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Shrimp and Crab Gumbo AKA Seafood Gumbo

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 17:54:44 +0000

Shrimp and Crab Gumbo, AKA Seafood Gumbo, is an iconic Cajun stew made with roux, shrimp, crab, smoked sausage and lots of vegetables, including okra. Served over rice. Of all the wonderful Cajun inspired recipes, and there are many, Shrimp and Crab Gumbo is a family favorite. The ingredient list appears rather lengthy, and the...

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Southern Fried Catfish

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:42:37 +0000

Catfish and lobsters have more in common than you may realize. At one time, they were both considered trash fish. Not worth keeping. If you could get your hands on some of my crispy Southern Fried Catfish, you’d wonder what in the world folks were thinking when they considered catfish not fittin’ to eat. Some...

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Oven Roasted Gulf Shrimp with Comeback Sauce

Jackie Garvin — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 01:38:34 +0000

The vast majority of my life has been spent near the Gulf of Mexico. We’ve grown accustomed to lots of fresh seafood. Oven Roasted Gulf Shrimp with Comeback Sauce makes use of myfavorite seafood in the whole big world: wild caught gulf shrimp. Peeling and deveining shrimp does take a little bit of time. Enlist the...

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Peel and Eat Shrimp

Jackie Garvin — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:29:20 +0000

Peel and Eat Shrimp is unpeeled, raw shrimp boiled in water seasoned with crab and shrimp boil., lemon, and l salt. Served hot or cold. July 10 was a big day around our house. We celebrated by stuffing ourselves silly with Peel and Eat Shrimp. It’s the day I submitted the manuscript for...

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Shrimp and Crab Boil

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 12 May 2014 16:04:06 +0000

Shrimp and Crab Boil is shrimp and snow crab clusters boiled in seasoned water and scattered on newspaper down the center of the table for fine causal dining. A one pot meal is always a bonus for the cook. The casual personality of this meal makes eating fun, too. The ease of preparation and...

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Frogmore Stew with Homemade Cocktail Sauce

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 03:23:05 +0000

Frogmore Stew is shrimp, potatoes, corn-on-the-cob, and smoked sausage boiled with seasoning and served with cocktail sauce. I’m not so far out in la-la land that I don’t recognize that fine dining and rustic dining are diametrically opposed. However, rustic dining that’s really good is fine. That’s how you get fine rustic...

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