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re: Pastalaya is never that great.
Posted on 8/5/17 at 5:32 pm to LakeViewLSU
Posted on 8/5/17 at 5:32 pm to LakeViewLSU
I like to commit a double cardinal sin and make a cheesy pastalaya. Melt a block of cheddar and cream cheese in the pot before adding the noodles. The purist will hate it but it's money everytime.
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Posted on 8/5/17 at 7:53 pm to jmh5724
You need to die. Sorry.
Posted on 8/6/17 at 11:39 am to LakeViewLSU
Jambalaya is fine without putting it on pasta.
Posted on 8/6/17 at 12:40 pm to lsuwontonwrap
And why is homemade Pastalaya different from a restaurant's Pasta Jambalaya? At a restaurant, it is always a creamy sauce over bowtie. At home, people make a dry, boring concoction over Angel Hair, when regular Jambalaya would have been so much better.
Posted on 8/6/17 at 1:10 pm to liz18lsu
quote:Like jambalaya not being "over" rice, pastalaya is not "over" pasta. The rice or pasta is cooked in the dish, not separately.
At home, people make a dry, boring concoction over Angel Hair,
Posted on 8/6/17 at 1:43 pm to LakeViewLSU
For me it's a texture thing.
Pastalaya feels wrong in the mouth because I'm associating it with jambalaya. I need the rice for it to be the real dish.
Kind of like how arborio rice wouldn't work for jambalaya. You need long grain. Vice versa for risotto.
Now if you wanted to call pastalaya "cajun pasta," I might go for it as a different kind of dish.
Pastalaya feels wrong in the mouth because I'm associating it with jambalaya. I need the rice for it to be the real dish.
Kind of like how arborio rice wouldn't work for jambalaya. You need long grain. Vice versa for risotto.
Now if you wanted to call pastalaya "cajun pasta," I might go for it as a different kind of dish.
Posted on 8/6/17 at 1:56 pm to TIGERFANZZ
quote:
. To me, pastalaya has always been a wedding reception catered type event dish.
at soaki
Where is the wedding the Prop Stop?
I can say I've only had pastalaya one time and it wasn't bad. It was a bit thin. I would like to try it again but really don't see it.
And when did it start coming around? In the last ten years I guess?
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:08 pm to pochejp
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Sometimes folks just prefer pasta over rice
Damn Yankees. Anyone in this category has something wrong with them. Jambalaya all the way
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:09 pm to LakeViewLSU
You're correct. I suck at making jambalaya, either the rice does not cook all the way through, chicken over cooked, to salty etc. but I can make the hell out of some pastalaya.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 7:41 am to LakeViewLSU
I agree that it's usually too dry and ends up just being spaghetti noodles with sausage for most rednecks that try to make it. But my wife makes one that is juicy as hell and I love it. Still prefer jambalaya but pastalaya is good.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 8:27 am to LakeViewLSU
Pastalaya can be delicious, but I find that almost every time I eat one, it's too damn salty. Pasta will soak up salt like crazy.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 9:14 am to LakeViewLSU
99% of the time I prefer jamb but pastalaya is $$$$$ when drunk at a tailgate
Posted on 10/31/17 at 7:47 am to Cold Drink
Does anyone have some Pastalya Recipies?
Posted on 10/31/17 at 7:54 am to LakeViewLSU
I used to agree with this statement until I had one of my sales manager's pastalaya at a function. It's absolutely delicious.
Posted on 10/31/17 at 7:58 am to Ryan3232
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I love both of them equally.
Posted on 10/31/17 at 8:28 am to Stadium Rat
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Stadium Rat
I remember a while back you made a post stating you were in the middle of a Leblancs jambo cook...how did it turn out for you?
Posted on 10/31/17 at 8:39 am to Martini
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I can say I've only had pastalaya one time
Me too, where do people eat pastalaya all the time? I don't know anyone in Lafayette who cooks it. The one time I had it, I was in New Roads.
ETA: It was good that one time that I tried it. I might make one of my own soon.
This post was edited on 10/31/17 at 8:41 am
Posted on 10/31/17 at 8:52 am to LSUBoo
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Pastalaya can be delicious, but I find that almost every time I eat one, it's too damn salty. Pasta will soak up salt like crazy.
This is where the seasoning of pastalaya and jambalaya differ. After you add your water or stock, let it come to a boil then taste it. For jambalaya, the water should taste slightly over seasoned and salty. For pastalaya, the water should taste how you want the finished product to taste. If the water is too salty, the pastalaya will be too salty.
Posted on 10/31/17 at 9:09 am to LSUsmartass
quote:It was good, but I prefer to do the seasonings on my own.
Leblancs jambo cook...how did it turn out for you?
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