JAMBALAYA


There are a wide variety of ways to make jambalaya, with chicken and sausage, or shrimp, or ham, or even duck or alligator. Some involve tomatoes and tomato sauce, some use chicken or beef stock instead. This first one uses both tomatoes and chicken stock, and is a New Orleans Creole-style "red" jambalaya, as opposed to one made with only stock, a more Cajun-style"brown" jambalaya (like Dee Gautreau's or Marc Savoy's).

By the way, it's pronounced <jahm-buh-LIE-uh> or <jum-buh-LIE-uh>.


1 lb. boneless chicken, cubed; AND/OR
1 lb. shrimp, boiled in Zatarain's and peeled; OR
1 lb. leftover holiday turkey, cubed; OR
1 lb. of any kind of poultry or fish, cubed; OR
Any combination of the above
1 lb. (hot) smoked sausage, andouille or chaurice, sliced on the bias; OR
1 lb. diced smoked ham
1 large onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
3 - 6 cloves garlic, minced (amount to taste; I like lots)
4 ribs celery, chopped
3 small cans tomato paste
4 large Creole tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced; OR
1 28-oz. can tomatoes
8 cups good dark homemade chicken stock
Creole seasoning blend to taste (or 2 - 3 tablespoons); OR
2 teaspoons cayenne, 2 teaspoons black pepper, 1 teaspoon white pepper, 1 teaspoon oregano, 1/2 teapsoon thyme
2 bay leaves
Salt to taste
4 cups long-grain white rice, uncooked (Some people like converted rice, others prefer good old Mahatma. I use Uncle Ben's converted, as the rice doesn't get sticky or lumpy ...

Multiple-level Irish-themed Pub near Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts that took the place of a popular live music venue, House of Blues. The bar is infamous for being frequented by both nice Harvard undergraduates and a wretchedly rude, sullen waitstaff. One of the few bars in this world where management tolerates and even endorses male bartenders competing with patrons for female patron companionship.

An awesome guy who has sexy hair and suave shoes. Normally the coolest person in school. Likes to go to the "thinking corner". He might make a move there.

One's physical reaction to a large greasy meal; intestinal pain and or discomfort; The feeling of another organ growing in one's stomach; stigma similar to the chicken pocks, the aids, and the swine flu.

1. tasty CHUNKS of LUMPY old food handy for GOBBLING a quick meal
2. busy Moms favorite quickie
3. scraps but still too good for the dog

When you have a lunch that consists of some kind of lumpy slush with chunks in.

A synonym for breasts. Otherwise known as ta-tas, boobs, bust, breasties, chicken tats, rack, jelly stack-ems, tits, cans, bazongas, fun bags, missiles, teets, jubblies, mama factories, milk-ems, dirty pillows, caressables, welsh terrain, lumpy v space, (melons or other large fruit) bumps or lumps.