Cajun Food Where You Find It
This week at the farmers market, we purchased young beets with greens still atached. One of our favorite ways to use the greens is with scrambled eggs. The greens add texture to the eggs as well as nutritional benefit. For an added touch this week, we decided to make Beet Jam to go with the scrambled eggs. The jam takes a couple of hours and is well worth the effort.
Mais C’est Bon!!
Although Red Beans is a traditional New Orleans Monday Meal, we eat all types of beans and on any day. This week it is Pinto Beans. We cooked these on Sunday and used them all week in various ways from entrees to side dishes. Monday was traditional bean day since Monday was also wash day. It was easy to put a pot of beans simmering on the stove while completing other tasks like washing.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
While reading the recent newsletter from the Southern Food and Beverage Museum in New Orleans, the name, Belinda Hulin, caught my attention. Could it be the Belinda that was a good friend of my deceased Uncle John G? While staring at the name and thinking about my uncle, I knew I had to contact Belinda. Yes, it was the same Belinda. Hearing from Belinda brought back many memories and I wanted to explore those memories. First, I wanted to find out about Belinda and her life.
Belinda’s family like so many others in South Louisiana had been devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. While Belinda and her sister were mucking out the family home in New Orleans and throwing away mementoes, Belinda went upstairs to the second floor. There on the landing was a box, with papers hanging out, just sitting there like someone had forgotten it. Continue reading “Epicurean Heritage”
