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Why are tomatoes absent in Cajun cuisine?
Posted on 10/7/18 at 10:06 am
Posted on 10/7/18 at 10:06 am
Creole cuisine is full of tomatoes, yet the adjacent Cajun cuisine ignores them almost completely. Tomatoes are delicious, are relatively easy to grow and do very well in our soil and climate, did the Cajuns think they were poisonous as some did?
Does anyone have any insight into this phenomena?
Does anyone have any insight into this phenomena?
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Posted on 10/7/18 at 10:23 am to andouille
In.
Posted on 10/7/18 at 11:41 am to andouille
Tomatoes are definitely not absent in Cajun cooking, either in a contemporary view or an historical one. Redfish courtbouillion features tomatoes, as does the bayou cajun shrimp spaghetti common in southern Lafourche & Terrebonne (a fine dish that deserves to be cooked more widely, esp with a little crab fat stirred into the sauce). Shrimp creole is popular, and a smidge of tomato paste is pretty common in crawfish etouffee. All the bayou cajun cooks I know cook smothered okra & tomatoes (usually w/shrimp), as well as using tomatoes in shrimp/sausage/corn soup. Those are just a few off the top of my head, I’m sure we could come up with a more exhaustive list.
Just because it’s not in gumbo or jambalaya doesn’t mean it isn’t used in cajun cooking.
Just because it’s not in gumbo or jambalaya doesn’t mean it isn’t used in cajun cooking.
Posted on 10/7/18 at 5:33 pm to andouille
cajun is a more simpler style with normally less expensive ingredients.
they use tomatos often, just not in everything because poors dont use the pricey veggies if they can do without
they use tomatos often, just not in everything because poors dont use the pricey veggies if they can do without
Posted on 10/7/18 at 6:05 pm to andouille
Sauce Piquant much?
This post was edited on 10/7/18 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 10/7/18 at 6:08 pm to andouille
Because a lot of Italians settled in NOLA.
Historically, there were only a few places Catholics were welcomed in the U.S. NOLA was one of them.
Historically, there were only a few places Catholics were welcomed in the U.S. NOLA was one of them.
Posted on 10/7/18 at 7:21 pm to andouille
Because they are both gross and poisonous.
Posted on 10/9/18 at 7:54 am to andouille
Cajun cuisine does include tomatoes but they just aren't included in dishes where they shouldn't be.
Posted on 10/9/18 at 3:00 pm to andouille
Maybe someone should list out dishes that are actually cajun and dishes that are actually creole. That would be the first place to start with identifying whether or not cajuns cook with tomatoes.
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