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...probably not in the nature of most New Orleanians to roll up their sleeves and quickly build a grander city. They're better at making things akin to Creole gumbo and Cajun jambalaya--which involve a variety of ingredients and spices that are blended slowly. You start by making a roux, the mix of hot oil and flour that can hold the tastes together, a process that ought not be rushed...
...civil-engineering management, the depleted city coffers, the lawless depravity, the history of political corruption by a long line of city and state officials, and the incompetent governance that television viewers are discovering are, to use the local vernacular, the roux of a long-simmering pot of gumbo that finally boiled over when Hurricane Katrina turned up the heat last week. Now the city is drowning...
...poor. Today, however, they've been proudly adopted as a Cajun delicacy. Visitors to the festival in the city of Breaux Bridge will have a chance to sample a slew of popular Southern dishes-from boiled crawfish to crawfish étouffée (a stew similar to gumbo but thicker). Other festival highlights include a crawfish eating contest, cooking demonstrations, Cajun dancing and the hotly contested crawfish races. Start pinching those tails...
...Visitors to the festival in the city of Breaux Bridge will have a chance to sample a slew of popular Southern dishes - from boiled crawfish to crawfish étouffée (a stew similar to gumbo but thicker). Other festival highlights include a crawfish eating contest, cooking demonstrations, Cajun dancing and the hotly contested crawfish races. Start pinching those tails...
...sending something back home this week, something I took years ago when I first moved to Washington. My grandmother's gumbo pot will return to Louisiana, where it belongs. This Thanksgiving I'll be thinking about the people who don't have a Thanksgiving table or a large seasoned pot in which to stir up some delicious gumbo...