/ck/ - Food & Cooking

unholy christ the prolapse on that chicken is nauseating

If someone tried serving me that I would kill them

>>18826965
Fully delitized

do they really eat snake like in the water boy

Do Americans really? Literal swamp people dish

>>18826983
wait till you see swamp consumee

>>18826977
As someone who lives in New Orleans no I’ve never heard of that. In fact some members of my family are pretty heavily Cajun, even had nutria at a family gathering once but I’ve never heard of anyone eating snake. However some places around here do occasionally serve alligator, normally in the form of alligator sausage or more rarely they’ll have alligator tail meat.

>>18826991
how tf is alligator even edible its just raw muscle isnt it, must be a great workout for your jaw

>>18826983
Nothing wrong with swamps. Eel, frog and zander are top tier. I've had alligator, thought it was disappointing. Maybe I was expecting too much from a farmed reptile.

>>18826999
I’m not super knowledgeable about alligator meat but I do know that alligators have two tenderloins in their tails that’s kind of considered the best and most tender part of the gator. Also I know that alligator sausage is pretty good

>>18826965
no ive never sadly, as a Scandinavian i fucking looooove crayfish, and ive always been intrigued by cajun style crawfish, with the corn, potatoes, sausage, mystery spice.
onstead of basically just salt, shittons dill, white wine vinegar and a little sugark

>>18827045
>mystery spice
It's really simple and I assume even you have access to the ingredients in winter-land. Just google "cajun spice mix" and you'll find a bunch of different recipes. It's a great, unique flavor from common ingredients. You can easily make a bastardized version of jambalaya as long as you have that spice. It's even better than the boil you want to try so much.

The specific recipe you're looking for is "crawfish boil", and that commonly uses a large bag of premixed spices from certain brands.

>>18827072
>and I assume even you have access to the ingredients in winter-land
probably right, i really want this one, not entirely sure its right for specifically Cajun, but i really like the can design and i just want one

>>18827122
NTA but Old Bay isn’t really Cajun it’s more of a northeastern seafood thing, think the New England area. The equivalent down here would usually by Tony Chachere’s, a salt and spices mix that’s pretty much used on everything savory

>>18827142
This is no good, don't get it and make the spice-mix yourself. It's alright as a replacement to salt, but it's almost ALL salt instead of flavor.
>>18827122
Old bay is alright, but it isn't cajun mix. Seriously, just go make the spice mix. It's better than what it seems like on paper. It's one of those seasonings where the finished product is greater than the sum of its ingredients. It just hits a certain note that is hard to write.

>>18827142
i know fuck all American geography, but i am very happy to learn, Cajun is the one with a lot of french influence right? more smoked sausage and the weird accent?
actually gonna start fishing/catching crawfish in my local waters since we have an invasive species that i can basically collect for free

>>18827150
Anon they make no salt and low salt versions too. In fact I use low salt for everyday meals

>>18827150
like when you add a little coriander seed to you pepper mix, i get it

>>18827156
Forgot picture

>>18826999
It’s delicious fried up with some honey mustard for dipping. I remember it being like better chicken

>>18826965
I would be really excited if someone dropped this on a table at a dinner party.

>>18826977
I have eaten both rattlesnake and python.

>>18827045
it's sage

>>18827156
>>18827163
interesting, thanks anon. If I ever see it I'll pick it up. Like I said I tried the salt version and it was just pure salt, was very disappointed.

>>18826965
would/10 but do americans finish this all in one sitting or something? looks like it would get cold by the time you parcelled it all out

>>18826965
Hell yeah, god tier cuisine
>jambalaya
>etouffee
>muffaletta
>po boys
>red beans and rice
>the trinity

>>18828337
We actually have a rule of thumb where if you fail to eat everything within a 5 foot radius of you during dinner you're legally not allowed your daily insulin shots

>>18826972
I would kill this anon’s entire family cousins included to take a bite of that

>>18826991
i'm from laplace and i've had snake on more than a few occasions.
i find it to be wonderful. it's similar to chicken, but more frog legs for those who have had them.

>>18827152
yes. cajuns are more rural swamp people and creoles are more city folk and tend to be mutts with whatever new orleans had to offer at the time, typical spaniards, frenchs, blacks, whatever it seems really.

the smoked sausage is called andouille(ahn-doo-we) try to get you some boudin (boo-dan) if you can.
the potatoes are red potatoes with thin skins, russets might work but i wouldn't try it.
when you catch your crawfish be sure to put them in a tub of water to wash. you'll want to do this a few times until it's clear or you'll be tasting pure mud.
after it's clear give the crawfish a final soak with salt water which causes them to shit themselves and cleans thier digestive tracks.
after you cook them with whatever you're gonna throw in there discard ones with a floppy tail. they died before cooking and could have diseases.
enjoy. crawfish season is right around the corner for us and i can't wait.

>>18828860
That's not how andouille is pronounced

>>18826965
Mmm I live ai generated food

god i fucking hate the south

>>18826975
you done triggered some weir dmemories of meine

>>18828812
Fair enough, that’s good to know. I remember when I was a kid my friends got really weirded out when they found out that my dad would eat squirrels so it’s fun for me to find out about this stuff