Cajun Food Where You Find It
Cajun French: l’orange (l’ō-ronj) – orange
A small bottle of Sweet Roasted Garlic Balsamic Dressing was hanging out in our pantry. We weren’t sure how we would use the dressing. Flash forward, on the table in our fruit bowl was oranges and avocados while in the fridge we had cooked shrimp, roasted corn and roasted garlic. It was coming together. We decided to build a citrus salad with shrimp.
Mais C’est Bon!
Cajun French: le sel (lu sel) – salt
Brining has become very popular for meats and poultry. Since neither is on our menu, we decided to try brining fish and WOW! This brine is easy, simple and oh so good. We have used it for catfish as well as salmon and smoked the fish with excellent results. When smoking, we used apple wood which added an extra sweetness.
Mais C’est Bon!
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Cajun French: la confiture aux figues (la kon-fee-tūr ō feeg) – fig preserve
Brussels Sprouts are one of those love/hate vegetables. We are on the love side and enjoy them from steamed to cooked in a sauce and everything in between. It is Spring time and in south Louisiana that means strawberries and they were abundant at the Red Stick Farmers Market. Besides fresh strawberries, Spring also means Abita Strawberry Beer, one of their seasonal beers. Home from the market we had Brussels Sprouts and fresh strawberries and in the frig we had Abita Strawberry Beer and fig preserves. Below is the dish that evolved from those ingredients. It is sweet with a hint of savory from Camp Dog Cajun Seasoning.
Mais C’est Bon!
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Cajun French: le chien (lu shee-ain) – dog
There is a new dog in the house or at least on the pantry shelf – Camp Dog Cajun Seasoning. Our pantry has a shelf of nothing except Cajun and Creole Seasonings and we use all of them. Of course, we have our favorites yet are always interested in new versions. Enter Camp Dog and he hopped right up on the shelf. We received a can of Camp Dog Cajun Seasoning in the mail and have been trying it on everything from eggs to Brussels Sprouts.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
