American Food

[summerisle]

The original menu.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Oregon pears, amazing

 

[mezzrow]

The original menu.

No food served without a descriptive adjective. Where's farm-fresh?

 

[Boba Fret]

My sister is coming home for Christmas with her boyfriend. She is a teacher in Baton Rouge. I know she'll bring back loads of rubbish American sweets.

 

[SerenityNigh]

My sister is coming home for Christmas with her boyfriend. She is a teacher in Baton Rouge. I know she'll bring back loads of rubbish American sweets.

She'll likely bring home recipes for good food. They know how to eat down there.

 

[Frang]

She'll likely bring home recipes for good food. They know how to eat down there.

as long as its deep fried..

 

[SerenityNigh]

as long as its deep fried..

Oh, cajuns can fry food as good as anyone else, but they have a few other tricks up their sleeves, and if it crawls, hops, or walks they'll cook it up.

 

[Frang]

The original menu.

I bet the coffee from this original is still hot enough to drink today... like drinking enriched uranium

 

[mezzrow]

No food served without a descriptive adjective. Where's farm-fresh?

...it's just waiting on the eggs and the savory sausage. Or Eggamuffin.

 

[mezzrow]

Oh, cajuns can fry food as good as anyone else, but they have a few other tricks up their sleeves, and if it crawls, hops, or walks they'll cook it up.

That's why they have inside kitchens and outside kitchens. And make sure there's plenty of rice.

 

[SerenityNigh]

That's why they have inside kitchens and outside kitchens. And make sure there's plenty of rice.

Outside kitchens are a creation of the ultra-rich
Inside kitchens were created when cajuns put up screen doors to keep the dogs out

 

[marnie]

Outside kitchens are a creation of the ultra-rich
Inside kitchens were created when cajuns put up screen doors to keep the dogs out

Nope.

 

[Hellerad]

Creole cooking > Cajun cooking

 

[SerenityNigh]

Nope.

Pipe down. The world began in 1776.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Creole cooking > Cajun cooking

It's hard to argue with this, given in part to the complexity of these terms, so I'll defer with a few caveats:
New Orleans food is great, but Acadiana > New Orleans > non-Louisiana cajun and creole cooking
I don't care what color is their skin or how they identify, if they're from this area, they can cook