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[Carousel96]

DH, DD and I were going to watch the BCS championship game with the local OSU alum group, but since it's a prime time game on a school nite and the alum hangout is a long drive away, we thought we'd stay home and have a party for ourselves and our neighbors. I want to pay tribute to the teams and the game location.

We can cover the Ohio State side of the menu -- Cincinnati style chili and peanut butter Buckeyes (I can make a meal of those) but need some help with ideas for the LSU / New Orleans side of things. My knowledge of Louisiana cuisine is limited to jambalaya and beniets (which I can pronounce but not spell).

So.. what are some ideas for Lousiana dishes that hold well? For all you Bayou Bengal fans out there -- is there anything traditional at LSU tailgates?

[debe]

Louisiana Recipes

How about a Louisiana Crunch Cake?
Louisiana Crunch Cake

Fine dry bread crumbs, as needed
Glaze
1/3 cup sweet butter
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 cup ground coconut
1/8 cup ground almonds
1/8 cup ground cashews

Cake

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/4 cups sweet butter
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
5 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 cup whole milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9- or 10-inch tube or Bundt pan generously with cooking spray and dust with breadcrumbs. Shake out excess crumbs and set aside.

Glaze: Melt butter in small saucepan. Add sugar and corn syrup. Heat and stir until mixture boils. Remove from heat. Stir in coconut, cashews, almonds and almond and vanilla extracts. Spread in bottom of prepared pan. Set aside.

Cake: Sift flour and baking powder together into medium bowl; set aside.

In mixer bowl, beat butter and sugar together until light. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping bowl after each addition. Beat in vanilla and almond extracts. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Mix well.

Spread evenly over topping in prepared pan. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Remove from oven and cool in the pan about 10 minutes. Invert onto wire rack; remove pan and cool completely.

[debe]

This cake recipe looks interesting. It's called a Louisiana King Cake

[dsnyscrapper]

I've been to LSU games but never tailgating. As far as foods of this area, I was thinking gumbo, jambalya, red beans & rice, or muffaletta. That is all I can think of right now.

[cmhand30]

Bless your heart for being nice to LSU fans.

I wouldn't be. I am a Buckeye fan. Serving Damon's Ribs????

[ilovedisney247]

New Orleanian checking in . . . gumbo is a good start--boiled shrimp/crawfish, boudin (or boudain) sausage, po'boys (put anything between a sub roll and you've got a po'boy--down here fried seafood, roast beef, and hot sausage are the most popular), fried alligator, Crawfish Monica, Crawfish Bread, Red beans and rice.

If you want to tailgate like a New Orleanian all you really need is lots and lots of alcohol --get some hurricane mix and some rum and tons of beer!
We make black and gold shots for saints games--half jager half goldschlager! Jager is almost purple!

[Mouseketeer]

Jambalaya or red beans and rice would be good to make - both are easy to do. If you want me to, I'll post the recipes I make. Just let me know - the jambalaya I cook on the stove, the red beans you can make in a crock pot.

[Marybeth]

Unless You've got a little Cajun in you, I think I would avoid the Gumbo, UNLESS you have a really easy recipe. Try Red Beans/Rice, Jambalaya both of which you can get in a box from Zatterans. Any kind of meat on the grill, i.e. beef, pork, nutria, alligator.
One thing they do down here is a pig roast. Dig a big hole in the ground and add firewood. Let it burn down to coals. Meanwhile, take a 200lb pig and split it in half. Season with salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper. Enclose in chicken wire and run a spit through it. Roast over coals, turning and basting for about 5-6 hours or until done. Enjoy.....BTW feed about 6-8 Cajun LSU fans or about 25-30 of you regular folk.

[DrDolphin]

I think Red Beans and Rice and King Cake (I've never met a king cake I didn't like!!!)