“Gimme that fuckin’Jambalaya!” Barracuda shouted grabbing the pot from the hands of the savage negro before him. Without a word, he gobbled it all up with gusto: that was the moment he became their King.
The jambalaya is made of mixed chicken and pork, but it is said that it is particularly savoury when made using human flesh, possibly of one’s friends when they fall in battle. Or so said the negroes that, legend says, Barracuda met during one of his unending ravages, and who later made him their king.
But, and we thank the gods for that, ours is made only with chicken and pork.
Don’t tell Gord that i told you this story: we never talk about Barracuda.
Needed:
human fl… NO!
1,5 kilos of cut chicken meat
3 cups of long rice
10 cl oil
3 white onions
smoked spicy sausage
6 cup water
1 green pepper
4 sticks of celery
2 sprigs of thyme
1 spoonful of salt
ground black pepper
cayenne pepper
brown chicken and sausage in oil. Put them aside and save their juice in the pan. Lower the fire in the same pan and add the sliced onions, cover those and let them stew for a couple minutes.
Add the meat and wet with the six cups of water. Salt and pepper, add the cayenne, cover and let broil on a slow fire. Add the pepper and the cubed celery, and add the rice. Let simmer in the pot, open, until the rice is cooked.
Let it rest before serving.
Many add tomato or use seafood instead of meat, but me, i’m a traditionalist. ( apart from the human flesh thing)
I think i’ll bring this to the parley this year. Maybe ‘Cuda will come too. He’ll smell it from afar.
Happy eating!
Salmigondis, or “too much of everything”
welcome back!
As the hot season is afoot, i will give you something fresh, and also useful to empty your larder of all those things you don’t know how to get rid of.
2 bunches of roman lettuce
1 handful of cress
1 handful of spinach
2 chicken breasts (or pigeon, veal, pork…)
4 chicken legs
1 lemon
2 boiled eggs
parsley
black and white grapes
10 marinated onions
marinated cabbage
pickles
3-4 anchovies
1 spoonful of mustard
4 spoonfuls of red vinegar
salt, pepper
10 cl oil
Be warned, this is something for rough guys, who are not into much refinery when it comes to eating. It’s the most piratey food there is; it’s named in almost every english freebooter memory, and a legacy to universal cuisine.
Wash, dry and cut the salad into strips, who will be put in a salad bowl with the spinach. Cook the meat in boiling water and cool it before cutting it into little pieces. Cut the lemon in strips and dice the boiled eggs on the salad. Garnish with parsley, cress, vegetables and pickles. Prepare the vinaigrette mixing mustard, vinegar, salt, pepper and oil, and happy eating!
What’s the story of this dish? ‘s easy: the capture of a ship laden with barrels of anchovies, capers, oil, meat and salted fish is the occasion for a party! Turtle, fish, chicken, pork, nothing is wasted. The fish is roasted, and the meat, and everything is marinated in wine, spices and pepper. Then everything is mixed with cabbage, anchovies, herrings, mangoes, eggs, olives and grapes. A great salad, with the only rule being “add everything there is”