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re: Do any of "you people" actually eat "Cajun Pasta"?

Posted on 11/16/12 at 1:45 am to
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 1:45 am to


WTF?

Posted by la_birdman
Lake Charles
Member since Feb 2005
31001 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 1:47 am to
Never heard of it but it sounds like a form of pastalaya.

I'd give it a whirl.
Posted by Catman88
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2004
49125 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 7:27 am to
quote:

red cream sauce


This is the part that confuses me. Not too many cajun dishes outside of a Sauce Piquante that would really have tomato in it.

Its also not common to have chicken and shrimp together. It occurs its just not the norm.

Our versions of italian cajun typically involve alfredo style sauce with crawfish or shrimp or chicken with some tasso thrown in, trinity and there is no such thing as cajun spice. Its just salt,pepper,cayenne for the most part.
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 7:28 am to
It's generally roasted red peppers. Not tomatoes.
Posted by Catman88
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2004
49125 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 7:28 am to
Gumbo pasta.. Thats a new one.
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 7:36 am to
don't even want to know.
Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43296 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 7:38 am to
shrimp, chicken, and andouille topped on linguine? Is it any wonder Louisiana is one of the fattest states?
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 7:43 am to
Nothing you named is that bad for you singularly except the sausage and it doesn't have to be.

And yes, LA is the only place to eat cream based pastas.
Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43296 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 7:52 am to
3 different meats, pasta, and a cream-based sauce. I bet the calories on a serving on that are pretty ridiculous.

Same thing goes for most other classic Louisiana dishes. They were born out of necessity from being poor; cheap, fatty cuts stretched with oils, flour, rice, etc. It's damned tasty, but all so bad.

Anyway, I wasn't planning on making any sort of nutritional debate. Just was making a joke, don't be so sensitive.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97615 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 7:54 am to
I don't like mixing seafood with meat
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 7:57 am to
Wasn't sensitive, nancy. Your joke was just dumb and didn't make sense
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
70095 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 8:05 am to
quote:

shrimp, chicken, and andouille topped on linguine? Is it any wonder Louisiana is one of the fattest states?


I'm not sure what a dish someone ate in Ohio has to do with people in Louisiana being overweight.
Posted by Catman88
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2004
49125 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 8:10 am to
quote:

3 different meats


Maybe its the area Im from but at most you get chicken and sausage or seafood with a tasso. Dont ever really see that combination of chicken,shrimp and sausage.
Posted by Catman88
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2004
49125 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 8:14 am to
Dishes my mom and her family cooked dealed mainly with rice and a gravy and those were the dishes that were high in calories. The pasta dishes are not nearly as common.

Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43296 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 8:15 am to
quote:

Maybe its the area Im from but at most you get chicken and sausage or seafood with a tasso. Dont ever really see that combination of chicken,shrimp and sausage.



agreed, that is an odd combination.
Posted by bdevill
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2008
11804 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:32 am to
Kinda sounds like Pastalaya.. And yes.. we eat the hell out of it.

quote:

chicken,shrimp and sausage.


I've seen this combination in gumbo.. It's called "Louisiana gumbo" on the buffet at Le Pavillion.
This post was edited on 11/16/12 at 9:33 am
Posted by MeridianDog
Home on the range
Member since Nov 2010
14159 posts
Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:37 am to
Cajun Pasta is a tasty nutrious treat.

The wife makes a killer crawfish lasagna. Really good as long as you don't use those chinese crawfish in it.

How coulld you go wrong with crawfish or shrimp or nutria in a creamy spice sauce with linguini and some crusty bread?

Add a little sausage, some green and red peppers, chopped onion and celery? Even better!
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