Re: [CH] jambalaya recipe?? V8 #531

Cameron Begg (begg.4@osu.edu)
Wed, 15 May 2002 12:34:30 -0400

Hi C-H's,

Uncle D. D. wrote:

>But, (and I don't wannasound
>like de food kops here) jambalaya comes from the French part of the Creole
>heritage. And I don't seen no ham (jambon) in nary one of these recipes.

Also I have heard (and not verified) that in some African dialects 
the word that sounds like "ya" means rice. This would make jambalaya= 
"ham à la rice"!
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                      Regards,               Cameron.