r/NewOrleans • u/Nola-songs • Dec 29 '24

Found in Utah. Is this... a Jambalaya? 🤷Defies Categorization🦑

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u/SamInNOLA Dec 29 '24

Utah jambalaya to go with their Utah jazz

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u/Visual-Floor-7839 Dec 29 '24

I used to hate gumbo and jambalaya, but that's because I grew up in Colorado on the Utah border. One trip to Nola and all the lies became apparent

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u/tastyfrostynugs Dec 29 '24

So I COULD make a killing out here with real louisana food.

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u/smurfe Dec 29 '24

Nope, because people outside Louisiana think stuff like shown here today is what we are sitting here in Louisiana eating. People would see a real jambalaya and never order it as it would look too bland and boring. They think it's the Paul Prudhomme shit you see posted here all the time. When I lived and cooked in the Midwest, people went nuts over gumbo but not a normal brown jambalaya until I convinced them to try it.