Another Cajun

[CajunSpoon]

I found this site by looking for a recipe for sucotash that I have in a cookbook but it's is at home, found the recipe I was looking for then started to read the thread of "Signature Dishes"- that hooked me. LOL

I am a married female, no grandkids of my own yet and to old to have any more myself.

I been cooking since I was allowed to play with fire, about the age of 8.

I do cook from recipes, I also tweak them to my liking and I have a few that I invented.

I have a good size collection of cook-books but have stopped adding to my collection a few years ago.

When I eat something I love that someone else has made, I always ask for the recipe- many times told "it's a secret" or they would give it to me but leave out key ingredients. Now that I am older I realize why- these people don't want another person to take away their thunder by re-creating thus recipe or make it better haha.

I am a bit wierd- I love to cook for my family & some friends but not for a big group or in competitions.

I look forward to spending time and meeting new people here.

 

[Andy M.]

Welcome to DC. I'm always flattered and happy to share my recipes

 

[Dawgluver]

Welcome to DC!

 

[GotGarlic]

Hi and welcome to Discuss Cooking We're glad to have you here.

 

[Kayelle]

Happy to have you join us CS and you'll find folks here most generous with their recipes. Please make yourself comfortable, and check out the daily dinner thread every evening. It's a good place to start.

http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f104/

 

[cinisajoy]

Welcome to DC. I love sharing recipes with all the ingredients.
Well except maybe the accidental gravy from a dinner party.
I had roasted a couple of chickens. The chicken had been stuffed with a stick of butter. Then we covered the chicken in bacon.
Hubby had poured off said drippings into a bowl.
All the guests used it as gravy for their potatoes.
I don't even want to think about the calorie count.

 

[salt and pepper]

Hello and welcome, love Cajun food, so an extra welcome, lol

 

[CajunSpoon]

Thank you all so much for the warm welcome!

I am still not sure how to go about posting recipes without getting into trouble, so I will have to read on that some more. I have found some pretty good recipes that I use often from various websites but not sure the rules on that.

I have my own recipes but do I need to get them copyrigted before I post them?

I do have one hand-written recipe for pound cake from my grand-mother but what if she got it out of a cook-book?

The confusion continues LOL

 

[cinisajoy]

If it is your own recipe, you can post it.

Oh and as soon as you write something, it is copyrighted. Now if you write a book you can register your copyright but it is not mandatory.

Although as I learned, once you post a recipe online, it is possible that someone else will steal it.
I know because I posted my chicken chowder recipe at recipezaar now Food.com and I have found it at a couple of other sites.

 

[GotGarlic]

If you want to post a recipe from another site, it would be best to post a link to it, maybe with comments on why you like it, what you serve with it, etc.

I think if you post a recipe called CajunSpoon's Grandma's Pound Cake, you'll be fine

 

[CraigC]

Welcome to DC! Laissez les bon temps rouler! Keep the lima beans, I'll have mirliton in my succotash!

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Thank you all so much for the warm welcome!

I am still not sure how to go about posting recipes without getting into trouble, so I will have to read on that some more. I have found some pretty good recipes that I use often from various websites but not sure the rules on that.

I have my own recipes but do I need to get them copyrigted before I post them?

I do have one hand-written recipe for pound cake from my grand-mother but what if she got it out of a cook-book?

The confusion continues LOL

Welcome to DC!
Community Rules is a good place to start for Posting Recipes.

If you have a good recipe for beef ettoufé, I am all ears!

 

[Josie1945]

Hi Cajun
Welcome to Dc

Josie

 

[CajunSpoon]

PrincessFiona, sorry but I never heard of beef ettoufe...only Crawfish or Shrimp at least where I am from. Now I would imagine you can you use your favorite ettoufe recipe and just replace the seafood with beef

 

[PrincessFiona60]

I was just wondering if you had a different rendition than the one I have. Got mine from watching Justin Wilson 30 years ago. Thanks for responding.

 

[CharlieD]

Welcome, everybody will share recipes here. No secrets. Btw, I hate those folks that have "secret" recipes.


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[eranils31]

Welcome on DC ; glad to hear about cajun cooking; delicious.