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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: pgkdan

I’ve never read the books but have watched both series, so I’ve had nothing to compare it to. I like the characters in the show, and am looking forward to the third season. The first season was aired on BBC America, but then they dropped out, and Netflix picked it up.


61 posted on 04/23/2018 2:02:04 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: pgkdan

Yeah felt the same way about the Sharpe tv series shows I saw. Just doesn’t work as movie/tv. There is too much depth to the characters, you don’t have time in movie/tv to tell the story


62 posted on 04/23/2018 2:03:51 PM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: mass55th

I will have to check it out. The visuals should be awesome.


63 posted on 04/23/2018 2:05:24 PM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: mass55th; pgkdan; Reily

Any other suggestions for reading?

I am currently reading Jeff Shaara, who is a very worthy heir, to his father’s Civil War series


64 posted on 04/23/2018 2:16:23 PM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: MNJohnnie
Just saw this on Wikipedia: "In April 2018, Netflix confirmed that a third series was in production, which would air exclusively on the streaming service, and Bernard Cornwell indicated that he had been offered a cameo appearance.[6]

Footnote [6] link:

The Last Kingdom - Season 3 - Netflix Release, Date, Cast, Plot and Trailer

65 posted on 04/23/2018 2:20:27 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: simpson96

You ain’t kidding! Sounds delish!


66 posted on 04/23/2018 2:24:46 PM PDT by Blogger (The causes are the left are never about caring about an issue. ItÂ’s always about power.)
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To: mass55th

That would be fun. I wonder what his cameo would be. Taking a non actor and putting them in 900 ad era character is going to take some work


67 posted on 04/23/2018 2:36:40 PM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: MNJohnnie
I read a variety of book series...several Medieval mystery series, like Susanna Gregory's "Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles." I've also been making my way through Michael Jecks "Templar Series," and Bernard Knight's "Crowner John" series.

I've also enjoyed Robert McCammon's "Matthew Corbett" series. Eliot Pattison's "Mystery of Colonial America" series. And I've been reading books by Doug Preston and Lincoln Child who write novels on their own, but have also collaborated on the "Pendergast" series, and the "Gideon Crew" series.

I also like the writings of Andrew Taylor too.

Have you ever been to the FantasticFiction site? They have pages on most authors out there, plus lists for New Authors, New Books, Coming Soon, Most Popular, and Top Authors. You can search by author or book too. Many of the authors' pages provide recommendations of books they've read.

Here's the link:

FantasticFiction

68 posted on 04/23/2018 2:46:45 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: MNJohnnie
"That would be fun. I wonder what his cameo would be. Taking a non actor and putting them in 900 ad era character is going to take some work"

I'm sure they'd find a spot for him, like Marvel does for Stan Lee in every Marvel movie.

69 posted on 04/23/2018 2:47:41 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: MNJohnnie

I read Shaara’s Gettsyburg series as I was very big into researching the Civil War for quite a few years. Gettysburg was one of my favorite battlefields to visit. Those days are over though, and I’ve moved on to other interests. I gave all my boxes of Civil War research material to the National Guard Museum & Archives in Concord, Mass., because I didn’t want to see all my hard work, time, and money wasted with my kids throwing it all in a dumpster after I die. I was born and raised in NY State. Still live here, but I did most of my research on the 54th and 55th Mass. Voluntary Infantry units, plus kept records of other interesting Civil War stuff I found along the way.


70 posted on 04/23/2018 2:56:21 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Romulus
Seriously doubt there were Cajuns at the battle of New Orleans.

I think it quite likely, actually, given that Jean Lafitte operated out of Barataria Bay. French Canadian Catholic settlers had been in that area for some time prior to the War of 1812.

I'm pretty sure Jackson used anyone willing to shoulder a flintlock to fight the British - Acadians included. Surely they had a good reason to fight the British.

71 posted on 04/23/2018 2:58:30 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: simpson96
I don’t need to be nit picky but creole jambalaya would be more appropriate than cajun for our french ami
72 posted on 04/23/2018 3:11:11 PM PDT by wardaddy (As a southerner I've never trusted the Grand Old Party.....any questions?)
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To: Martin Tell

Good post Martin

Free Republic God love em

The French lost at Battle of New Orleans?

I saw that and went dang that battlefield at Chalmette I’ve visited a half dozen times is a big lie?

Packenham was an illusion


73 posted on 04/23/2018 3:14:02 PM PDT by wardaddy (As a southerner I've never trusted the Grand Old Party.....any questions?)
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To: wardaddy

Just some good ol’ Coonass home cookin’


74 posted on 04/23/2018 3:16:56 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: simpson96

Unlike the vast majority of posters here I love France in spite of the fact I’m an Anglophile of Saxon Wessex dna mostly

Given I grew up two hours north of New Orleans I am in all humility an excellent creole food cook

I grew up on mommas knee with my River Road cookbook from time I could read

It’s the best food in America

And it’s mostly French with African and Spanish and native influence


75 posted on 04/23/2018 3:19:19 PM PDT by wardaddy (As a southerner I've never trusted the Grand Old Party.....any questions?)
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To: be-baw

I agree, the menu doesn’t sound appealing to me. I’ve never liked lamb.


76 posted on 04/23/2018 3:32:27 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: ronniesgal

as far as I can tell, burnt onion sauce.


77 posted on 04/23/2018 3:35:31 PM PDT by Scarpetta (I'm surrounded by progtards and cuckservatives.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Read Allen W. Eckert’s “The Frontiersman” from “Winning of America “ series. The series takes you from roughly the French & Indian War to the closing of the Illinois frontier. I think it was written in the 1970s but it holds up well. As far as I am concerned its only major historical failing is it repeats the Blue Jacket myth of him being a white renegade named Marmaduke Van Swearegen. We now know from DNA testing of Blue Jacket descendants that he was pure Shawnee. Also read his account of the wars along the Ohio “That Dark & Bloody River”. His Tecumseh biography is superb too - “A Sorrow in Our Heart”.


78 posted on 04/23/2018 3:37:17 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: Fido969
What? No crawdads?

They weren't invited.


79 posted on 04/23/2018 3:40:48 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Wonderful theory, wrong species)
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To: simpson96

Jambalaya is usually contains cubed Pork roast or chicken and a smoked sausage. Also there should be white beans, a green salad and a roll.


80 posted on 04/23/2018 4:12:07 PM PDT by HChampagne (Cruz supporter but I will support and vote for Trump.)
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