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re: Need a solid jambalaya recipe
Posted on 5/2/11 at 11:19 pm to SUB
Posted on 5/2/11 at 11:19 pm to SUB
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When you add tomato to jambalaya, it is no longer a jambalaya. I'm sure people can make a jambalaya with tomato and make it taste good, but then again, I'm sure you could make a jambalaya with mayonaise and it would taste good too, if done right. A line has to be drawn, and that line is tomato.
Exactly.
Some may LIKE it, but to call it jambalaya is just BS. It's rice with spaghetti sauce as far as I'm concerned
The worst part is the photo in the OP is NOT a tomato jambalaya.
This post was edited on 5/2/11 at 11:20 pm
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Posted on 5/2/11 at 11:24 pm to LouisianaLady
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Looking for a tomato based version
That's not jambalaya...thats red rice
Posted on 5/2/11 at 11:29 pm to SUB
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When you add tomato to jambalaya, it is no longer a jambalaya
Who made you the judge of all things jambalaya? Or should I ask, "What makes you THINK you're the judge of all things jambalaya?"
And Lady, that second picture looks fine to me.
Posted on 5/2/11 at 11:32 pm to BayouBlitz
Go troll somewhere else
You're in a losing battle if you stay here trying to claim that tomatoes or tomato sauce still makes it jambalaya.
It looks like rice with ketchup on it, which this lady at my daycare as a kid would do. Gross.
You're in a losing battle if you stay here trying to claim that tomatoes or tomato sauce still makes it jambalaya.
It looks like rice with ketchup on it, which this lady at my daycare as a kid would do. Gross.
Posted on 5/2/11 at 11:54 pm to BayouBlitz
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Who made you the judge of all things jambalaya?
I am not the judge. This is a widely accepted truth by most cajuns. If you want to boil some noodles and pour brown gravy over them and call it spaghetti, I doubt many people will take you seriously.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 12:03 am to SUB
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This is a widely accepted truth by most cajuns.
Yeah, but what you cajuns fail to grasp is you don't have a monopoly on jambalaya. There has been creole jambalaya as long as there has been cajun jambalaya.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 12:07 am to SUB
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I am not the judge. This is a widely accepted truth by most cajuns.
Well, I was born and raised in NOLA along with a ton of family and friends. Several do red or creole jambalaya. Never ONCE heard that it was extraordinary. So I'll take that over some posters on a message board.
As a matter of fact, that yall never heard of red or creole jambalaya being a S. LA staple makes me wonder.
What's funny is, none of my LA friends/relatives have ever heard of doing gumbo without okra, but it seems pretty common on this board.
Anyway, to each his/her own. And to me this looks delish:
from this website:
Creole Jambalaya
Posted on 5/3/11 at 12:29 am to BayouBlitz
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As a matter of fact, that yall never heard of red or creole jambalaya being a S. LA staple makes me wonder.
No one said they've never heard of it. It's just not liked around here. If OP is looking for recipes, he should look elsewhere because he's not going to find it here.
Not trying to be rude, but people are passionate about that kind of stuff
And if someone gave me tomato rice, I would kindly decline. If the OP lives here in BR, it would probably be in his best interest to steer clear of tomato "jambalaya" if he's trying to impress house guests.Posted on 5/3/11 at 12:44 am to LouisianaLady
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If OP is looking for recipes, he should look elsewhere because he's not going to find it here.
I just posted a link for red jambalaya, sooooooo....
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It's just not liked around here
It's well liked in NOLA. I can't speak for BR.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 12:54 am to BayouBlitz
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I just posted a link for red jambalaya, sooooooo....
I meant your own recipes. Not things he can google.
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It's well liked in NOLA. I can't speak for BR.
"Around here" is in reference to the Food Board.. which you either clearly never visit or pay no attention to.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:13 am to LouisianaLady
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"Around here" is in reference to the Food Board.. which you either clearly never visit or pay no attention to.
Food Board elite-ists? Too funny.
The recipe I linked is very similar to how i do mine. I hope the OP finds it useful.
Nice sparring with you. Have an excellent night.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:21 am to BayouBlitz
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Food Board elite-ists? Too funny.
Not at all.. you just misunderstood the word "here" to mean Louisiana so I was correcting you.
Creole Jambalaya exists, unfortunately
, but there are strong opinions against it here and I have to admit I agree with them. I'm not sure where the OP is or who he is cooking for, but your typical BR native or cajun family isn't going to go for Creole Jambalaya. If they do, that's great, but I wouldn't use the first time cooking for extended family to test it out, personally eta: OP's original post says he's in Acadiana. Yeah, they're really not going to be down for that.
This post was edited on 5/3/11 at 1:31 am
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:31 am to LouisianaLady
Damn woman, do you ever go to bed?
I thought you meant "here" was BR, as you alluded to it in your post.
I'm not a stranger to the FoodB. Just not a daily poster.
I thought you meant "here" was BR, as you alluded to it in your post.
I'm not a stranger to the FoodB. Just not a daily poster.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:35 am to BayouBlitz
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Damn woman, do you ever go to bed?
You're up too..
I'm young. It's in my nature to be awake all night
I'll be studying until.. idk 5ish? We shall see.
This post was edited on 5/3/11 at 1:36 am
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:44 am to LouisianaLady
I'm up because i just got power back on yesterday after being out for 5 days. (I'm in N Ala where 1 mil people lost power for a min of 4 days). My sleeping schedule is all whacked, going to sleep at dark and waking up at midnight and going to sleep again at 4 am, etc etc.
And the sundown curfew is still in effect, so no going to the pub and drinking. So I'm wide awake AND a bit bored.
So do you use okra in your gumbo? I'm assuming yes?
And the sundown curfew is still in effect, so no going to the pub and drinking. So I'm wide awake AND a bit bored.
So do you use okra in your gumbo? I'm assuming yes?
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:48 am to BayouBlitz
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I'm up because i just got power back on yesterday after being out for 5 days. (I'm in N Ala where 1 mil people lost power for a min of 4 days). My sleeping schedule is all whacked, going to sleep at dark and waking up at midnight and going to sleep again at 4 am, etc etc.
Damn, that sucks a lot. I bet having air conditioning back is a blessing though. I am such a baby about that and remember crying my eyes out our last night without power for Gustav because I was so hot and miserable. The other stuff I can do without, but no air-conditioning made me a terrible person.
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So do you use okra in your gumbo? I'm assuming yes?
Honestly, I've had it both ways and like it both ways. I don't make my own gumbos often (just started making it this year so only 2-3 times) and did not use okra any of those times.. not because I don't like it, but moreso because I didn't have it or think to buy it. But if I had it on hand or thought about it, I would use okra. My mom has always used it, so I'm pretty acquainted with okra in gumbo.
This post was edited on 5/3/11 at 1:50 am
Posted on 5/3/11 at 2:00 am to LouisianaLady
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I don't make my own gumbos often (just started making it this year so only 2-3 times)
Say whaaa? I do gumbo a lot, and it's what I do best. Then jambalayas, then etoufees. And I put tomatoes in etoufee, but not gumbo.
i'm pretty openminded about ingredients, but I insist that gumbo has okra.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 2:16 am to BayouBlitz
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Say whaaa? I do gumbo a lot, and it's what I do best. Then jambalayas, then etoufees. And I put tomatoes in etoufee, but not gumbo.
I'm 20, so not making gumbo often isn't so much related to me not liking it (because I like it) but more related to me just in the past year moving into a home with my boyfriend. Before then, I never had to cook ANYTHING muchless gumbo
I tried it 3 times this past winter and was told is was great, but didn't personally like it. This may have just been a mental thing though since I knew I was the one making it, LOL
This post was edited on 5/3/11 at 2:17 am
Posted on 5/3/11 at 2:32 am to LouisianaLady
Well, it's never too late to get moving on the cooking thing. Hell, I didnt get into the Beatles until my 20's.
Check this out....Zatarains even has a cheese jambalaya. How does that make you feel?
LINK
Check this out....Zatarains even has a cheese jambalaya. How does that make you feel?
LINK
Posted on 5/3/11 at 5:35 am to BayouBlitz
There is a big difference to having tomatoes in a jambalaya and having a tomato based ( red jambalaya). If you want a traditional cajun jambalaya, I would not put a lot of tomatoes in it, a little won't hurt, it will add some flavor but not be noticable (maybe even a small can of rotel).
A red jambalaya (or creole) has much more tomato in it.
A red jambalaya (or creole) has much more tomato in it.
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