European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                At left a dash of cajun seasoning gives the fish Illeta extra spice. Above Duckworth completes his Creole by adding shrimp. Be out the Roux la ready so he adds the Basic vegetable mix. Preheat oven io375 f 190 c. Pour water 1 Inch deep Inlo a 12-Inch by 7vi-Inch baking pan. Place in Bottom 01 preheated oven. Use a Paliy Brush 1o Brush lops of loaves with water. Use a razor Blade or very Sharp knife to Cul Diagonal slashes across lops of loaves. Bake 3035 minutes or until loaves sound hollow when tapped. Remote irom baking Sheet Cool on a rack. Makes 2 loaves. Variation to decrease Tho sourdough flavor stir i Teaspoon baking soda Inlo hrs cup of hour added to yeast Milure. Cajun seasoning 28 ounce Box of sail Ivi ounce ground Black Pepper 2 ounces ground red Pepper 1 ounce garlic powder 1 ounce Chili powder 1 ounce Mono Odlum glutamate mix Well and use like Salt. When Lood is Sally enough in is seasoned to perfection. To season seafood add 1 Teaspoon powdered thyme 1 Teaspoon Bay Leal and 1 Teaspoon Sweet Basil to Hall the above mixture. Basic vegetable mixture 1 onion 2 stalk celery it Green Bell Pepper 1 Clove garlic run vegetables though meat grinder or blender. Use fresh or store Lor no More than 1 week in refrigerator. This mixture is responsible Lor cajun men thinking they Are the world s greatest lovers. Who Are we to argue in their women Tell them thai yields i cup Basic Roux 1 cup i tour All purpose 1 cup cooking All shortening or Margarine got Oul a heavy pot or dutch oven. Heat that Oil till she almost smokes. Start stirring with a wooden spoon and Don t Stop til that Roux is ready. Sprinkle in the flour and lower thai fire Down there Between Low and Hall somewhere. Don t Stop stirring. You do and you mess up this Roux. Now this is Gonna Lake awhile so Don t get in a hurry. This flour and Oil they snarl out while but they la Start getting Tan and Ihen Brown. But you wait. This Loux she s got to be real dark look like the Brown of a Hershey bar. She got thai Brown you gel her out of the pot cause you Don to you mess up this Roux shall Burn. Now sometime the recipe tells you to put in the vegetables now if that s so take that pot off tha lira first you can Stop stirring now. You mess up the Roux. Don l try to Lake it though. You just clean Oul thai pot and Start Over. This time you keep stirring like i told you to and get thai Roux Oul of the pot when she s done. Me i like to make it fresh every time bul in you Don l want to you can make a Bunch and store it in a tight Jar. You Don l have to keep ii in the icebox but you can. Ii will be kind of still but you just stir it with a Lille warm water and Ihen you can use  Basic Creole sauce you make this sauce and add shrimp crab or whatever you like for some Good eating i cup All Purpo a flour i cup Oil or Margarine 2 cups Basic vegetable mix 6-ounce can Tomato paste 8-ounce can Tomato sauce or canned Tomato 2 cups worm water cajun seasoning Tabasco gel Oul your Roux pot and make Roux with the Lour and Oil or Margarine just like i told you How to do before. When that Roux she is ready Lake in of Tho lire and pour in the vegetable mix. She s going to sizzle a lot now so Don t worry about that when slip slops sizzling Pul the pot Back on a fire turned to about Hall and add inc Tomato paste. Stir until All Hal looks smooth Ihen add the Tomalo sauce or tomatoes and stir some Mere. Gradually stir in the Waler and turn the lire Down to real Low when she starts to Rimmor. Add cajun seasoning and Tabasco to Lasto Tho More you eat Pood cajun food Tho holler you will like it. Ii you arc a Yankee from some place up North like Memphis or Little Rock you might want to go easy on Tho hoi Al first. Lei the sauce simmer at least one hour ii you wan i thinner sauce just add some More Waler. Tor Lish dishes put in about a Pound of shrimp crab or huh Livols and simmer Aboul 30 minutes Belore you re ready to Eal. Serve Over Rico Wilh salad and French bread. I use this Lor leftovers Creole. 1 have had Success Wilh roast beef pork and Lamb. It does t Lasto like leftovers just  fish files Marguery you can use files of flounder sole red snapper or Sec Lakhs and always have pm asking Lor seconds Vilh his recipe " 1vi pounds fish files 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil 2 egg Yolks beaten 1 cup melted butter 2 Tablespoons Lemon juice Ivi cups cooked shrimp or crab or shrimp and crab chopped i cup sliced mushrooms paprika Satt and Pepper or cajun seasoning to taste season fish files in a baking pan and drizzle with Olive Oil. Bake for 30 minutes in a 375 f Ovon. While Tho Lish Cooks make the sauce. Pul the egg Yolks in the lop of a double boiler Over hot but not boiling Waler. Gradually Sla in inc mailed Butler and keep Stirling until the sauce gets Good and thick. Add the Lemon juice mushrooms chopped shrimp or crab meat and just a touch of cajun seasoning along with a Lew drops of Tabasco stir and Cook Lor Aboul 10 Manulas to thorough in heat. Place the baked Lish on a Platter and cover with the sauce.  4, shrimp Gumbo ii you want to gel Inlo a real heated discussion with a cajun. All you have to do is Tell him How to make your Gumbo la s kind of like asking a texan about his Chi i. The Basic dish probably derives from the bouillabaisse of the Early French settlers. Okra As a major ingredient was introduced to the new world by Alrica slaves. Following is a Gumbo Hal is Quick to make and goes a Long  okra is not always available at a.11 commissaries 2 pounds uncooked peeled shrimp 2 cups okra sliced 3/i-Inch thick 2 Tablespoons cooking Oil it Pound Margarine 4 Tablespoons hour 1 medium onion 1 Green Pepper 2 stalks celery 2 cloves garlic 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce i Tablespoon chopped Green onion tops cajun seasoning and Tabasco Don t use a Black Iron pot for this cause in you do you will have Black shrimp thai won t taste Good. Saute the okra in the Oil Lor about 10 minutes until Good and Slimy remove and set aside. Make a Roux in the same pot with the Margarine and flour gel that pot Oft the lire end sizzle the chopped vegetables in the Roux. Add the okra when the sizzling slops and Cook slowly for Aboul 5 minutes. Add 2 quarts Waler and the Worcestershire sauce. Cajun seasoning and Tabasco. Let this simmer Lor about i to 2 hours then add the shrimp and Cook or Aboul 30 minutes or until Lender. Serve in a soup bowl Over boiled lice Garnish Wilh Tho chopped Green onions. Serves 6 to 8 people. This Basic recipe can be used with a mixture of shrimp crab bite size pieces of fish files and oysters to make one n the Best seafood gumbos you will Ever eat. I put the oysters in Aboul 5 minutes Belore serving. Ii you have to put tomatoes in things this is the one to 01 i them in Ember 2,19b8 the stars and stripes Page 15