We Ain't Always Pretty, Cher

The other day, I was searching the internet for recipes when I spotted a "Cajun" recipe. I clicked on it and of course it is some bastardized recipe (bastardized half out of necessity and half out of ignorance) written by someone that lives far away from Louisiana. Nothing new here. I wonder how many people taste something that is suppose to be Cajun (but is far from it) and decide that they don't like Cajun food.

But there is one comment at the bottom of the page that caught my eye - "These dish is not very pretty. It is all brown............Cajun food subscribes to the Looks like Hell, tastes like Heaven school......."

I never really thought about it but our food is not always pretty. But it always tastes good. But try and make boudin look appetizing to someone that didn't grow up with it. Or how about Sticky Chicken?

We ain't always pretty, cher....mais, we always good.

Photographs shot with Holga 6x6 of a "Cajun Microwave" (top) and Moise cooking graton in a black iron pot (bottom.) Savoy, LA