Fat Tuesday fare / Mardi Gras meal?

Question

What's it gonna be?

Answer 1

king cake is always served for mardi gras


KING CAKE

Dough
(Approximate proportions) Miscellaneous
2 oz. Fresh Compressed Yeast Or
4 pk. Active Dry Yeast
4-5 cups Flour
1 cup Lukewarm Scalded Milk
¾ cup Sugar
1 tsp. Salt
5 Eggs
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
¾ cup Salted Butter 1 Dried Bean Or
1 Tiny China Baby Doll
(¾"long)
1 cup Sugar
3 Small Bottles of Assorted Food Coloring
(purple, green and yellow or more if you want)
After mixing the dough (add in the bean or doll now, if desired) and letting it rise, shape it into an oval ring, following the description given below for the approximate dimensions*. Sprinkle the top of the cake evenly with sugar (mix sugar with the purple, green and yellow food coloring together) all over the top, with the swirl of one color slightly overlapping the next (purple, green and yellow are traditional Mardi Gras colors). Set the cake on a baking sheet and bake according to instructions in the recipe you use. The finished cake should be lightly browned wherever the dough shows through. The parts covered with colored sugar should appear slightly crust.

Shape-an oval ring about 2-1/2" thick and about 3" high at the highest point; and the decoration, as elaborate and colorful as possible in order to make the cake look like a jeweled crown. As for the bean or doll, it can be baked into the batter or pushed into the finished cake from underneath just so long as it's done secretly, so no one knows in advance which slice will designate the monarch for the week

CHICKEN & SAUSAGE GUMBO

1 cup Vegetable oil
1 cup Flour
1 ½ cups Chopped Onion
1 cup Chopped Celery
1 cup Chopped Bell Peppers
1 pound Smoked Sausage or Andouille
(Cut crosswise into ½ inch slices)
1 ½ tsp. Salt
¼ tsp. Cayenne Pepper
3 whole Bay Leaves (optional)
6 cups Water
1 whole Chicken (hen or rooster preferred)
(cut into bit size pieces)
2 tsp. Chopped Parsley
½ cup Chopped Green Onions
1 tsp. File' Powder (optional)

Combine the oil and flour in a large cast-iron or enameled cast-iron Dutch oven over medium heat. Stirring slowly and constantly for 20 to 25 minutes, make a dark brown roux, the color of chocolate. Add the onions, celery, and bell peppers and continue to stir for 4 to 5 minutes or until the vegetables are wilted. Add the sausage, salt, cayenne pepper, and bay leaves. Continue to stir for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the water. Stir until the roux mixture and water are well combined. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour.
Season the chicken well and add to the pot. Simmer for 2 hours. Skim off any fat that rises to the surface. Remove from the heat. Stir in the parsley, green onions, and file' powder. Remove the bay leaves and serve over rice in deep bowls.

Answer 2

Oh yeah, Baby! I'm gonna cook up a big 'ol batch o' gumbo with tons o' shrimp and andouille sausage!!! Then I'm gonna dig into my famous Bourbon Bread Puddin' topped with Breyers Vanilla Ice Cream!!! Mmmmm Mmmmmmm Mmmmmmmmmmm!!!

Hurricanes, Hand Grenades, and Southern Comfort for all!!!!

Answer 3

I stay approximately 40 minutes from New Orleans, on fat Tuesday there are parades all day, partying all day, the party often ends around 10pm to lifeless night through fact day after today is Ash Wednesday - the initiating of Lent. A Catholic ritual. The minute after lifeless night is a holy day so there'll be no partying happening bypass lifeless night. Leaving on Tuesday afternoon or night is as much as you yet there relatively is not any grand partying that evening. rejoice with the weekend they are going to be partying hardy from Friday evening til Tuesday morning! desire you rejoice with your holiday.

Answer 4

CAJUN for sure.Any type of Gumbo,rice,potato salad,and sweet tea.For dessert a Kings cake---I must find the baby for myself.You could do a crawfish ettouffe,pistolettes(crawfish or shrimp)Boudain balls,Fried corn,fried pickles,catfish---I'm Hungry,Got to go.....

Answer 5

Shrimp Chilli with Amish Friendship bread. Boiled taters with chedder cheeze and onions. Black Eyed Peas with a lucky dime in them. beer.

Answer 6

Smothered pork chops and rice with gravy
pole beans with small taters
rutabeggas and corn muffins
and sweet milk

Answer 7

Jambalaya!!! Something spicy with shrimp, and a Hurricane!

Answer 8

Gumbo and crawfish. its traditional in New Orleans