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Thursday 3 August 2017

Finding Authentic Cajun Food Avon By The Sea

By Larry Edwards


You probably have a hankering for some good old southern state cooking after seeing so much of it on television, the internet and on cable. You probably saw some mouthwatering dishes and want to look for some authentic Cajun food Avon by the sea Restaurants. Should you do look via Google or web search you will get quite a few results, but you want to know which is the real deal and which is not.

Prior to you going forward in your search you should know what the difference is between Cajun and Creole cooking. The former is a way of original cooking using ingredients from the bayou and marshes of the state of Louisiana while the latter is a way of incorporating complex sauces with recipes garnered from Old European aristocratic practices together with local ingredients. Now that you know the difference forge on with your search.

Looking at your current list of internet results for authentic Cajun food, you may notice that quite a few of these restaurants have non French sounding names or non Louisiana sounding names. In fact you may even come across some with German sounding names and weird enough they also serve southern dishes. Thus you cannot just gauge by name alone.

The best thing to do or simplest will be to look at the menu first. See if they have the signature gumbo of Louisiana and New Orleans fame, a signature of Cajun cooking. It is a representative dish of this kind of cooking just as much as hamburgers and hot dogs represent America. Gumbo must have a muddy like texture and not watery to attest to its authenticity.

Also on the menu should be an offering of some weird and exotic dishes that may involve wild game. Look for alligator, deer and rabbit as standard fare and offerings alongside the ubiquitous frog legs which is a Louisiana favorite. Remember that these dishes may usually be serve in a lot of spicy concoctions as these dishes use a lot of cayenne pepper.

It may be a great idea also to find local New Orleans and Louisiana people in the area by way of the forums that they may use. Be polite and introduce yourself in these forums and ask for tips on where to buy the best and most authentic dishes around and they should point you in the right direction.

If on that rare occasion that you are able to find a place that has not been discovered yet, then do the cursory menu check as shown in this article and gauge the place out and write about it. Who knows, you may become an instant food critic and celebrity if you do.

At the end of reading this article you should have a general idea on what to look for in terms of authenticity and the like. So arm yourself with more information by doing more research and also arm yourself with a good appetite as you go out and discover what Louisiana delicacies Avon By The Sea has to offer




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