: Yes, tonight I'm preparing dinner from a boxed mix. Zatarain's Dirty Rice.
: Not as a side, just for dinner.

: Now, I normally would prepare this as a side using a recipe given to me by a
: former co-worker, Mz. Cloutier from Houma, Louisana. But I suspect she just
: adapted it from Paul Prudhomme's recipe, which I've prepared in the past
: (excellent!). But that serves about 10 people. I'm one people

: At any rate, I have no chicken gizzards or livers to grind up to add to this
: so I'm just using ground beef. I'll tart up the mixture with chicken stock
: rather than water; I'll add some diced green bell pepper, onion and garlic
: and a squirt of fresh lemon juice. Alas, I have no celery. I'll taste it
: and add some hot sauce and maybe even ground sassafrass leaves (file powder)
: after the rice cooks. File is a thickener as well as a seasoning. This is
: one quick cooking boxed meal which I adore. And as I said, I eat this as a
: meal, over a period of a several days or I can freeze the leftovers. For
: those of you who don't know, cooked rice freezes very well.

: Jill

Sounds like you and Sandra Lee would get along well together! Are you
a contributor to her show?