Pretty much in agreement with Margaret, having recently got in a fight with a large manly lady who's the cook at a local restaurant I patronize when she had the audacity to put the seafood jambalaya over some sort of noodly-s**t... "I don't care what the hell your cookbook says - it goes over rice!"....but:

Coon-ass secrets revealed below......

On Mon, 22 May 2000 Margaret Kleinpeter writes: Dear Fabio & Jo & Connie & other innocent bystanders: I'm not trying to be a ranter or a legalizer or a food snob. But...... Cajuns do not, with the exception of "turtle" and "vegetable", eat dishes called "soup."

SEE: Bouillon

>At least 80% of all cans of soup purchase in Acadiana probably go into "Quick Rice Dressing." Most of the remainder goes into "Green Bean Casserole".

Dirty Rice (Rice Dressing to you Yankees):
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1/2 lb lean pork - ground or chopped fine
1/2 lb chicken gizzards - ground or chopped fine
1 cup rice
1 can onion soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup chopped green onion (including tops)
1 onion chopped fine
1/2 cup celery chopped fine
1 cup parsley
1 bell pepper choppe
salt/red & black pepper

Mix meat with raw rice. Add veggies, mix in soups and season.
Put in heavy casserole or dutch oven, cover tightly and bake at 325 for two hours.

SEE ALSO: Red beans and Rice: