Cajun and Creole both have their roots firmly planted in Louisiana, but let’s find out what the actual difference is between them.
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Food history: turducken
A chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey. What could be more festive?
Let’s find out where the turducken came from.
Food history: Bananas Foster
This food history is almost embarrassingly short and sweet.
Most of the time with Food History posts, it is difficult to decipher the background of a dish, because many meals simply evolve and grow over time. Or, the food item can be traced so far back the precise origin is unclear.
Then there are the biggies like coffee and ketchup, where the history is so expansive it’s impossible to cover it all in one blog post.
But with Bananas Foster, we’ve got the exact, undisputed, quick history right here.
Difference between: gumbo and jambalaya
After the food history of gumbo, it was suggested to me to check out the difference between gumbo and jambalaya.
Food history: gumbo
It’s a little Cajun, a little Creole, and a lot of Louisiana. Where did this multifaceted stew creation come from?