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re: Why are people from Gonzales so uptight about jambalaya?
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:10 am to theantiquetiger
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:10 am to theantiquetiger
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People from Gonzales don't like Dutchtown either, because we get all the new stuff in the parish. Dutchtown is mostly BR people (such as I am).
Exactly, people from Baton Rouge who live in Dutchtown don't like Gonzales. There are plenty of people from Dutchtown that still consider Gonzales and Dutchtown the same thing. It wasn't that long ago that if you lived in Dutchtown you went to high school in Gonzales.
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Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:11 am to AscensionTiger
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It wasn't that long ago that if you lived in Dutchtown you went to high school in Gonzales.
We still didn't like Gonzales when that was true.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:25 am to theantiquetiger
Looks like this turned into a food thread despite the disclaimer. 
Growing up, we called the red version "red rice". I personally like it just as much as I like jambalaya but it is a different dish.
Now, I do admit I'm a bit more iffy on the difference between a stew, an etouffee and a bisque.
Growing up, we called the red version "red rice". I personally like it just as much as I like jambalaya but it is a different dish.
Now, I do admit I'm a bit more iffy on the difference between a stew, an etouffee and a bisque.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:25 am to fightin tigers
Youknow whats worse? New iberia people and their "pastalaya"
Annoying assholes
Annoying assholes
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:26 am to theantiquetiger
Red jambalaya sucks brah.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:27 am to bushwacker
Youngsville,... Where we put traffic circles in neighborhoods 
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:29 am to BigEdLSU
Yeah but i'll take the lowest crime rate and lack of.......anyday. Lol
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:31 am to theantiquetiger
Make one batch each of Tony's, Oakgrave and homemade jambalaya and mix together in a big black kettle...now that's jambalaya!
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:54 am to theantiquetiger
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That's why there are zero good restaurants in Gonzales.
Do you even El Meskal, bro?
Posted on 3/15/15 at 9:12 am to McCringleberryy
Attention red jambalaya people:
That shite is nasty, and a crime against humanity.
G-town brown, 4 life.
That shite is nasty, and a crime against humanity.
G-town brown, 4 life.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 9:35 am to Sheep
Red jambalaya almost killed pierce brosnan in mrs doubtfire. Just sayin.....
Posted on 3/15/15 at 9:54 am to poochie
This is the way to go. Jazz it up with onion, bell pepper, celery, etc.:
If you want the red/creole version:
They even have the pasta stuff. Not crazy about it.
If you want the red/creole version:
They even have the pasta stuff. Not crazy about it.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 9:55 am to theantiquetiger
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I am a 1000x better cook then him.
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theantiquetiger
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You need a dictionary.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 10:12 am to theantiquetiger
quote:This is an accurate statement.
They say red jambalaya is not the true jambalaya.
quote:That's what jambalaya is.
It was good, but still just cooked meat and rice.
quote:Cooking jambalaya from scratch properly - without parboiled rice and to the proper consistency - ain't easy. I know quite a few really good cooks who can't pull it off.
I tell him that no one in Gonzales can cook real food and jamabalaya is all they can cook.
But you have a point - folks in Gonzales and most of Ascension Parish for that matter take jamb way too seriously (as evidenced by this post).
Posted on 3/15/15 at 10:19 am to theantiquetiger
Jambalaya is peasant food (it is the cheapest dish to make for a large volume of people), and as such is mostly cooked in the home. The style of jambalaya cooked in Gonzales is the original, New Orleans's style being an adaptation that was nicknamed jambalaya. Some people like it, but i can't stand the stuff.
Gonzales doesn't have much of a restaurant scene because most people cook at home at night and eat plate lunches delivered to the plant for lunch. Small takeout places like Lamendola's, T-Wayne's, Jam Up, ect provide delicious cheap home-cooked food.
With that being said, Gonzales has the Carlico Cafe and Sno's
Not too far outside town, there's Philay's, Houma's House, and The Cabin.
A little further out has Kevin's, Swamp Pop Cafe, and Hilltop
You are ignorant, and you can't use your interpersonal problems with your coworker to pidgeonhole and entire populace.
And get it right, low-rider trucks DO NOT have truck nuts, jacked-up ones do, GOSH!
Gonzales doesn't have much of a restaurant scene because most people cook at home at night and eat plate lunches delivered to the plant for lunch. Small takeout places like Lamendola's, T-Wayne's, Jam Up, ect provide delicious cheap home-cooked food.
With that being said, Gonzales has the Carlico Cafe and Sno's
Not too far outside town, there's Philay's, Houma's House, and The Cabin.
A little further out has Kevin's, Swamp Pop Cafe, and Hilltop
You are ignorant, and you can't use your interpersonal problems with your coworker to pidgeonhole and entire populace.
And get it right, low-rider trucks DO NOT have truck nuts, jacked-up ones do, GOSH!
Posted on 3/15/15 at 10:54 am to theantiquetiger
Jambalaya is just po-folk food, and as such, there is no *one* way to make it. It's just a variant of what every culture's poor folk eats: a carb with some meat and seasonings mixed in. I've had jambalaya with everything from seafood, to poultry, to deer meat to tomato to beans in it. I've even had jambalaya with grits instead of rice. It's just a cheap way for poor people to fill up, and anyone from anywhere who only recognizes one way to make it is as deprived as he or he is ignorant, lazy and uncreative. Just imagine if nobody had ever thought "I wonder how that pizza would taste if I tried putting pepperoni on it"...
Live a little. You may actually stumble onto a good twist that the masses would enjoy.
Live a little. You may actually stumble onto a good twist that the masses would enjoy.
This post was edited on 3/15/15 at 11:12 am
Posted on 3/15/15 at 10:58 am to theantiquetiger
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Guy up here at work (he's from Gonzales) made a large pot of it tonight. It was good, but still just cooked meat and rice.
I frick with him all the time about it. I am a 1000x better cook then him. Everyone of his "recipes" has Tony's in it. I can't stand Tony's
This would have for perfectly on the food board
Posted on 3/15/15 at 12:21 pm to kingbob
The Dutchtown elitists crack me up. First of all, there's really nothing to be elitist about. And secondly, it's all Ascension Parish as far as I'm concerned.
"All the new stuff" Dutchtown gets is a poorly planned mile of strip malls and fast food restaurants.
"All the new stuff" Dutchtown gets is a poorly planned mile of strip malls and fast food restaurants.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 12:24 pm to RealityTiger
Wonder what is new that Dutch town has.... I mean Galvez »»»» Dutch town they have a Walmart and a LeBlanc's PLUS strip malls
Posted on 3/15/15 at 1:23 pm to theantiquetiger
Just as thin gumbo, thick gumbo, and dark gumbo all have their place, so does red vs tan jambalaya.
Red jambalaya is easier to make. But under no circumstances should their ever be a SAUCE in the jamabalaya. Moist? Yes. Any liquid or paste, NO.
Red jamabalaya is usually served in small portions with another larger entree.
Tan jambalaya is typically a stand alone meal...served with white beans at the most.
Done right, neither are bad.
Now you serve me an étoufée or bisque with an oil based roux rather than butter... And I'll kill your whole family and banish your legacy from history. Or just not eat it.
Red jambalaya is easier to make. But under no circumstances should their ever be a SAUCE in the jamabalaya. Moist? Yes. Any liquid or paste, NO.
Red jamabalaya is usually served in small portions with another larger entree.
Tan jambalaya is typically a stand alone meal...served with white beans at the most.
Done right, neither are bad.
Now you serve me an étoufée or bisque with an oil based roux rather than butter... And I'll kill your whole family and banish your legacy from history. Or just not eat it.
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