Purposes Of Using Cajun Flip N Fry In Cajun Cuisines

PURPOSES OF USING CAJUN FLIP N FRY IN CAJUN CUISINES

By Frances Murray


The cajun cuisine, originally from French, can be prepared very simple and easy since the ingredients are just available locally. There are three pots in this meal. One pot is for the main dishes, one pot for special sausages, steamed rice, and seafood dishes, and the last pot for the vegetables. Two most common staple meat dishes are pork sausages and shrimps. In the history, this type of food was originally developed by the poor people like the farmers and the refugees.

Onions, celery, and bell peppers are the three most commonly used spices in this cuisine. These are the types of vegetables that are favorite when adding flavor to it. Most of the chefs are calling it as Holy Trinity. Some ingredients such cayenne pepper and as well as garlic are usually used. The cajun flip n fry is a product which is made in order to make the preparation very much easy. The product is used to bread shrimp, vegetables, fish, or chicken.

Boudin is one of the favorite dishes. It is a pork sausage type that contains garlic, pork liver, green onions, rice, and other spices. These are made daily because it cannot be placed in freezers and cannot be kept long. Unlike any other sausage variations, boudins are stuffed in a natural casing and it also has a softer consistency. Boudins are usually served with a side dish such as rice dressing.

Gumbo, jambalaya, and rice with gravy are three of the most popular dishes locally. A jambalaya is consists of rice, chicken meat or beef meat, and some seafoods like shrimps or crawfishes. However, other ingredients like green peppers, onions, celery, tomatoes, and as well as hot chili peppers are also found. Some other additional ingredients and spices are optional.

Gumbo is a soup and which is also one of the list of favorites for cajun cooking. The name gumbo originally comes from the word okra, which is one of the main ingredients for gumbo recipes. Okra is used for thickening and to enhance its vegetable flavor.

The chefs have been using leaves of dried sassafras to thicken the food after the stew is cooked. Gumbo backbones have two different types of roux, the dark and golden brown roux. Chicken and andouille or sausages are being used in making a classic gumbo. The ingredients may vary according to the availability of stocks.

Other staple dishes in cajun cuisines are rice and gravy. It has a brown colored gravy that is based on pan drippings, glazed and simmered with extra seasonings and are served on top of a steamed or boiled rice. Traditionally, the dish is being made from meat cuts that are cooked in iron pots. The meat cuts are cooked longer to make it more tender.

In other traditional events, some people boil corns, crawfishes, potatoes, and onions in large pots and mixes some other seasonings and also ingredients. During the event, attendees are asked to suck the fat and also juices from the crawfish head and abdomen.

Another type of event is the food event in outdoors. The farmers in rural areas are the host. The activities include dancing, eating, drinking, playing games, and many more. The men will slaughter hogs and will cook it as the main dish and the women make boudins.




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