Jumbalaya

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo,

‘Cause tonight I’m gonna see my ma cher amio

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo,

Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou.

Yup. I make no secret of my Carpenters vinyl collection. The word jambalaya will of course forever be associated with this song, at least in the ears of Westerners of a certain age.

This is another dish with as many recipes as there are kitchens in America’s Deep