Looks really tasty!
I have some shrimp thawing for a shrimp jambalaya I'm making this weekend.
BTW, I'll tell why your jambalaya came out soupy but don't be offended. You put the rice in raw and cook it to finish and it absorbs all that liquid.
Last week I got a phone call about cooking a jambalaya I do once a year for a fundraiser. Below is a post about last year's cook.
Well, it was another successful Frantic Frog cook. I got back home yesterday afternoon and unloaded the Sequoia except for the big cast iron pot. It's takes two strong men or three to get that thing out and back on the ground. Lol....... Everyone who came out to the event enjoyed some good eats if I must say so. There was a front that came through Friday evening that brought some serious rain, thunder and lightning that I guess scared away about a hundred triathlon participants from showing up Saturday morning. That had registered but didn't attend. It was a gorgeous Saturday morning for such and event there at Goose Pond Colony! We did have some food left so we delivered some to the local fire station and to the Scottsboro police department. They were very happy recipients of some good 'ol Louisiana cooking.
Below are some pictures from the cook/event and I have more on the phone I need to upload to the computer.
Got out there a little after 6:00 am and got set up and the started cooking right away.
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Over 35 lbs of onions cooking down. I was told you could smell this at least a half mile away. Lol......
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Things got really busy so no in between pictures but here's the pot of jambalaya during the cooking or the rice into it.
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Big pot of red beans!
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Jambalaya is done!
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We were able to catch our breath for a couple of minutes before the volunteers and participants swarmed us for eats.
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A bowl of each food.
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Below are a few pictures of the lake behind the cottage before I left Monday morning.
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The park grill with a makeshift charcoal starter we made and used to grill some chicken breast for fajitas Sunday afternoon.
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Back of the cottage.
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Fog rolling off the water.
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Beautiful morning there yesterday. It was 47 degrees when I got up.
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