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Fourth Day of Christmas – 4 Pousse-Café

Cajun French: le café (lu ka-fā) – coffee

 

A Pousse-Café ordered out would generally be a layered drink of liqueurs in various colors and weights. It is poured in separate layers based on the weight of the liqueurs, most dense to least dense. Made properly, this drink is a delight to the eyes and palate as well. Laurie’s Dad could make a perfect Pousse-Café and he was very proud of that fact. In French, Pousse-Café means to “push the coffee”.

In Cajun French, a Pousse-Café means liquor added to coffee. Generally the Pousse-Café is served after a meal and liquor of choice is used. The Pousse-Café is said to aid digestion, find out for yourself.

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Third Day of Christmas – 3 Stuffed Shrimp

Cajun French: bourrer (boor-ā) – to stuff

 

On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me three stuffed shrimp.

Shrimp are a staple in the Cajun diet and we eat them in various ways at least three times a week. Stuffed shrimp is a favorite of ours and our recipe is baked not fried. We do not put any coating on them and use more crab than bread for our stuffing.

Enjoy our Third Day of Christmas recipe.

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Second Day of Christmas – 2 voodoo dolls

Cajun French: gris-gris (gree gree) – spell or charm

boudin (boo-dahn) – Cajun sausage

 

Voodoo is a religion practiced mainly in the Caribbean and also has a presence in New Orleans and south Louisiana. Although it is a religion, Voodoo also means a charm, spell, fetish, or curse which holds magical power. The Voodoo Doll represents the spirit of a specific person. One can talk to the doll as if talking to the person and have influences over that person – good or evil. In Cajun Louisiana we call putting spells on someone; putting the gris-gris on them.

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First Day of Christmas – A Crawfish in a Fig Tree

Cajun French: l’arbre (l’arb) – tree

 

 

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me – a crawfish in a fig tree.

In reality we had a crawfish casserole with a fig salad. Figs are a popular fruit in south Louisiana except they are not available fresh at Christmas time. So we used dried figs and reconstituted them. The crawfish were frozen tails we had stored in the freezer. We always try to have frozen crawfish tails available for use and always Louisiana Crawfish Tails.

This is also a great recipe for using those Christmas leftovers. Almost any vegetable could be used as well as leftover rice.

Our gift to you for the First Day of Christmas.

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Sweet Potato Pumpkin Pancakes

Cajun French:  le miel (lu mee-el) – honey

 

Wanting to use our leftover pumpkin for something different, pancakes seemed worth a try. Not just ordinary pancakes yet ones made with Bruce’s Sweet Potato Pancake Mix and coconut milk. Okay we went over the top with these cakes. The cakes eaten with just a touch of honey are very rich with a custard texture.  Just remember we warned you about their richness!

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Thanksgiving Breakfast – Salmon et al Wrap

Cajun French: le saumon (lu sō-mon) – salmon

 

It is Thanksgiving morning and since we are pescatarians no turkey is in the oven. We are having a laid back morning; coffee and scones in bed. And now it is breakfast time – what is in the frig? What started out to be a mushroom omelet with salmon on the side turned into a wrap with lots of raw vegetables. This is a breakfast for any holiday.

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Crepes GoYaYa’s

Cajun French: les légumes (lā lā-gūm) – vegetables

 

Baton Rouge, LA. – What happens when a food truck finds a home?  The “streets” loose.  Yet the door is opened to a new customer base enjoying climate controlled seating.  Such is the case with GoYaYa’s, the latest food truck to settle down.  GoYaYa’s found a home at the Main Street Market in downtown Baton Rouge, La.

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Mizuna Breakfast Wraps

Cajun French:  l’huile d’olive (l’ū-eel d’ō-leev) – olive oil

 

Finding a new green at the Red Stick Farmers Market was exciting for us.  Mizuna is not a new green, just new to us.  We are sure we have had this green in salad mixtures or other dishes, yet we had never purchased it.  Now that we have it, what are we going to do with it?  Breakfast was going to be a wrap and the mizuna greens sounded like a fit.  Our simple wrap turned into one that was almost too large to fold.

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Flounder Cakes with Citrus Sauce

Cajun French: le limon (lu lee-mon) – lemon

 

What to do with leftover baked flounder? Since it was in pieces and not one attractive piece, we decided to make flounder cakes. Two things we did different, we used no egg or bread instead we used rice, mayonnaise and almond butter. The mayonnaise and almond butter gave the cakes a richness. We had citrus sauce leftover from our catfish, so we top the cakes with the sauce and served the cakes on a bed of mixed wilted greens.

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