Cajun Cabbage Jambalaya

2 lb lean ground chuck
2 cups chopped
cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped bell pepper
2 cloves chopped garlic
2 quarts shredded cabbage
Two 10 oz cans diced tomatoes and green chili peppers
3 beef bouillon cubes
2 tbs vegetable oil
1/2 cup water

Put oil in a heavy 5 quart pot. Add ground meat and stir until brown. Add bouillon cubes, onions, celery, garlic and bell pepper. Stir and cook for about 15 minutes. Add tomatoes, undrained and water. Cook for a few minutes then stir in cabbage. Lower fire to medium and cook stirring often. Put lid on pot and cook until cabbage is crisp tender. If mixture is too dry add a little hot water and adjust seasonings. Add cooked rice until mixture is moist.

Beignets Au New Orleans

6 cups plain flour
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons margarine
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 cups milk, scalded
2 packages yeast
2 eggs
Peanut oil for frying
Powdered sugar



Mix flour, salt, vanilla and set aside. Place margarine and sugar in large mixing bowl. Heat milk. Do not boil. Stir often and do not scorch. Mix heated milk over sugar and margarine and stir until melted. Cool to temperature needed to activate yeast. Add yeast and dissolve. Add milk mixture and flour mixture to form batter. Add eggs and beat thoroughly. Cover with warm, damp towel and set in warm place. Dough should double in bulk in one hour. Punch and knead gently. Roll dough out on floured surface to quarter-inch thickness. Cut into 2 x 2 inch squares. Let rise once again (half-hour to one hour). Fry in oil at 380F. turning only once. Drain and dust with powdered sugar. Serve warm.

Cajun Ribs

2 tablespoons paprika
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons onion
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons red pepper
1-1/2 teaspoons white pepper
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1 teaspoon oregano leaves
4 pounds pork back ribs (about 2 whole slabs)

Combine seasonings. Rub on all surfaces of ribs. Place ribs on covered grill over indirect beat. Grill for 1-1/2 hours. Cut ribs into serving size pieces.

Serves 4.

Chicken Maque Choux

1 chicken, cut into serving pieces
salt, pepper and cayenne to taste
1/2 cup oil
12 ears fresh corn, cut from cob
2 chopped onions
1/2 chopped bell pepper
1 tomato, peeled and chopped

Procedure: Salt, pepper and cayenne chicken, brown in heavy pot in oil; remove from pot as it browns. Add remaining ingredients, stir and cook on med-high heat about 2 minutes, return chicken to pot, stir, cover and cook over medium heat about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve over rice.

Servings: 6

Dirty Rice

1 bunch of green onions
1/2 bellpepper chopped
2 ribs of celery chopped
1/2 lb of chicken livers and gizzards, mixed
1/2 lb of calf's liver
1/4 lb of ground beef
3 tbls of oil
3 c cooked rice
1 tbls of dry parsley
1 tbls of chives
salt and pepper to taste

-Grind vegetables and meats
-Put oil in a heavy pot with lid. Add ground vegetables and meats. Cover pot. Simmer on low heat one-hald hours. Season, to taste.
-Mix rice and vegetable-meat mixture. Stir thoroughly. Add dry parsley and chives.