Whereas recipe apps and cooking blogs have stolen our fashionable culinary hearts, soft-back neighborhood cookbooks nonetheless have a sure attract, particularly in a spot like Louisiana. Consider the enduring magic of the Junior League of Baton Rouge’s River Street Recipes sequence and its Lafayette counterpart, Discuss About Good!, collections which can be home windows into our previous eating preferences and cooking kinds.
One other well-preserved relic is Louisiana Tiger Bait Recipes, printed in 1976 by the LSU Alumni Federation. The recipe assortment was the brainchild of New Orleanian Jay Jalenak, who served as Alumni Federation president from 1971-72, and his spouse, Frances.
“My dad and mom had been all the time happy with that cookbook, not simply due to its recognition, however due to what it meant to the LSU neighborhood,” says Jay Jalenak Jr., who lives in Baton Rouge.
The Tiger Bait cookbook committee acquired 1,500 recipe submissions from LSU alumni and pals, an surprising quantity that prompted organizers to ask the LSU College of Residence Economics Alumni Affiliation for assist with testing. The a whole lot of recipes that made it into the quantity embrace slice-of-life dishes undoubtedly served at Tiger tailgates and cocktail events, from seafood jambalaya, to the “nice to have within the freezer for surprising firm,” Bourbon Slush. Jalenak says he and his spouse Maia nonetheless prepare dinner from a dog-eared copy strewn with handwritten notes. He says the sausage cheese balls had been a household favourite served for breakfast throughout early tailgates.
The unique comb-bound publication has been changed by a sturdy hard-bound model, out there by way of the LSU Alumni Affiliation. lsualumni.org
Olive-Cheese Nuggets
½ cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup flour
½ pound grated cheese
Salt to style
¼ teaspoon paprika
Stuffed inexperienced olives, effectively drained
Combine all elements besides olives. Roll a small quantity of cheese combination round every olive. Bake in a 350-degree oven for 15-20 minutes or till gentle brown. Take away from oven and serve heat. Olive-cheese nuggets could also be refrigerated and popped into the oven at celebration time. Trace: Dimension of olive used determines variety of nuggets.
Recipe submitted to Louisiana Tiger Bait Recipes by Molly Vidos Kuntz of Charleston, S.C.
Be aware: 225 examined this recipe, including no salt and discovering it appropriately salted, because of the addition of cheese and olives. We thought ¼ teaspoon paprika was the correct quantity. Utilizing small pimento-stuffed inexperienced olives, the recipe yielded virtually three dozen nuggets.
This text was initially printed within the September 2022 situation of 225 journal.
