De Secret Ingredient Part duex (2)

Me, I'm gonna dedicate dis blog to ma daughter, Nichole, she's an RN in a small little town jess wes' of here called Texas. An she live in de north part of that little town called Texas, an it'z gonna get cold der real soon, shay. She'z been after me for some time for dis recipe an I finaly got ma-self round to writing it. Enjoy Nick Nack,
Luv, Dad

A lot of de peoples dun ax me why I cut short de las' blog on, "De Secret Ingredient". To toll you de truth, I waz writin' dat blog while I waz fishin, "duh, big red truck me shay", an I had a fish on! Although de bloggin iz fun an all, nuthin beats fishin in de beautiful SW Louisiana. An' dats for true!

So letz get back to, "De Secret Ingredient". Now I'm not gonna finish de story bout, Boudreaux, Thibidoux and Marie, as I suspected ma frien, "TC" dun toll me dat joke about thrice times an az usual, I knew de punch line. Suffice to say, it was still funny, an if you want bad nough to hear de joke, e-mail me at fishrcutbait@hotmail.com, I'll send it over to ya. De weather man dun toll us today dat we gonna get us a cold front come into de SW real soon, He sez de day-time temperature dun gonna drop down to bout 80' an at night, itz gonna get cold, about in de 70's an you know what dat means? Dats right, gumbo time me shay!

I can't tink of any better use for, "De Secret Ingredient", den a good ole chicken and sausage gumbo. Now I dun made a lot of gumbo in ma time, an I dun ate a lot of it teux! I dun looked at about twenty difrant recipes for dis dish alone, an to toll you de truth, I tink I found de bes' one. With everyone out der datz not in de SW part of de Louisiana, You're gonna like dis cause itz health conscious. De firs' ting you gots to do me shay, iz to sashay you-self on down to de JT's Seafood shop on de lake street in Lake Charles, La. to get de spice and,  "De Secret Ingredient", for de gumbo. Now if you're not able to do dat shay, Itz OK, you can visit ma web site an order it up, me, I'm gonna sashay ma-self down to de shop an get it for you and ship it ma-self! You don' got to get in de air boat and wase' de gas an time to come down de bayou no,  I can did all dat for you shay. De web site to order dat iz, decajunmarket.yolasite.com

Tuex start wit, you gonna need to get a few tings from de grocery man, you also gonna need a big ole stock pot shay! So letz get dis part out de way now. Here'z de ingredients, but, I'm gonna save, "De Secret Ingredient", for las'. Now I know what you're tinkin, an I thought it teux, but itz worth de wait. you'll preciate it more dat way.

1 Package (six Pack) of boneless skinless chicken breast.
1 pound of de low fat smoked pork sausage.
1 cup JT's ready made roux mix.
3-4 quarts of low fat chicken stock, or substitute with water
      and 4-5 chicken bouillon cubes.(Unsalted)
1/4 cup light cooking oil.
2 cups chopped onion.
1 cup chopped bell pepper.
1 cup chopped green onion.
1 cup chopped celery.
1 tbsp minced garlic.
1/2 cup chopped parsley.
Low sodium salt.
Fresh ground black pepper.
2 tbsp ground file'.
JT's Seafood french fry seasoning. (De Secret Ingredient)
1/4 cup Chardonnay Wine. On second thought, make that three cups of Chardonnay wine, but only use 1/4 of it in de gumbo. Drink de res' while you cook!

OK, now dat you got all de ingredients, including, "De Secret Ingredient", It'z time to put it all together shay. Take dat chicken breas' and brown it in about teux or tree tablespoons of de light cookin oil. Make sure you season dat chicken wit de low sodium salt, fresh ground black pepper and jes' a pinch of, "De Secret Ingredient". It'z important to note that at this point: itz a good time to take sip of that wine. Now before you move onto de nex' step, take another sip of that wine! Remove de chicken breas' and set aside to cool off, you're gonna cut that up into bite size pieces later on an throw it back in de pot, but dats a little later on. De nex' step iz to saute up de vegetables wit about a tablespoon or so of the light cooking oil. Go ahead and season dem vegetables wit a little low sodium salt, pepper an a pinch of, "De Secret Ingredient". Jes' get the vegetables to de soft point, bout 3-5 minutes should take care of dat, now take another sip of de wine.

Itz time to move on shay! Let'z dissolve dat roux mix into about teux - tree cups of de low sodium chicken broth, duex that on about medium heat add the roux mix slowly until it all gets real happy. Take another sip of dat wine! While you're takin a sip of dat wine, go ahead and cut the sausage up into bite size pieces, about 1/4 - 1/2 inch. Be real careful at dis point shay, you've already had a few sips of  wine an you probably feelin happy too! "Ain't dis fun shay?"

OK, we got everything bout ready to go, hold off on de file'  and de wine. Don' add that jess yet. Throw everyting else in de pot shay! Take another sip of wine and bring everyting up to a boil.(if you have any of the light cooking oil left, don' add that. De chicken and sausage will provide de res' of de fat content you gonna need.) Once everyting is at de boil point, turn it down to de simmer, cover de pot and jes' let
it get happy for bout teux (2) hours. Now shay, you gonna have to make up some rice to serve that gumbo wit. deux dat about 1/2 hour before you serve.

Now I don' got to give you de recipe for de rice, you should know that one. I have a recipe for really great rice but dats another blog shay. Now you bout to serve this up and you're lookin at me like I dun loss my mind! You sez we still got de 2 tbsp of file' and 1/4 cup of wine! Well don' worry, no shay. Bout 20 minutes before you serve dat gumbo, remove it from de heat, add the file' and drink de 1/4 cup of wine! What, you didn't tink I would ruin a good gumbo by putin de wine it did you?
Bon Temp Roulette me shay!
Dave
http://www.decajunmarket.yolasite.com/

De Secret Ingredient

Ma frien, "T.C." waz a good soul, he done pass away a couple year ago and dat make me sad every time I tink O dat. He waz a life long frien an he left a good legacy too me shy. Now T.C. he waz a good Cajun cook too yeah. He done did dat professionally for a while and when he'd cook, he toll some funny Cajun stories.
One time, we all get together at his camp house on de bayou to watch the Saints kick some azz an he make what dey call an etouffee. Now for dose of you dat don' know, in Cajun land, "etouffe", means to smother. Me shy, I toll you on de side note, I tink I had a girl frien like dat once, but dats a story for another time. Now de recipe for a good etouffee iz easy-nough to find on de interneckts, in a recent blog, ma frein Boudreaux explained de Interneckts, "The Cajun Interneckt Marketer", so me, I'm not gonna toll it to you here. I am however, gonna toll you what sep-a-rate a good etouffee from a great etouffee! It's de "Secret Ingredient".
Ma frein T.C. done made me promise not to ever reveal de secret ingredient, but since he pass away, maybe he don' mind if I go ahead and pass it on. He sez to me at de time, shy, de secret ingredient to a great etouffee iz,...de spice of life. Now I done look at T.C. like he done loss hiz mind! I sez to him, are you crazy, or jess plain stupid? I sez to T.C., you can't put dat in de pot! de spice of life iz laughter, good frienz, good food and lots O good spirits! Now ole T.C. he look at me an laugh hiz azz off. He say, shy, it'z a diffrant kind of spice of life dat I'm to toll you bout. OK, so now you gots my full attention I sez to ole T.C. Now T.C. he starts to stir de pot and look like he got somtin deep and dark on hiz mind. He start to reach in de cabinet to get, "de secret ingredient", and stop dead in his tracks. Den he look over at me, and den behind hiz shoulder, like itz some kind of top secret guvmnet issue. Den ole T.C. he sez, before I give dis gift to you, I'm gonna toll you a little story bout Boudreaux, Thibideaux, and Marie! Me, I look dejected, like some kidd dat jess loss his candy to de school yard bully. It'z because I know T.C. all to well, an I know dat sometimes, hiz stories can take a long time an I probably done heard dis one bout tree (3) times too! But I relent maself to hiz request cause, I really want to know what dat iz dat he got in de cabinet.
T.C. starts in. One morning Boudreaux, Thibideaux, and Marie, de all get in de pirogue an head out on de bayou to hunt some gator. Marie, she done decide dat she'z gonna make de gator sauce piquant for dinner and dey gots to get de main ingredient. It'z about a four foot gator wit got no bizness gettin in de way of tree (3) hungry Cajuns!  Now bout twice half hour into de hunt, De clouds in de sky, dey start to stirin. (to be continued, Fish On!)

Bayou Blastin de Cajun Way

Dey pulled dis out of de English Bayou lass week me shy! Now dat's gonna make a lot of gumbo, I saw dis in de Lake Chalres American Press, I tried to get de dir-rect link but dis cajun maybe not smart nough to get it. If you'z want to read de article, maybe you can find it at, http://www.lakecharlesamericanpress.com/
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Now jess lass week ma frein Mike call me on de wire-less I-phone, he toll me to get ma-self on down to hiz camp house cause we gonna deux a little bayou blastin! If I would have known dis was in de bayou at de time? Well me shy, I toll you for true, I would have at least brought me a change of under-pants. Cause first I tink I would have said it, and den,...I would have done it! Shat mon deux!


You see, de boat we geaux bayou blastin in, iz only 8 feet long, dis ole gator, wuz 13 feet long. Now I only been tru de six grade tree times, but even I know dat ain't gonna work! Somebody, "not me" iz gonna have to get out de boat and swim if we'z gonna make room for dat!

Dave
http://www.mikeraymarketing.dealcenter.us/