"Swingman" wrote in message news:...
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OK now, reading another post I realized I missed something valuable
here. Swingman, all I could find in a Google search about your
microwave roux was the reciped you posted about 3 - 4 years ago. Have
you changed/improved/modified that over the old recipe? (Someway I
missed the original as well.)

Here's an old post, Robert ... I still make the roux the same way:

Robert, if you still have my e-mail, give me a holler. Have a proposition
for some firsthand gumbo experience.

Tried your e-mail addy above, but it bounced.

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I tried your "quicky etoufee" on last thursday night....

Me and the madame were blown away by how quick and how
simple that receipe produced very eatable results....

damn tasty....

We done added this to the family collection.

"Pat Barber" wrote in message
I tried your "quicky etoufee" on last thursday night....

Me and the madame were blown away by how quick and how
simple that receipe produced very eatable results....

damn tasty....

We done added this to the family collection.

Glad you enjoyed it ... Shrimp or crawfish?

It has been a family favorite for many years and as far as I know, it was my
mother and aunt who originated it ...although it has now spread far and
wide, with variations.

With five kids and six kids respectively, Mom and her sister were always
looking for efficient ways to do things and in the 50's had published a
Cajun cookbook of recipes, one of which used "Campbell's Cream of Mushroom"
soup as the crawfish etoufee base, in lieu of a roux. As a collector of
Cajun cookbooks, that was the first time I ever saw it in print (and, of
course, now it is all over the Internet).

Shortly thereafter they started using Rotelle tomatoes and, after it came on
the market, it was just a short hop to using Hot Pace Piquante sauce in
place of cutting vegetables and seasoning.

My Aunt was the first that I am aware of to do "microwave roux" ... both
continue to cook in their 80's and were well known in S. Louisiana for their
recipes, many of which have been published in cookbooks on regional cooking.

As a kid I learned to cook by watching both of them, something my three
sisters would not do, and who are therefore STILL terrible cooks. AAMOF, I
am the one who, for the past ten years, cooks both Thanksgiving and
Christmas dinner for the entire family.

Did you see the recipe I posted for "Dirty Rice Dressing"? It is another
good family recipe and a good one for this time of year. AAMOF, I made
enough at Thanksgiving to freeze and thaw for Christmas day ... just add the
rice.

Try it ...

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I missed that one... I'll go look back and try to find it.

We used shrimp cause we can not get decent crawfish in our
area. I also thought about throwing in a 1/2 lb of shredded
up crab meat to make it a little more tasty. I got to
fool around with this a little more.

My wife was very impressed.


Swingman wrote:

"Pat Barber" wrote in message

I tried your "quicky etoufee" on last thursday night....

Me and the madame were blown away by how quick and how
simple that receipe produced very eatable results....

damn tasty....

We done added this to the family collection.


Glad you enjoyed it ... Shrimp or crawfish?

It has been a family favorite for many years and as far as I know, it was my
mother and aunt who originated it ...although it has now spread far and
wide, with variations.

With five kids and six kids respectively, Mom and her sister were always
looking for efficient ways to do things and in the 50's had published a
Cajun cookbook of recipes, one of which used "Campbell's Cream of Mushroom"
soup as the crawfish etoufee base, in lieu of a roux. As a collector of
Cajun cookbooks, that was the first time I ever saw it in print (and, of
course, now it is all over the Internet).

Shortly thereafter they started using Rotelle tomatoes and, after it came on
the market, it was just a short hop to using Hot Pace Piquante sauce in
place of cutting vegetables and seasoning.

My Aunt was the first that I am aware of to do "microwave roux" ... both
continue to cook in their 80's and were well known in S. Louisiana for their
recipes, many of which have been published in cookbooks on regional cooking.

As a kid I learned to cook by watching both of them, something my three
sisters would not do, and who are therefore STILL terrible cooks. AAMOF, I
am the one who, for the past ten years, cooks both Thanksgiving and
Christmas dinner for the entire family.

Did you see the recipe I posted for "Dirty Rice Dressing"? It is another
good family recipe and a good one for this time of year. AAMOF, I made
enough at Thanksgiving to freeze and thaw for Christmas day ... just add the
rice.

Try it ...

"Pat Barber" wrote in message
I missed that one... I'll go look back and try to find it.

Authentic Cajun Dirty Rice Dressing

1 lb hot pork sausage (Owens or jimmy dean's will work)
1 lb chopped chicken/turkey gizzards and hearts
1 lb coarse ground beef (chili ground)
1 lb chopped calf liver or chicken livers
2 large onions - chopped
2 bunches green onion tops - chopped
2 large bell peppers - chopped
1 medium bunch of celery - chopped
4 cloves garlic - finely chopped

8 - 12 cups of REAL cooked rice - (texmati is good, NO Uncle Ben's!)
OR - cook four cups of raw rice in a rice cooker.

If you have one, cook the gizzards and hearts in a pressure cooker first,
then chop.

Brown all meat together in a cast iron pot/Dutch oven. Season with PLENTY of
black pepper, add chopped vegetables and 'cook, cover and stir' in various
combinations until onions/celery are clear, salt to taste, add some more
black pepper. (Tony Chachere's Cajun Seasoning is excellent as a substitute
for the salt, but not for the black pepper)

Thoroughly stir in fluffy, cooked rice until the desired "dryness" is
achieved.

Once again: THE SECRET TO GOOD DIRTY RICE DRESSING IS LOTS OF BLACK PEPPER!

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Yep... I went back to my archives and there it was
from your original post....

I'll do some of that for Christmas...

What's your favorite cookbook ???

Swingman wrote:


Did you see the recipe I posted for "Dirty Rice Dressing"? It is another
good family recipe and a good one for this time of year. AAMOF, I made
enough at Thanksgiving to freeze and thaw for Christmas day ... just add the
rice.

Try it ...

"Pat Barber" wrote in message
Yep... I went back to my archives and there it was
from your original post....

I'll do some of that for Christmas...

What's your favorite cookbook ???

Four highly recommended/must have, but one no longer to be found: "Quelle
Que Chose" in a red cover, which I loaned out years ago and never got back,
but can cook most of the things in it by heart.

"River Road Recipes 1 and 2" and "Talk About Good", all of which I was
surprised to see still in print, by the Junior League of Lafayette:

http://www.amazon.com/River-Road-Rec.../dp/0961302631

http://www.amazon.com/s/002-9309529-...of%20Lafayette

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"Pat Barber" wrote in message
Yep... I went back to my archives and there it was
from your original post....

Make sure you got the one I posted today ..IIRC, I left something out of the
first one posted here a couple of years ago.

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Couldn't find the " one I posted today " in the string of 220 or so
posts. Would like to get a copy. Considered posting it on your site?

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:26:58 -0600, "Swingman" wrote:


"Pat Barber" wrote in message
Yep... I went back to my archives and there it was
from your original post....

Make sure you got the one I posted today ..IIRC, I left something out of the
first one posted here a couple of years ago.