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re: Why are tomatoes absent in Cajun cuisine?
Posted on 10/7/18 at 11:41 am to andouille
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.
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Posted on 10/7/18 at 12:38 pm to hungryone
What she said.
Posted on 10/7/18 at 12:51 pm to hungryone
Sauce piquante
Maque choux
Maque choux
Posted on 10/7/18 at 5:35 pm to hungryone
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Just because it’s not in gumbo
Yawyaw yawyawyawyawyawyaw!
Posted on 10/7/18 at 5:51 pm to hungryone
Posted on 10/7/18 at 7:16 pm to hungryone
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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.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 9:04 am to hungryone
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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).
Please, for the love of God, someone post a recipe to this. Sounds awesome (and I have never heard of it).
Posted on 10/8/18 at 10:42 am to hungryone
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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)
My maw maw used to cook this often. I don't care if I had just ate I was getting some.
You have a recipe?
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