They also cooked andouille sausage creole that has lots of seasonings but did not call them creole seasoning. I get all my spices from Penzey. They only have cajun seasoning. It is a mixture of no less than 20 herbs and spices.
Thanks Melody for the History lesson. Very interesting. |
| dkelewae |
Posted - Mar 02 2009 : 10:12:32 AM
I know that the people of Haiti also do creole cooking.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #272
St. Peters MO
Country Girl trapped in the city!
http://farmgirldreams.blogspot.com/ |
| melody |
Posted - Mar 02 2009 : 09:50:29 AM
Creole-(N) A person of European decent born in the west indies or spanish america. A people of mixed descent; french, african,spanish and native american.
Cajun-(N) A member of a group of people in southern louisiana descended from french colonists exiled from acadia in the 18th century.
What ya cookin???
Melody
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