Showing posts with label gumbo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gumbo. Show all posts

Friday, November 2, 2012

What a Wonderfully Odd Fact!

Sometimes the best part of an article is a throwaway sentence that illuminates so much.
The process of sun-drying shrimp was introduced to Louisiana over a hundred years ago by Chinese and Filipino immigrants who saw the shrimp-rich region as an opportunity for export.
 
How wonderfully amazing!

And then local cooks started incorporating the concentrated flavors of the dried shrimp into their gumbo!

Saturday, May 5, 2012

New Orleans

Oysters and gumbo and beignets, oh my!