Dis iz by far, de bes' rice recipe, ever. Now I can toll you dis for true cause I done make it every time I duex de gombo an it gets as much attention az de gumbo, shay. Before I toll it to you here, I wanna tell you a little story bout how dis recipe came to be in ma file. You see, way back when, an dats way back shay, I was just a small cajun, I sashay ma-self on down to Breaux Bridge, La. for de crawfish festiville. Now I couldn't have been but maybe 14 or 15 year ol' at de time. De got dis canjun set up on one of de front lawn in de downtown area of de festiville doin' what de call a cookin' demonstration! Shat mon deux, shay! can you believe dat? De gots de people lining up to hear what dat cajun got to say about creole cooking!
So dis cajun frien of mine, he done become a famous cajun chef by de way, hiz name was Justin Wilson. Now ole Justin, waz a funny cajun teux! he done toll some funny stories while he cook de recipe. He start to toll de peoples about de bes' rice he done ever make, an before he start dat, he ax for de volunteer to come up an help him wit dat recipe. Wouldn't you know shay, dat volunteer waz me! So I sashay on up tuex de man an he introduce himself to me, I don' know it at de time, but ole Justin gonna become a life long frein an a really good chef tuex! Now for dose of you dat don' ever heard of Justin, let me toll you for true, dat cajun sure like to drink some wine! I tink he done had thrice az many as I did before we even start to cook.
So now ole Justin, he start tellin' de peoples all de tings we gonna need for de rice, an me, I'm gettin' it all together for him. He done toll de peoples dat dey gonna need, one cup of de rice, two cups of de water, 1/4 de teaspoon of de salt, one pat O butter, "de real ting shay, not dat fake stuff no", an of all tings, one chicken bouliion cube! Now de peoples done look at Justin like he done loss hiz mind! Every good cajun I ever dun known, ma-self excluded, know dat rice goes into what de call a rice cooker, it takes one part rice two parts water a pinch of salt an press de button. Bam! in twenty minutes, you got rice me shay! But no, not ole Justin, an ever since dat dey, I never used another rice cooker, EVER!
So ole Justin starts in, and before you know it, he done tollin' every one a story bout Boudreaux and Thibideaux wantin' to go duck hunt down in Johnson Bayou. De problem wit dat waz, Boudreaux he don' got no huntin' dawg, Thidibeaux he sez dat his frien' Marie, she gots de bes' huntin dawg in all Louisiana, not jes' de SW part! Shay, trust me on dis, Marie, she gots some good looking SW parts tuex! But Thibideaux sez dat de dawg iz kinda "strange", he sez it'z de bes' huntin dawg ever cause he'z de fastest dawg in de worl'. Now Boudreax he sez, "Shay, I don believe dat no", but ole Thibideaux he sez it's for true an I gots to beleive him, he done shot straight wit us so far. So Boudreaux ax Thibideaux to prove dat! So dey sashay on down to Marie's an fetch de dawg, Thidibeaux sez to Boudreaux, "watch this shay", de get in de pick-em-up truck and start to drive down to Johnson Bayou wit de leash an dawg still hangin out de window. Dey's cruisin along at about seventy mile and hour! Boudreaux sez dey got to pull over, dat dawg dun been dragged for bout twenty mile and he ain't gonna be worth nuthin when it come time to hunt. Thibideaux sez, "it's OK Boudreaux, de dawg iz right here runnin' long side de truck". Ole Boudreaux, he got a look in hiz face whats price-less! He sez, "you mean dat dawg been runnin' at 70 mile an hour dis whole time shay?", Boudreaux sez, "I gots to see dis for ma-self", he reach over wit hiz foot an slam on de brakes of dat pick-em-up truck an it come screamin' to a quick stop! Ole Boudreaux, he get out de truck an run round to Thibideaux's side an look down, spectin to see a bloody mess, an sure nough, dat dawg iz jes' standin dar, like it aint no big deal!
Shat mon deux! sez ole Boudreaux, I can' belive dat no! Dat iz de worl''s fastes' dawg I'm ever gonna seen! He sez we ain't gonna have no trouble gettin dem ducks in de blind wit a dawg dat fas' shay! Den ole Boudreaux, he take another look at dat dwag an sez, "you know? dats sure a funny lookin' dawg tuex!" he sez he don' ever recall seein' a dawg dat look strange like dat. He ax Thibideaux what that funny lookin' ring round dat dawgs neck iz? Ole Thibideaux he look at de dawg and sez to Boudreaux, "Oh, dats hiz rear end, you see, he'z de worl's fastes' dawg, but he'z not used to dem sudden stops, no!
So now ole Justin, he toll de peoples what you gonna did iz take de rice, water, salt, butter, and oh yeah, de chicken cube an throw all dat in de pot! Did I forget to mention dat you gonna need a jug of wine wit dat recipe? I sez dat cause bout every twice time Ole Justin toll you sometin' he done took a sip of dat wine, I guess dats what make it so darn good shay! Lots O wine! Den ole Justin he toll us dat all we got tuex do iz bring dat up to de boil, cover de pot, set it to de simmer and jes' let it sit for seventeen minutes.....Dat's right, you heard it, seventeen minutes! After de seventeen minutes, turn off de rice, and let it stood dar for bout five more minutes. It'z ready shay! de worl's bes rice you ever gonna eat! go head, try some it before you put dat gumbo on it! Bet you could jes eat dat rice all by iz-self! Oh, I almos' forgot to toll you to take another shot of dat wine, shay!
Dave
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