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Cooking & Baking

sir pball

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20. It's infinitely better (and trivial) to make your own mix

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Sat Feb 20, 2021, 12:58 PM

Feb 2021

As another Cajun-by-marriage (Mrs. P was born and raised 40 minutes from Jena), I *always* have a large tub of home-mixed Cajun spice on hand. It doesn't have salt, so you can use more of it than Tony's, and since you're making it yourself, you can adjust the various spices to get a balance you like.

I use Donald Link's recipe without the cayenne - it's quite punchy if you do add the heat, I prefer to adjust that independently with Tabasco

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Jambalaya recipe [View all] Kali Feb 2021 OP

I Would Only Use 1 Tbs. Too Me. Feb 2021 #1

agree Kali Feb 2021 #3

How Funny You Should Say That Me. Feb 2021 #9

It's infinitely better (and trivial) to make your own mix sir pball Feb 2021 #20

Ty Me. Feb 2021 #21

Ain't much of a cook DonaldsRump Feb 2021 #2

perfect Kali Feb 2021 #4

Was always what I thought was the definitive version DonaldsRump Feb 2021 #5

oh, well there is the original writer... Kali Feb 2021 #6

oooo missed this favorite Kali Feb 2021 #7

Love Clifton Cheneir. You can really tell the difference between Cajun and Zyeco music here. nt mitch96 Feb 2021 #8

On The Bayou Is The Version I Always think of Me. Feb 2021 #10

Ps. I Make A Lot Of The REcipes From The Link Below Me. Feb 2021 #11

Fried okra, FTW! myccrider Feb 2021 #12

... Me. Feb 2021 #13

Thank you for the link! I've bookmarked it. myccrider Feb 2021 #14

My husband makes it once or twice a year Retrograde Feb 2021 #22

Sounds like home. n/t myccrider Feb 2021 #23

I wandered around that site and links for about 3 hours, Kali Feb 2021 #18

Best Of All Me. Feb 2021 #19

Yeah, but I like the original Hank Williams version: trof Feb 2021 #15

Looks about right to ne. Cajun-by-marriage here. trof Feb 2021 #16

I can make a roux (hey most cowboy gravy starts with a light roux) Kali Feb 2021 #17

Woops. I stand corrected. trof Feb 2021 #24