Cajun/Creole Food ExchangeMardi Gras past event-(now w pics)
Cajun/Creole Food ExchangeMardi Gras past event-(now w pics)
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Cajun/Creole Food ExchangeMardi Gras past event-(now w pics)
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Post #1 - February 17th, 2011, 7:38 pmWell, Mardi Gras time has crept up, and I say Laissez les Bon Temps Roullez!
We had so much fun at our first meeting, I think we should do this again!
I am proposing the Mardi-Gras friendly date of Sat March 5
from 1-5 or whenever (so those who need to party later into the night can)
My place is in the Northern suburb of Deerfield, very close to the Deerfield Road exit of either the Edens or 294.
I'll be PM'ing address and directions on Thursday night.
I am also only 1/2 mile from the Deerfield Metra station,
and if neccessary we could organize a commuter run....
I am going to cap attendance at 20ish-
Bring something Cajun, creole, or southern.
I'm thinkin I'll do Gumbo.
I hit up Binnys and found an amazing assortment of interesting Mardi Gras and Louisiana beers...
I'll even "throw" in some beads!
It also sounds like we will have a live trio of Cajun and Irish music to enjoy while we eat and socialize ....
Here's a look at our last get-together for inspiration:
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Attendees (w possible contributions):
Irisarbor - Cajun Cream cheese app; Chicken & Sausage Gumbo; BBQ shrimp
Cathy2 - king cake
Cookie Monster - fresh strawberry paczki
Ms. Ingie - Sweet Potato Pie -smothered okra
Katie /Mary Jane - Red beans and rice
lougourd99 +1 - Chicken & Sausage Jambalaya & homemade andouille
jimswside -Crawfish bisque
izzy - perfect pralines
ronnie_suburban - homemade root beer fixins
JYgach- shrimp croquettes and Mississippi mud cakeLast edited by irisarbor on March 7th, 2011, 9:58 am, edited 27 times in total."If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home."
~James Michener
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Post #2 - February 17th, 2011, 9:00 pmCount me in.Jyoti
A meal, with bread and wine, shared with friends and family is among the most essential and important of all human rituals.
Ruhlman
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Post #3 - February 17th, 2011, 10:10 pmHave a great time. We've got a conflict. Please post plenty of pictures.
Ava-"If you get down and out, just get in the kitchen and bake a cake."- Jean Strickland
Horto In Urbs- Falling in love with Urban Vegetable Gardening
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Post #4 - February 17th, 2011, 10:23 pmHi,
I will be there.
Regards,Cathy2
"You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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Post #5 - February 18th, 2011, 12:49 amSounds like a wonderful idea! I'd like to attend.... Have NO clue what to bring
--yet....
"Life is a combination of magic and pasta." -- Federico Fellini
"You're not going to like it in Chicago. The wind comes howling in from the lake. And there's practically no opera season at all--and the Lord only knows whether they've ever heard of lobster Newburg." --Charles Foster Kane, Citizen Kane.
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Post #6 - February 18th, 2011, 9:39 amCount me in--thanks for host(ess)ing!!!"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad." Miles Kington
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Post #7 - February 18th, 2011, 10:13 amCount me in, I thought of beignet that I would bring either sweet or savory. Not sure yet.Cookie Monster
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Post #8 - February 18th, 2011, 4:57 pmI'd like to come as well. Not sure yet what I'll make. I was supposed to go to the last one, but had something come up. I was going to make sweet potato pie for that one. What do you think?Ms. Ingie
Life is too short, why skip dessert?
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Post #9 - February 18th, 2011, 10:30 pmSweet Potato Pie sounds great- it's a southern classic..."If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home."
~James Michener
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Post #10 - February 19th, 2011, 11:09 amPlease count me in! Don't know what I'll make yet, but I do know it'll be out of the River Road cookbook."Your swimming suit matches your eyes, you hold your nose before diving, loving you has made me bananas!"
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Post #11 - February 19th, 2011, 1:46 pmI'm absolutely in + 1. Looking forward to it! Not sure what we will make yet.
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Post #12 - February 20th, 2011, 1:57 pmI'm in +1. Dish TBD.
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Post #13 - February 20th, 2011, 5:04 pmI was hoping you'd chime in lougourd99- I remember a particularly delicious sausage last time...
now what about that bean??? mmm cupcakes
jhawk1,
anothermike?
leek?
petite_gourmande?
I know jimswside is waiting on a schedule issue..."If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home."
~James Michener
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Post #14 - February 20th, 2011, 6:05 pmI think I will bring
Cajun Meat Pies
Red Velvet Cake
Thanks for hosting.Jyoti
A meal, with bread and wine, shared with friends and family is among the most essential and important of all human rituals.
Ruhlman
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Post #15 - February 20th, 2011, 7:09 pmHI,
I will bring a King Cake.
Regards,Cathy2
"You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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Post #16 - February 20th, 2011, 8:13 pmChicken and andoullie jambalaya and homemade andoullie for appetizer
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Post #17 - February 21st, 2011, 7:36 amirisarbor wrote:Sweet Potato Pie sounds great- it's a southern classic...
I also thought that since it's the Mardi Gras Version, I could make a King's Cake. Anyone?Ms. Ingie
Life is too short, why skip dessert?
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Post #18 - February 21st, 2011, 7:38 amMs. Ingie wrote:irisarbor wrote:Sweet Potato Pie sounds great- it's a southern classic...
I also thought that since it's the Mardi Gras Version, I could make a King's Cake. Anyone?
I just Cathy2's post. I'll continue to make Sweet Potato Pie and leave the King's Cake to her.Ms. Ingie
Life is too short, why skip dessert?
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Post #19 - February 21st, 2011, 8:00 amI can do March 5th(after that March gets very busy for me).
Dish TBD. -
jimswside +1 (and the shaymeister)Last edited by jimswside on February 23rd, 2011, 2:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post #20 - February 21st, 2011, 7:36 pmleaning towards crawfish bisque.
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Post #21 - February 22nd, 2011, 1:28 pmI added this in my original post but wanted to let city-dwellers know-
my place is 1/2 mi from the Deerfield Metra station (Milwaukee District-North Line),
and if anyone needs to travel that way,
we can arrange a commuter run back and forth to the station."If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home."
~James Michener
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Post #22 - February 23rd, 2011, 12:40 amI think I am going to change my dessert from Red Velvet Cake to Peanut Butter Pie.Jyoti
A meal, with bread and wine, shared with friends and family is among the most essential and important of all human rituals.
Ruhlman
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Post #23 - February 23rd, 2011, 1:50 pmThis sounds wonderful. Please include me, plus one (my partner), if that is okay? I don't know what I will be making, probably something from the Galitoire's cookbook. A dessert. izzy+1
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Post #24 - February 23rd, 2011, 1:56 pmwoo-hoo, a newcomer! You and your SO are welcome.
this is sounding like a very "sweet" gathering
I'm going to urge the undecideds to go for something savory...
I may add on my BBQ shrimp..."If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home."
~James Michener
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Post #25 - February 25th, 2011, 9:58 amI have to change my status to tentative.
Ill know more later next week.
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Post #26 - February 25th, 2011, 10:22 amUnfortunatetly, I must do the same--may have family stuff in Indiana."Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad." Miles Kington
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Post #27 - February 25th, 2011, 12:13 pmjimswside wrote:I have to change my status to tentative.
Ill know more later next week.
Dang! I was looking forward to those crawfish. Oh, wait ... those weren't for us?"Your swimming suit matches your eyes, you hold your nose before diving, loving you has made me bananas!"
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Post #28 - February 25th, 2011, 12:16 pmKatie wrote:jimswside wrote:I have to change my status to tentative.
Ill know more later next week.
Dang! I was looking forward to those crawfish. Oh, wait ... those weren't for us?
1/2 for the bisque 1/2 for a cooks snack.
Ill do my best to make it.
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Post #29 - February 25th, 2011, 12:27 pmFor anyone on the fence who hasn't chimed in yet-
Live music is looking like a go-
My husband and his buddies will be playing guitar, fiddle and banjo,
but it will be cajun and some irish too."If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home."
~James Michener
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Post #30 - February 25th, 2011, 12:53 pmirisarbor wrote:it will be cajun and some irish too.
Historically, those are closer than some might think."Your swimming suit matches your eyes, you hold your nose before diving, loving you has made me bananas!"
