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Posted on 5/26/22 at 10:51 am to whatchamacallit
They’ll be plenty of traditional jambalaya to be had. As well as bunch of other S La. Favorite festival foods. Go enjoy
Posted on 5/26/22 at 2:08 pm to whatchamacallit
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Why don't don't they just open it up and let it ride?
There's a few reasons:
1. The Jambalaya cookoff is designed to level the competition to one decided almost purely by technique, thus everyone uses the same ingredients.
2. Color is one of the judge factors. Color in one's jambalaya typically comes from having the right technique when browning one's meat and onions. It is easier to get a darker brown from pork than it is for chicken, meaning that chicken is a greater challenge to get that desired color. However. there's a lot of substances that can be used to "cheat" a darker color to circumvent using proper technique, so rules were needed to ban those substances.
3. There are seasoning blends which one can buy off the shelf that are literally already in the perfect ratio. By forcing everyone to mix their own seasonings from what is provided, it keeps them from all just dumping in cans of Leblanc's. This tests the cooks' ability to taste test and get the most out of what they're given.
4. Pork and sausage are MUCH more forgiving than chicken and can add a lot more flavor to a jambalaya. Since the challenge here is designed to test technique at rendering the best flavor out of what's given rather than the ability to source the best ingredients, chicken is used because it's a bigger challenge. Chicken doesn't brown up as well, it burns more easily, and great technique is required to make the chicken taste good, where even mediocre technique results in tasty pork.
Short version: the festival competition is all about removing variables in ingredients to be the ultimate test of skill.
Also, they do sell pork and sausage jambalaya that is cooked just for consumption. Just ask around, and you'll find it if you don't see the signs. Typically, the competition jambalaya is cheaper, and the pork sometimes sells out.
This post was edited on 5/26/22 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 5/26/22 at 3:20 pm to RedFoxx
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No personal spices/ingredients allowed.
Hehe, sure.....
Posted on 5/26/22 at 8:49 pm to fightin tigers
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Hehe, sure..
Amazing how many cooks wear long sleeve shirts in the blistering heat
Posted on 5/27/22 at 3:13 pm to Tigerpaw123
And how they use that nasty water in the 5 gallon buckets.
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