The
Mardi Gras fête on Fat Tuesday, 9 February, was a FUNdraiser, and
raised 285€, which will be donated to The FAWCO Foundation for the new
AWG-sponsored Development Grant addressing nutrition.
There
was live Cajun music to accompany the cocktails – Hurricanes and Bloody
Mary’s, or Tropical Storms and Virgin Mary’s for those who did not want
to drink too much. Kim’s husband Pierre took over as barman and
learned to make a mean Hurricane.
The
menu consisted of shrimp rémoulade, oysters Rockefeller, red beans ‘n’
rice, chicken and seafood jambalaya (and a vegetarian jambalaya), and a
filé gumbo made with shrimp, crawfish, and smoked sausage
(or just gumbo
for vegetarians). 
Dessert was bread pudding with bourbon and butter
sauce, for which I used Mary-Catherine’s recipe. It rose like a
soufflé, and everyone adored the sauce. And for those who still had
room, bananes flambées.
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