re: Cooking dinner for my gf parents...

I would make sure they will eat your ingredients..... And after thats cleared, consider fedex'n up some necessities.

Jacobs Andouille, Tasso, etc will keep without dry ice if needed. U can pack red beans, etc if u want.

I highly suggest you take your own seasonings - especially if ur blackening anything.

If you are shipping dry ice'd goods....Have any gumbo in the freezer u can heat and serve as an appetizer? Send some alligator tailmeat - do blackened alligator and a chicken/alligator sauce picant with a side of remoulade.

A nice blackened fish with a side of smoked chicken/andouille jambalaya would be a good taster for them.