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Question About Secret Ingredient in the "Real Pie Man's" Food
Posted on 2/15/23 at 7:04 pm
Posted on 2/15/23 at 7:04 pm
There used to be a guy called the "Real Pie Man" who hustled around downtown and mid-city NOLA selling his seafood pies and other food. I had his food several times and it was VERY good, but I haven't been in that area working in almost 20 years. I have no idea if he's still active.
One of the dishes I really liked was his crawfish pasta. It had a spice ingredient that gave it a unique earthy, maybe herbal flavor that I want to reproduce.
I first thought it might be ground bay leaf or file powder, but they didn't come out like I wanted. I even went so far as to brew "bay leaf tea" to isolate the bay flavor.
Does anybody on here have any idea what this mystery ingredient might be?
One of the dishes I really liked was his crawfish pasta. It had a spice ingredient that gave it a unique earthy, maybe herbal flavor that I want to reproduce.
I first thought it might be ground bay leaf or file powder, but they didn't come out like I wanted. I even went so far as to brew "bay leaf tea" to isolate the bay flavor.
Does anybody on here have any idea what this mystery ingredient might be?
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Posted on 2/15/23 at 7:55 pm to Stadium Rat
Cumin?
Turmeric?
Saffron?
Turmeric?
Saffron?
This post was edited on 2/15/23 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 2/15/23 at 8:06 pm to Stadium Rat
Oddly I just watched a YouTube video of Real Pie Man. He has a place in Gretna now.
Facebook video link. the real pie man -HTM
File' is usually the earthy flavor.
Facebook video link. the real pie man -HTM
File' is usually the earthy flavor.
This post was edited on 2/15/23 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 2/15/23 at 8:06 pm to Stadium Rat
Fresh Basil?
This post was edited on 2/15/23 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 2/15/23 at 8:17 pm to Napoleon
quote:How much of that do you estimate would be in a pot of crawfish pasta?
File' is usually the earthy flavor.
Posted on 2/15/23 at 9:02 pm to Stadium Rat
Posted on 2/16/23 at 6:44 am to Stadium Rat
They’ve got a small restaurant in Gretna. It’s pretty good. Haven’t stopped by in several years.
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:58 am to Stadium Rat
That menu looks pretty good and from the video I can tell he's doing his fried fish right.
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