OT baby & other info

Congratulations on your little sprout.

And, speaking of little sprouts, here is the recipe for Whole Foods's
delicious Oven-Roasted Sprouts:

http://www.wholefoods.com/recipes/brusselssprouts2.html


Really good. Really simple.



T.

From: barrdbarrbarr

Do you also use salted codfish in Cajun cooking? What about salted
beef/pork?

Regards,

Deb

No need to use dried fish down here since we are a sportsman's paradise for
fishing. Fresh fish is like breathing, along with shrimp, oysters, crayfish,
etc. We have both salt and freshwater within 15-30 min. drives or less.

However...In New Orleans, which has a huge Italian population, you can buy
dried cod out of barrels in the French Quarter markets. This spread into some
outlying settlements of course, and it is not unheard of for some Cajun
families to have a recipe for dried fish (primarily Cod), somewhere back in the
family. Usually as a stew or soup. We do consume large quantities of dried
shrimp, however. Often as a snack.

Since most Cajuns lacked refrigeration up to the 2nd WW, and were very isolated
up until that time, both beef and pork were salted down, but mostly smoked.
Cajun smoked sausages of all varieties are famous as are their smoked meats
like Tasso. Many famous chefs around the world have these flown in for their
kitchens and will use nothing else.

A lot of people do not realize that here in Acadiana area we had the first
Cowboys and cattle brands in the US. There is an area here called "The
Prairie," which was an extended grassland and cattle were raised very
seriously. You can view the cattle brands at the Longfellow-Evangeline State
Park museum just down the street from me. Many families trace their heritage
through the cattle brands. We still raise a great deal of cattle. During the
Civil War many ranchers drove their cattle (and slaves) to Texas, etc., to
protect them from the Union Army.

Many of the old brands are still in use here today.
They would put up the meat and ship it to New Orleans to go out to other parts
of the US. Cattle breeding was important. Around here we had a medium-length
horned cattle. You can see some at the state park here. Many times live
cattle were shipped along the waterways to NEw Orleans.

I do go on.

Hen.

When I said the first cowboys and cattle brands in the US, I should mentioned
this part of the country wasn't the US yet. :-) We've been under French,
Spanish, and US rule and all 3 flags are flown for the tourists even today.

Hen.

HerbalHen wrote:

No need to use dried fish down here since we are a sportsman's paradise for
fishing. Fresh fish is like breathing, along with shrimp, oysters, crayfish,
etc. We have both salt and freshwater within 15-30 min. drives or less.

where do you live and can I migrate over?

Ada

From: Ada Ma

HerbalHen wrote:

No need to use dried fish down here since we are a sportsman's paradise
for
fishing. Fresh fish is like breathing, along with shrimp, oysters,
crayfish,
etc. We have both salt and freshwater within 15-30 min. drives or less.

where do you live and can I migrate over?

Ada

SE Louisiana. The heart of Cajun country. Everyone is probably within walking
distance of water to fish in, land to hunt on, and rich soil to grow things.

Hen.