If you’re a lover of deep southern food, there’s a list of food terms from N’awlins found here to tempt your senses.
An example of some cajun culinary delights include:
- Beignet (ben yay’)
- Lighter than a doughnut, and square (no holes), sprinkled with powdered sugar
- Cafe au Lait (caf ay’ oh lay’) Coffee served with steamed milk. Chicory
- based coffee is often used.
- Dirty Rice
- Pan-fried rice cooked with green peppers, onions, celery, stock and giblets
- Etouffee’ (ay’ too fay)
- “Smothered” with a dark roux (tomato-based sauce) of seasoned vegetables, poured over rice–usually served with Crawfish
- Hush Puppy
- Fried cornmeal bread ball
- Jambalaya (Jum’ ba lie’ ya)
- Rice based dish with just about everything thrown in! Poultry, tomatoes and cooked rice, ham, shrimp, chicken, celery, onions & and just about every seasoning.
- Muffuletta (Muf’ a lotta) and a lotta it is!
- Super-large, round, fat sandwich filled with salami-type meats, mozzarella cheese, pickles, and olive salad
- Red Beans and Rice
- Monday night tradition in New Orleans–Kidney beans served with rice, seasonings, spices and chunks of hot sausage
- Tasso
- Smoked red pepper ham
