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Trumps will feed French president jambalaya 'cooked in a New Orleans tradition'
NOLA.com ^ | 4/23/2018 | Todd A. Price

Posted on 04/23/2018 11:58:18 AM PDT by simpson96

On Tuesday night (April 23), President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will welcome Emmanuel Macron, president of France, and his wife, Brigitte, for the first state visit of the Trump administration.

According to a press release from the first lady's office, every aspect of the visit was "all carefully selected by First Lady Melania Trump, to complement and pay homage to the long-standing friendship between the United States and France."

Let's get to the most important matter: what are they eating?

The main course, we're happy to report, will include jambalaya, "which will be cooked in a New Orleans tradition and scented with the trinity of Cajun cooking -- celery, peppers, and onions, and spiced with herbs from the South Lawn."

Fingers crossed the White House chefs know to use green bell peppers.

The menu doesn't indicate if the jambalaya has sausage or seafood. Let's hope the Trumps' jambalaya isn't just a pilaf.

See the full menu below.

First Course: Goat Cheese Gateau, omato Jam, Buttermilk Biscuit Crumbles, Young Variegated Lettuces

Main Course: Rack of Spring Lamb, Burnt Cipollini Soubise, Carolina Gold Rice Jambalaya

Dessert: Nectarine Tart, Crème Fraîche Ice Cream

(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: cajun; donaldtrump; emmanuelmacron; firstlady; flotusmelania; france; french; frenchpresident; jambalaya; macron; melaniatrump; neworleans; nola; president; statevisit; trump; trumps
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To: MNJohnnie
Andy Jackson whipped English butts at Nawlins.

Yep - and the Cajuns brought some gunpowder to the party.

21 posted on 04/23/2018 12:24:23 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: simpson96

Around 50 years ago, after hearing the Hank Williams song, I asked my parents about it. They both were familiar with Jambalaya and File Gumbo, but they had never heard of anyone eating Crawfish Pie.

They also were familiar with Poke Salad which they said was more popular up North than in the South.

I am pretty sure Mother said that File was a spice made from Sassafras leaves but my memory could be off.

They both grew up in the Florida Panhandle and were not familiar with Cajun Culture but apparently some of it was just Southern.


22 posted on 04/23/2018 12:25:27 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

Memories! When I was deployed to Central Asia our N’awlins mess sergeant turned out unbelievable jambalaya every Sunday.

Or was it gumbo? Difference is how the rice is served, mon.

Anyway, `bon appetit’, Mr. President!


23 posted on 04/23/2018 12:31:47 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: simpson96

whats burnt cipellini soubise??


24 posted on 04/23/2018 12:32:53 PM PDT by ronniesgal ( I wonder what his FR handle is??)
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To: yarddog

“I am pretty sure Mother said that File was a spice made from Sassafras leaves but my memory could be off.”

It is indeed ground Sassafras leaves. It adds flavor and is a mild thickening agent.

L


25 posted on 04/23/2018 12:35:46 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Charles Martel

Of course those butts Andy kicked were the same English that had kicked a whole lot of French butts in Spain during the Napoleonic wars.

Would make an interesting alternative history to have Wellington instead of Packenham commanding at New Orleans.

Old Andy would of had his hands full.


26 posted on 04/23/2018 12:35:47 PM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: MNJohnnie

And there would be a Sharpe novel about it!


27 posted on 04/23/2018 12:40:06 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: MNJohnnie
Andy Jackson whipped English butts at Nawlins.

You are correct.

"Animal House" - Bluto: Did we quit when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??

28 posted on 04/23/2018 12:41:14 PM PDT by RatRipper (Unindicted co-conspirators: the Mainstream Media and the Democratic Party)
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To: Lurker

and THAT’S what really makes it jambalaya. Most of the rest of the ingredients are staples or whatever you could catch that day and leftovers.


29 posted on 04/23/2018 12:41:20 PM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: simpson96

and for desert.......some of “Justin Tubbs “ Gumbo, made with his special Rhue.


30 posted on 04/23/2018 12:46:47 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now. .)
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To: Martin Tell

Sometimes I just don’t think. All I had to was sing the Johnny Horton song.
“In 1814 we took a little trip
And we fought the bloody British on the mighty Mississipp.’


31 posted on 04/23/2018 12:50:51 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: Terry Mross

There was a song about that:

https://youtu.be/50_iRIcxsz0


32 posted on 04/23/2018 12:52:49 PM PDT by j. earl carter
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To: Reily

Read the Sharpe series when it 1st came out. Just re-read the whole thing a few years ago. GREAT series.

Between that and the Aubery books by Patrick Obrian hard to say which is better.


33 posted on 04/23/2018 12:54:19 PM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Terry Mross

He whipped the English redcoats, not the French.


34 posted on 04/23/2018 12:55:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Reily
And there would be a Sharpe novel about it!

Bump for Bernard Cornwell!

35 posted on 04/23/2018 12:56:16 PM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: MNJohnnie

Agree!


36 posted on 04/23/2018 12:59:17 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: MNJohnnie
I love them both but probably have to go with O'Brien. I love Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin! I've read the Aubrey/Maturin series three times and listened to every book at least three times when I was on the road for work.

Have you read any of Cornwell's other works? The Saxon series is outstanding, his Arthurian series is the best handling of those legends I've ever read.

37 posted on 04/23/2018 12:59:56 PM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: Army Air Corps; Gamecock; SaveFerris

Long as he doesn’t tell him he looks like Al Pacino.


38 posted on 04/23/2018 12:59:57 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: simpson96

There’s a festival for it.

http://www.jambalayafestival.org/


39 posted on 04/23/2018 1:00:46 PM PDT by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: oblomov

“No okra?”

Yep - cajun, not creole.


40 posted on 04/23/2018 1:03:32 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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