Thread: Jambalaya
View Single Post
  #35 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
sf[_9_] sf[_9_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 61,789
Default Jambalaya

On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:30:59 -0600, Chemiker
> wrote:

> On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 15:44:36 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:15:29 -0500, wrote:
> >
> >> What I've been served in NO at Paul Prudhomme's was a fairly thick
> >> soup.

> >
> >Are you sure you're not talking about gumbo?

>
> Uh, probably not, as gumbo is usually served with separately cooked
> rice, while Jambalaya has the rice cooked *in* it. My chicken fricasee
> is often converted to chicken with rice by addition of rice plus
> adequate liquid to pring the rice up properly [if cooked separately}.
> The result is a somewhat soupy dish, with a little extra juice for
> that fresh bread you served.
>

I've never thought of jambalaya as being soupy and I've made it a few
times.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.