Miss Manners question at LCG2

[pauld3]

Would it be a compliment or an insult if a Kansan brought a cajun dish such as dirty rice to the LCG2 pot luck...or should I just stick with fruit salad. I like my dirty rice recipe, but I don't want MJ to say "Humph, what does a Kansan know about cajun dishes?"

Lynn

[s4son]

I think you better bring a "Kansas" dish like Jello or cole slaw.


Scott F.

[madjack]

Lynn...we will be doing a brisket and bar-b-que thing for Sat night, so such things as dirty rice, tater salad and bar-b-que beans will be welcomed...heck, even fruit salad is good...we like FOOD so if you feel you can compete, bring it on ...afterall I have never had "yankee" dirty rice...maybe I will learn somethin'...
madjack

[pauld3]

Great, MJ, Dirty rice it is and I'll make the fruit salad too...I call it Toad's eye salad...

[doug hodder]

so if you feel you can compete, bring it on ...afterall I have never had "yankee" dirty rice...maybe I will learn somethin'...
madjack

Oh Oh.... sounds like the gauntlet, or in this case the oven mitt, has been thrown down Doug

[pauld3]

Am I the only one who hears that music from the Clint Eastwood movie!!!

My sleeves are pushed up and my eyebrow is raised!
Lynn

[sdtripper2]

Am I the only one who hears that music from the Clint Eastwood movie!!!

My sleeves are pushed up and my eyebrow is raised!
Lynn

I hear da music... I hear it honest~:thumbsup:

so if you feel you can compete, bring it on ...afterall I have never had "yankee" dirty rice...maybe I will learn somethin'...
madjack

Oh Oh.... sounds like the gauntlet, or in this case the oven mitt, has been thrown down Doug

Either da mitt is going to be dirty from da ground or da rice will be dirty.

Maybe da mitt will be blood red from a miss calculation from a Yankee.
Can't imagine a Cajun such as "Puff da' MadOne" would admit yur rice
was best and have a red face over it.

[pauld3]

I love a challenge!

[asianflava]

We might have to stick you with your fellow Kansan (is that a word?) Keith B. You know, over where the gator was spotted last time.

[pauld3]

Actually, Rocky, we are right next to keithB! HAHAHAHAHAAHA...you'll know where we are...it's where the wonderful cajun simmerings auroma is coming from our dutch ovens!! :
Lynn

[Guy]

Dear Paul and Lynn,

Do not worry about jack's taste buds. They were all ruined because he thought you put epoxy on with your tongue. The only yankee dirty rice he has tasted is white rice off the floor.

[Laredo]

I know of two recipes for dirty rice. One calls for minced liver. (yuk)
One does not.
Which is "cajun"?

[pauld3]

I know of two recipes for dirty rice. One calls for minced liver. (yuk)
One does not.
Which is "cajun"?

Ditto, YUK!!! Mine does NOT have innerds in it at all! BLAH!!! Yuck Pooey!

Maybe I'd say my rice isn't THAT dirty! But it's TASTY!!!!!
Lynn

[Laredo]

hee.

here's one I actually like:

Not-quite clean rice

1/4 stick butter
3/4 lb lean pork
3/4 lb lean beef
3/4 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs

1 large onion
1 head garlic
1 large bell pepper, seeded
6 stalks celery, cleaned
12 cups water
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper, coarse
1/2 tsp cayenne
1-3 Tbsp hot sauce (green Tabasco or chipotle Tabasco)
1-3 Tbsp Lea & Perrins
3 cups raw long grain rice (I like Texmati)

Garnish:
1 large ripe tomato, stemmed, seeded and diced
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1/4 cup finely diced onion

Melt butter. "Toast" rice in melted butter for 1-2 minutes and remove, reserving rice.
Peel onion and garlic; de-string celery and cut off bulb end. Dice all vegetables EXCEPT GARNISH about 1/3 to 1/4 inch and saute in butter until onions are clear; reduce heat to a simmer; add the salt and spices. Add half the hot sauce, half the Lea&Perrins, and simmer, covered, while you finely cube the meat. Add the meat in small batches (1/2 to 3/4 cup at a time) and brown thoroughly. Taste and re-season if necessary; cook 20 minutes or until no pink is left in meat; while this is going on, bring water to a boil. Add toasted rice to water return to boil, then reduce to simmer and cover. Cook 30 minutes unmolested; mix rice into meat/vegetable mixture, heat through, serve warm sprinkled with tomato, parsley and onion.
Serve immediately.
Good side dishes for this: red beans, cole slaw, cornbread, cooked greens (spinach, turnip greens, mustard greens, kale).
A really good quick slaw:

1 bunch well-washed spinach, stemmed
1 small head red cabbage
1 medium head green cabbage
1 small bell pepper, seeded
1 cup coarsely shredded raw carrots
1 bunch mustard greens, well washed

Finely julienne everything but the carrots. Mix well. Dress with 1 cup of mayo mixed with 3 Tbsp honey, 1 teaspoon chipotle sauce or tabasco, and 3 tbsp lemon juice.