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re: etouffee..roux or no roux?

Posted on 2/21/11 at 5:29 pm to
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
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Posted on 2/21/11 at 5:29 pm to
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Das OK, we a very tolerant people




Ya. Putting aside the good things I have now that I would not have and dreaming about the parallel universe, leaving LA was one of my worst moves.
Posted by Count Chocula
Tier 5 and proud
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Posted on 2/21/11 at 5:30 pm to
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leaving LA was one of my worst moves.
Screw all the responsibilities... c'mon back!
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
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Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 2/21/11 at 5:32 pm to
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c'mon back!


As often as I can my friend. As often as I can.

2 weeks from tomorrow in fact!
Posted by Count Chocula
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Posted on 2/21/11 at 5:40 pm to
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As often as I can my friend. As often as I can.

2 weeks from tomorrow in fact
Where's home?
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
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Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 2/21/11 at 5:43 pm to
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Where's home?


You mean where in LA did I live?

BR. One year high school and then LSU.

In Atlanta now for years.
Posted by BayouBlitz
Member since Aug 2007
18126 posts
Posted on 2/21/11 at 5:54 pm to
Blonde roux w butter. I think an etouffe should be rich.

If you're doing crawfish...making your own crawfish stock is a must.
Posted by OC Tiger
Charlotte, NC
Member since Feb 2007
1544 posts
Posted on 2/21/11 at 5:57 pm to
Love Chef Paul's recipe...butter roux.
Posted by tetu
Ascension Parish
Member since Jan 2011
12269 posts
Posted on 2/21/11 at 10:42 pm to
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making your own crawfish stock is a must


Makes a world of difference, I just rarely have the time.


In the end, make your etouffee how you like it. As long as its good it doesn't matter how you make it, everyone will eat it no matter which side you fall.
Posted by KaplanTiger
Harahan
Member since Jan 2008
268 posts
Posted on 2/22/11 at 6:03 am to
Like you, my mother never used a roux in her crawfish etouffee. Only butter, onions and then corn starch to thicken at the end along with some green onion tops. I want to taste the crawfish and that's the way I always make it.
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
68769 posts
Posted on 2/22/11 at 6:06 am to
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it cannot be an etouffee' without one.

I use a butter roux.
Posted by madamsquirrel
The big somewhere out there
Member since Jul 2009
56160 posts
Posted on 2/22/11 at 7:51 am to
My family is from jeanerrette / new Iberia and we never used a Roux. Butter onions crawfish and the fat only. This was my favorite dish as a child and now I am allergic to crawfish.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 2/22/11 at 8:37 am to
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Mother is full cajun and never put roux near her etouffee. Neither did her mother, grandmother, aunts.....


Both sides for me. I suppose, technically, it's a creole, but no roux from the Tate Cove, Ville Platte or Washington crew.
Posted by Kajungee
South ,Section 6 Row N
Member since Mar 2004
17033 posts
Posted on 2/22/11 at 10:02 am to
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This was my favorite dish as a child and now I am allergic to crawfish


My Condolences
Posted by QualityCoonass
br
Member since Dec 2010
531 posts
Posted on 2/22/11 at 10:59 am to
no roux
Posted by BayouBlitz
Member since Aug 2007
18126 posts
Posted on 2/22/11 at 1:15 pm to
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I want to taste the crawfish and that's the way I always make it.


So crawfish stock and crawfish tails and you can't taste the crawfish because of the heavy flavor that flour brings?

If you're that set on maximizing the crawfish flavor, why are you using butter? I'd recommend a bland vegetble oil or margarine.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 2/22/11 at 1:27 pm to
ive never heard of etouffee not having a roux
Posted by Kajungee
South ,Section 6 Row N
Member since Mar 2004
17033 posts
Posted on 2/22/11 at 1:49 pm to
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If you're that set on maximizing the crawfish flavor, why are you using butter? I'd recommend a bland vegetble oil or margarine.



My St. Landry Parish Grandma (god rest her soul)
would argue for days about etouffee.

No roux as stated earlier, also she insisted No butter - Oleo was the only way to go.
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