YAFT

Yet Another Food Talk, given as the passion talk at the ManhattanJS 2 year anniversary meetup

1. YAFT
2. @dcousineau
3. History
4. Eating Cajun Food
5. Yet Another Food Talk
13. Gumbo Mix flour and oil with constant stirring over medium heat until a dark, chocolate brown color is achieved. This is your Roux. Fry up Andouille Sausage and Chicken in Bacon Fat. Set aside leaving behind frond in the pan. Sauté Onions, Celery, and Bell Peppers in the same pan. Mix with the roux and add to a pot of chicken stock. Add meat and spices like Salt, Cayenne, Paprika, Cumin, Filé, and Garlic Powder. Add additional vegetables like Okra as desired. Simmer for 1 hour. Serve over rice.
15. Jambalaya Fry up Andouille Sausage and Chicken in Bacon Fat. Set aside leaving behind frond in the pot. Sauté Onions, Celery, and Bell Peppers in the same pan. When cooked, add Rice and cook for 1min. Immediately add chicken stock according to how much rice. Add spices like Salt, Cayenne, Paprika, Cumin, Filé, and Garlic Powder. Cook for 45 minutes.
17. Red Beans & Rice Rinse and soak Red Kidney Beans overnight. Add to crock pot in the morning with the water they soaked in. Fry up Andouille Sausage in Bacon Fat. Set aside leaving behind frond in the pan. Sauté Onions, Celery, and Bell Peppers in the same pan. When cooked, to the beans in the crock pot, ensuring there is enough water to cover the top. Add spices like Salt, Cayenne, Paprika, Cumin, Filé, and Garlic Powder. Add Bay Leaves. Cook for 8 hours on high. Serve over rice.
18. Onions Celery Bell Peppers Holy Trinity
19. Once Upon a Time… In France…
20. Louisiane
22. Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville
24. Onions Celery Carrots Mirepoix
25. Onions Celery Carrots
26. Onions Celery Carrots
28. Onions Celery Bell Peppers
29. /‘krē,ōl/ Cre·ole
30. The Spanish
34. The (West) Africans
40. l'Acadie
41. Le Grand Dérangement
42. Acadiana
43. /‘kājən/ Ca·jun
54. Thank You