you may not have noticed. But today we laissez les bon temps roulez!

I'm doing a seafood gumbo, a crayfish ettoufe, and, of course, rice.

How about you others. Anyone else ready to let the good times roll?

HELLO AGAIN,

I MISSED THIS POST ON THE 5TH AND CAME ACROSS IT TODAY. I LOVE CRAWFISH ETTOUFE!!! ONE QUICK QUESTION CAN YOU SHARE YOUR RECIPE? AND SINCE MY PREVIOUS HOME PRIOR TO MOVING HERE WAS DOWN NEAR MOBILE, ALABAMA WE ATE LOTS OF GUMBO YUM-YUM (OF-COURSE I GREW MY OWN OKRA)!

ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION MY FRENCH IS VERY LIMITED CAN YOU INTERPRET: laissez les bon temps roulez! AND SADLY MY ANCESTORS NEVER TAUGHT ME THEIR MOTHER TONGUE, BUT THEN THEY WERE FRENCH CANADIANS SO I GUESS THAT DON'T COUNT.LOL

THANKS, CATHY

As French Canadians they should very much count; it was him that became Cajun, cher. Huguenots from Acadia, dontcha know.

Anyway, Laizzez les bon temp roulez is the unofficial slogan of Mardi Gras. It simply means, let the good times roll.

I have several etouffe recipes. This simple one comes from the Global Wildlife Center, in Baton Rouge:

1 lb crawfish tails (preferably with their fat)
1 stick butter
1 small onion, chopped
2 green onions, chopped
Creole seasoning to taste

Saute the onions in butter until wilted. Stir in crawfish. Do not cook crawfish more than 10-15 minutes.

Thank you that is quite different from the ettoufe I have had (mine came in a delightful white sauce seasoned with lots of garlic and wine, you use french bread to "sop" up the sauce). This recipe sounds more like Sauteed Crawfish, I will give this a try when I can get ahold of some fresh Crawfish, which here probably means going and getting my own. Fortunate for me we do live near a Creek loaded with them!:p

P.S. One of my ancestors has a statute in his honor right in the middle of Government Street in downtown Mobile, Alabama near the Bankhead Tunnel= the famous Admiral Semmes, my claim to fame! The French had a very strong influence in Mobile, just as much as New Orleans, of-course the two cities are only 3 hours apart (todays driving time). Personally I do not care for Mardi Gras, I guess the other 1/2 of my "genes" (Scotch-Irish) just snub our noses at such non-sence as parades and such . Just give me a good bag-piper & a tad o' Good Irish Whiskey and I'll do a jig and be a happy Las My French ancestors would roll over in their graves I am sure!

Thanks for sharing, Cathy

"Just give me a good bag-piper "

Do you mean a real piper? Or someone blowing on those silly Northumberland small pipes?