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re: Baton Rouge area "Cajun" food sucks
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:19 pm to lsunatchamp
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:19 pm to lsunatchamp
Bro, you can get boudin in New Orleans
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Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:20 pm to DBG
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Bro, you can get boudin in New Orleans
This is relatively recent (i.e. only in the last 5 years). When I was living down there, the only boudin you could get was Richard's from the sausage aisle at Rouses.
Couchon Butcher makes it now, right? Anyone else?
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:20 pm to tigercross
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What if I told you po boys aren’t Cajun food?
the cajun and creole cultures have mixed so much over the years, it's hard to keep track of the origins of everything....but that would explain it then
This post was edited on 5/10/18 at 7:21 pm
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:21 pm to Deactived
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its laughable the comments in here like the good ole cajun boys can outcook top chefs in the country,
Did you ever see the Beat Bobby Flay episode when he came to New Orleans to battle for Jambalaya?
He made it with something like mussels and safron rice and shite.
I'm not saying we could compete with them on any dish, but are there a few Cajun or coonasses from generations of homegrown cooks that could compete on our turf with our foods? Absolutely.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:22 pm to kingbob
Yes, butcher, along with central city BBQ, blue oak, toups, and others.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:22 pm to LSUFreek
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The latest has been a trip to BR was for a craving I had for jambalaya. Read rave reviews for the Jambalaya Shoppe
Is this for reals?
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:22 pm to DBG
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Bro, you can get boudin in New Orleans
Not while I was there, had to buy mine at rouses. I moved back in 2014 so maybe things have changed
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:23 pm to kingbob
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Have you ever watched any travel shows when famous chefs come to Louisiana and go to someone's house for a couchon de lait or some gumbo
I think the point is that only a certain % of people here are skilled at cooking that stuff. The average person is popping open a jambalaya mix or dumping beans into a crock pot and calling it a day
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:25 pm to LouisianaLady
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he average person is popping open a jambalaya mix
yeah, no
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or dumping beans into a crock pot and calling it a day
maybe
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:25 pm to LSUFreek
Cajun food in BR
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:26 pm to lsunatchamp
There aren’t a lot of local meat shops, except the Arab ones where you can get your pickled tips and cow dicks
There is a chris’ fine meats, or something like that, on West End that people say is good, I ain’t had anything though.
There is a chris’ fine meats, or something like that, on West End that people say is good, I ain’t had anything though.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:27 pm to kingbob
Dude, yes they are. I'm not talking about your foodie buddies. I'm talking about the tons of people who aren't interested in food and merely feeding themselves/their children.
Not a single friend of mine, other than a poster here, can make a from-scratch jambalaya. I sure as shite didn't grow up in a house where mom was making it. On average, the ability to execute these dishes properly is only a % of people.
Otherwise, every jambalaya competition would have no attendees and only competitors.
Not a single friend of mine, other than a poster here, can make a from-scratch jambalaya. I sure as shite didn't grow up in a house where mom was making it. On average, the ability to execute these dishes properly is only a % of people.
Otherwise, every jambalaya competition would have no attendees and only competitors.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:30 pm to Breesus
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Did you ever see the Beat Bobby Flay episode when he came to New Orleans to battle for Jambalaya?
He made it with something like mussels and safron rice and shite.
I'm not saying we could compete with them on any dish, but are there a few Cajun or coonasses from generations of homegrown cooks that could compete on our turf with our foods? Absolutely.
It’s amazing that a few here can’t admit a simple point.
I mean, if I was a 5 Star chef and went to Thailand and watched them cook and read some recipes I still wouldn’t have the audacity to think I knew how to cook authetic Thai food.
This isn’t fricking Midwest cusiine we are talking about. There’s a distinct nuance to S. LA cooking.
We may have a lot of shite wrong but food isn’t one of them, and fricking NOLA doesn’t have a monopoly on good food.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:32 pm to LouisianaLady
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Not a single friend of mine, other than a poster here, can make a from-scratch jambalaya. I sure as shite didn't grow up in a house where mom was making it. On average, the ability to execute these dishes properly is only a % of people.
It depends widely on where you grew up.
I can fully believe that Baton Rouge wouldn't have the largest percentage of these kinds of people, but the more rural the area, the higher the percentage of cooks simply out of necessity. I don't cook that often living in Mid City. It's far easier to just go around the corner to Serop's or Thai Pepper. However, when I was living out in St. Amant, where it was a 10 minute drive just to get to Gonzales where the fast food restaurants were, I cooked 3-4 nights every week. Most of my friends grew up cooking, and nearly all of them (men and women) know their way around the kitchen. People I know in all of the little small towns around South Louisiana are the same way. The only person I know that can't cook SOMETHING reasonably well is my oldest brother, and that's mostly because he's scared to work the stove
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:33 pm to Breesus
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Did you ever see the Beat Bobby Flay episode when he came to New Orleans to battle for Jambalaya?
No, I dont watch him. He has a punchable face and attitude
But give him a recipe like Poche's from the food board cookbook and ill take his food over any baw tailgate stuff
the recipes are simple. as long as he has the proper ingredients, what exactly is he going to frick up?
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:34 pm to LouisianaLady
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Not a single friend of mine, other than a poster here, can make a from-scratch jambalaya.
What...
You’re talking females here, right?
Because i’ll Say that i’ve Never met a female Cook who could knock out a primo pot of Jambalaya.
I think that’s another unique thing about S. LA.
How cooking (not just grilling) is a realm of the men.
Although, that compels me to make sure my little girl knows how to cook a proper pot of jambalaya.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:34 pm to Deactived
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what exactly is he going to frick up?
The rice
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:36 pm to X123F45
Hot Tails in New Roads
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:36 pm to fr33manator
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Because i’ll Say that i’ve Never met a female Cook who could knock out a primo pot of Jambalaya.
I've got a couple female cousins that can. Their dads are former World Champs, so it's part of the pedigree.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:38 pm to fr33manator
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I mean, if I was a 5 Star chef and went to Thailand and watched them cook and read some recipes I still wouldn’t have the audacity to think I knew how to cook authetic Thai food.
This isn’t fricking Midwest cusiine we are talking about. There’s a distinct nuance to S. LA cooking.
You see, that’s the thing about actual “five star” (whatever that means since the preeminent restaurant rating scale only awards three stars) chefs. They 100% could watch a dish be made twice, read some recipes, and put out a better dish.
They are trained in nuance. Any subjective nuance in south LA cooking would be a layup for them
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