Meat and Potatos

A nice venison roast with mashed sweet potatoes. Kind of a coonass pot roast.

I'd do red wine braised short ribs over herb-garlic mashed potatoes.





It's not really "Louisiana" themed though. But the liquid that it renders will have people licking the bowl.

It's my go-to recipe.




Could always do Alligator Piquante, but I don't know if that's really different/interesting in the sense that you're looking for.

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Those short ribs look delicious, I will have to try these at home, but its at a Baptist Church so the red wine sauce might raise some eyebrows.

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It reduces out. Braising takes several hours
If you decide to do it, make it a day ahead so you can pick the fat off while it's cold instead of bothering with skimming.

Those people have had wine in pasta.. roast.. etc. plenty of times, I promise you. Unless they don't dine out at all No way to make many of the foods we eat without wine.

How about a layered ham & potato gratin? Looks good, easy, inexpensive, and full of gruyere goodness. If you want to fancy it up, use prosciutto or very thin country ham. Like this:
You can even cook it on a grill, if you want.
I'd be tempted to do something off the wall and ethnic for the Baptist church crowd. Like a meat & potato knish, or pierogies, or meat & potato samosas.

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How about a layered ham & potato gratin? Looks good, easy, inexpensive, and full of gruyere goodness

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That's a really good idea. Something easy and simple, but not something anyone will think of.

Bonus points if the contest in the AM.

Then consider lamb & potato samosas: LINK
Or do a selection of stuffed Indian flatbreads: keema naan (meat stuffed naan) and aloo paratha (potato stuffed bread). Both can be served with a spicy chutney.

Or twirly potatoes, like this: LINK /
You'd need the special potato curl cutter and a deep fryer. But if you made a seasoned salt spiked with pulverized beef jerky, people would scarf it up, I promise.

Thanks for all of the great ideas.
This will be a tough choice deciding which one to make. I will have to post pictures of the final result when we are done.

Do some duck fat tater tots