Bruin vs. Hog

DrHenley · #1 05-24-2024, 10:14 AM

Cajun are like Chinese. Chinese have a saying:
"We'll eat anything that flies except an airplane, and anything with four legs except a char."

I'm not quite there. I eat a lot of things most people won't but I draw the line at boiled chitlins and poule d'eau gumbo, LOL.

Kilowatt3 · #2 05-24-2024, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by DrHenley

Cajun are like Chinese. Chinese have a saying:
"We'll eat anything that flies except an airplane, and anything with four legs except a char."

I'm not quite there. I eat a lot of things most people won't but I draw the line at boiled chitlins and poule d'eau gumbo, LOL.

I can't get into the chitlins, either, but the gumbo???

Gumbo's a staple food here, and both my wife and my step-daughter are master gumbo chefs! Get it right, and it is a delicacy!

I've tried gumbo at a few places out-of-state, and very few are anywhere close to the real thing. I'm not sure where you live, but until you've had real gumbo, made by a Cajun from South Louisiana, don't assume you wouldn't like it.

[ETA: It should have a scoop of good potato salad floating in it!]

DrHenley · #3 05-24-2024, 06:12 PM

Oh I love gumbo. Duck gumbo made with file and a roux, seafood gumbo made with okra, every kind except poule d'eau gumbo. I just can't eat those coots. I tried.

Kilowatt3 · #4 06-02-2024, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by DrHenley

Oh I love gumbo. Duck gumbo made with file and a roux, seafood gumbo made with okra, every kind except poule d'eau gumbo. I just can't eat those coots. I tried.

Heck, coot's at least as good as marsh hen, and better than egret!

BTW - Mrs. kW3 baked the backstrap from the sow yesterday. Outstanding! No gamey taste or smell at all. Having some more of it this morning with eggs.

DrHenley · #5 06-03-2024, 12:19 AM

Moorhens (Marsh Hens) and Coots are first cousins. It's really not just coots but any fish eating duck or waterfowl I don't like.

Egrets aren't even game animals here.

Kilowatt3 · #6 06-03-2024, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DrHenley

Moorhens (Marsh Hens) and Coots are first cousins. It's really not just coots but any fish eating duck or waterfowl I don't like.

Egrets aren't even game animals here.

Around here, the only time anything isn't a "game animal" is when there's a W&F officer around! (Not speaking for myself, but for a lot of Cajuns).