Anyway, back to Mardi Gras. It's a pretty big deal, especially in the Cajun culture of Louisiana. You probably already know all of this...and I am probably boring you. I apologize. Anyway, to celebrate, the cafeteria was serving Cajun food. Feeling adventurous, I gave it a try. I ordered Bourbon Saute, which was supposed to be prawns and crawfish over dirty rice, but ended up being sans prawns (which was saddening because I love prawns). For dessert, I got a bignet, fried dough covered in powdered sugar, similar in taste to an old fashion doughnut. The entire meal turned into a round of Bad News, Good News.
Bad News: The dumb cafeteria worker put my bignet on top of the crawfish. Nothing tastier than a fishy dessert...or crawfish covered in powdered sugar.
Good News: I got it to turn out looking pretty ok anyway. Thank goodness I have plates.
Bad News: It turns out I don't like crawfish.Or bourbon. Or dirty rice. Which is a shame, because I like other Cajun food. And, when I edit the picture enough, it actually looks delicious.
Also, it was very, very, very messy (partially because the cafeteria worker just dumped rice all over everything). I can't complain too much about the cafeteria worker, though, because I had a class with him last semester and he seems like a pretty nice guy.
Good News: I still like bignets. What am I saying. I love bignets. Some year I will learn to make them myself. And I will be just like Tiana in Princess and the Frog. Boy, I cannot wait for that day. Until then, I must say, this was delicious. Even with the awful taste from the crawfish stuck in my mouth, and the crawfish juices and dirty rice stuck to the bottom, this was SUPER TASTY.
There is good and bad in everything, I guess, even Mardi Gras.
Oh, and no, I do not have any beads. This is a Catholic university. Come on, guys. We don't party. We study. Or at least, that's what I do...
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ReplyDeleteYes, I'm still alive. You're right. It's been almost a month and a half since I posted. I guess I'm kind of in a slump. I've done a bit of cooking and I entered a baking contest with one of my friends, but I haven't really done much these past couple months, really. I've mostly just been super busy, combined with (still) being sick. I'm on new medicine, though, so I'm not in as much pain and my nausea has gone down, but my appetite still isn't much better. I ate pasta, bread, and pie last night, and I thought I was going to die because of how full I was. So, I guess, because I haven't been all that hungry, and I haven't had much free time, I haven't been posting any blogs lately. But I do have a few things to post eventually (when I have free time). I have another Topped Ramen creation, a successful and a failed cupcake recipe, and a great recipe for chocolate chip cookies, which I will share eventually. I promise, I have not forgotten this blog, and I will be posting things real soon.
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