Cooking Cajun before Cajun was cool.
Just happens that I'm having leftover chicken & sausage gumbo for lunch.
RIP
Posted on 10/08/2015 9:14:04 AM PDT by ClearBlueSky
Cajun Chef's death announced
I’ll cook a gumbo in his honor.
RIP.
Decent Cajun food for tourists.
I might order some from Mary Mahoney’s Old French House, Biloxi, MS as well.
Thought Justin Wilson was the Cajun Chef. Loved his show.
Lucky you. In Occupied California we gotta cook our own.
I remember watching that show with my parents. My dad really liked his show and would often repeat some of the words used by Wilson. I miss those days.
I was thinking of Don Prudhomme the drag racer.
:) I am sure it will be great!
I saw the name Prudhomme and initially thought Don “The Snake” Prudhomme.
In 2004, he traveled to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, along with 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg) of food and seasonings to cook for the troops stationed there.[16] Following Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, Prudhomme was forced to close his restaurant. During the restoration efforts, he cooked for free at a relief center for the military and residents staying in the French Quarter; at one point his team cooked over 6,000 meals in ten days.[17] He reopened the restaurant during the following October,[18] the premises were not extensively damaged by the storm.[19] Bon Appétit awarded Prudhomme their Humanitarian Award in 2006 for his efforts following the hurricane.[2]
In March 2008, Prudhomme was grazed by a .22-caliber stray bullet while catering the Zurich Classic of New Orleans golf tournament. He at first thought a bee had stung his arm, required no serious medical attention, and within five minutes was back to cooking for the golf tournament.[20] It was thought to have been a falling bullet.[21]
Source: Wikipedia
Wilson was known as THE Cajun Chef, Prudhomme was famous for Cajun/blackened cooking. Has his own line of seasonings and was famous for blackened Cajun food in the 70’s and 80’s.
“Put a little mo wine in dat, OHHH BOY dat goooood”
Cooking Cajun before Cajun was cool.
Just happens that I'm having leftover chicken & sausage gumbo for lunch.
RIP
In 2004, he went to Gitmo with 4000 pounds of food and spices to cook for the troops stationed there. Gotta like that. He also cooked in a relief kitchen after Katrina.
RIP, Chef.
Ok. I remember Wilson cooking up blackened catfish too. First time I had ever heard of it. Never forget that big pot of crayfish gumbo.
He made Redfish eatable
“Thought Justin Wilson was the Cajun Chef. Loved his show.”
I gaw-ran-tee.
Actually Justin Wilson wasn’t a Cajun but he was an excellent mimic of the way they speak and he promoted Cajun cooking.
Prudhomme obviously has a French last name but he could well be descended from Creoles, the original French settlers of New Orleans, as I am. A lot of people think Louisiana French equals Cajun and it just ain’t so. Creole power!
I named my son after him
Buy his cookbook and cook it for yourself!
Rest in Peace big boy, you were special!
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