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Memorial Day Burgers, Hand Cut Fries and Eggplant Sticks Obviously Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for all those brave souls lost in battles for the freedoms we so very much take for granted every day. I don't get it when some say "Happy" Memorial Day. It's really a day not to be happy...

Alright, so just found out a couple of days ago that the OFFICIAL Jambaaya Fest was this weekend in Gonzales LA. Funny because all this week I had planned to make a jambalaya here at home this weekend. So I decided to use my small 5 gal. cast iron jambalaya rig and cook outside and have my own...

One night the wife was out of town and so between me and my daughter we decided to have grilled hot dogs. I picked up a bag of tots and instead of regular oven baked tots I made totchos with them. Lol...... Not sure if it's been done before but it was really quite good. Just baked tots but after...

Yesterday afternoon I chose to use my crappy Stok grill and charcoal briquettes to grill some burgers. I got some charcoal going using the chimney and a cold Naked Pig to stay hydrated. Also grilled some homemade Cajun sausages. Cranked up the outdoor fryer to cook some fries. When...

Well, the wife decided what was for diner tonight and so it is! Veggie paninis! Don't laugh please! After marinating in a *local restaurant's Pepper Jelly Vinaigrette the eggplant is on the Keg. Did I mntion that it was one HOT motheroo out here today? The squash, zuchinni and...

Yesterday afternoon I went and picked up five pounds of fresh shrimp. Got home and got the Keg heated up to about 350 degrees. While the Keg was heating up I got my ingredients together for "New Orleans" Barbecue Shrimp. Not grilled on the grates and no one knows exactly why they're caLled...

Well, we have a new player in town when it comes to dried Red Beans. Forever the local brand has always been Camelia brand beans. There have been others like store brands and the like but for the majority of Louisianians and more around the south Camelia was the best known and most used for Red...

Alright, so I'm making some Turkey Andouile Gumbo Balls as a test run to see how they come out. If this works I'll be bringing this to the big Endymion parade party on Saturday. It should work but I need to try some to make sure they won't fall apart. These will be battered with panko bread...

This is the day we celebrate the arrival of the Magi in Bethlehem to honor the baby Jesus. It marks the end of the Christmas season. In New Orleans King's Day means replace the Christmas tree with all that is Purple, Green and Gold. Mardi Gras season has arrived. One of the ways to celebrate...

I know I've been absent the last couple of months but I've been preoccupied with several things. Good news though......... I have something smoking in the Keg! I brined four hunks of pork cushion meat all totaled about 12.5 lbs overnight. Two in a salty brine and two in a sweet brine. Then I...

Alright so later this week I'll be cooking for about seventy people who will be attending a Dinner and Devotion get together. I was going to cook a big beef roast us us here but I decided to do a trial run cook to see how many servings of meat I can get from a whole pork loin which will be on...

Alright, so for two days I've been feeling like crap and haven't eaten. Having seen a post on a Cajun Facebook page made me even more hungry for an old Cajun dish. So, having some leftover jambalaya and fresh eggs I just went outside and picked up about two hours ago was a no brainer. I went...

For a few days now I've been thinking about some good jambalaya so this morning I took down the number 34 cast iron Le Creuset. Started browning about a pound and a half of my homemade Cajun sausage removed from the casing. Next was the smoked alligator sausage, diced ham and a lil tasso for...

Who says you can only cook red beans on Mondays? Better yet, who says you can't have Red Beans and Rice any or every day of the week? Actually I was supposed to cook these this past Monday but we had a Red Bean Dinner fundraiser at St. Francis Xavier and so I deferred to today to cook these...

The other day one of the local supermarkets had chicken leg quarters on sale for 59 cents a lb. I grabbed a bag thinking "heck yeah, I can make a couple of good meals for under six bucks!" and had in the back of my mind(I knew this because if I turned my head real fast 180 degrees I could see...

Grilled some fantastic Jalapeno and Cheddar sausage for football game watchin'. An ice cold Yuengling is the perfect beer for this.

The wife was out of town on a retreat and I wanted to cok dinner so she wouldn't have to come home and dive into cooking so I started early Sunday morning. I made a quick simple marinade in a jar and shook it up. Fresh honey, a good bit of my Gator Bite rub, Sugar cane vinegar and a lil...

Last night's dinner was meatball poboys. Dang! I cannot tell you how awesome these meatballs were. Actually these were some of the meatballs I made several weeks ago and froze. Mmmm...... They were sooooo..... tender and delicious!!! I lightly warmed the French bread to crisp up the outer crust...

This started like this....... I was on the computer this morning and....... This is funny. I'm sitting here on the computer and I her one of the chickens in the yard squawking loudly. I get up and don't see anything. I thought a neighbors cat was in the yard. Nothing! I go outside and they...

Well, yesterday's Labor Day cook went pretty well. I had cut up two chickens and let them marinate in Hoover sauce overnight and then in the morning I took them out seasoned them with some Knox's Yummy Chicken Dry Rub and set them in the fridge on a rack/pan to air dry a bit. Potato salad was...

Well, the sky has opened up and it's seriously raining here now! Something about this weather here this morning made me hungry for some fresh warm biscuits. So about an hour ago I decided to make a batch of some quick and easy biscuit dough and made 'em drop style. Into the hot oven and about...

Pizza dough for homemade pizza last night for the Saints game and instead of the suggested sugar for the recipe I used some fresh homemade honey I picked up the other day from a beekeeper in Baton Rouge. Support your local beekeeper and buy the honey those wonderful bees make...

Well, I'd say get your Camellia Red Beans started cooking early but when I cook red beans here at home I cook anywhere from two to four or five pounds at a time and freeze them so they only need thawing and warming when we them. So, the beans were cooked, thawed and warming when I put some...

Yesterday I did a little cook as an entry for a Throwdown style thing we do monthly on another forum. The theme was "Death Row Dinner" as in your last meal. Now all entries are intended to be anonymous but I think since I'm one of only two Louisiana members they MIGHT catch on to who I am...

I had a couple of Prime strip steaks to grill so I seasoned them with a nice coat of black pepper and garlic powder. Put them on the Keg to cook at about 600* and it wasn't long befroe it was time to eat. I cut one of the steaks in two for my daughter and wife to share. Of course a little...