Ooo, not me.  I love big hunks of onion - I like it cooked just about anyway
you can cook it - same with garlic!

Hugs,

CatNipped

I'm not wild about bell pepper or celery either; I mince it very, very
fine
so it disintigrates!  In fact, I don't care for onion, either and it gets
the finely minced treatment as well.  For me, it's not the taste of these
things, it's the texture.  I can't stand biting into the crunch of a hunk
of
onion... it's like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.

Jill
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My sister used to put onions in the blender and liquify them. She got the
flavor without the texture.
Suz

Leftovers?!  LOL  Funny, it's Prudhomme's recipe I use and it calls for bell
peppers.  Since I don't often buy them I usually omit them.  I was merely
teasing Catnipped about the holy trinity since she's from Louisiana.

Jill

That's silly. My gumbo and ettoufee taste better the next day!

Strange, when I did a google search on that I got the explanation that beans
produce gas because the body can't digest the sugar contained in beans.  I
don't know why a little sugar in the beans works, it's something that's been
passed down in New Orleans recipes (which rely heavily on beans and other
gas producing foods).  I just know that it works!

Hugs,

CatNipped

I think Bell pepper gets a bitter flavor when its left over.

Jo

Yep, and Creole too just to make it more confusing!  Actually Acadian is
used in Canada and Cajun is in Louisiana (and coon-a.s is a derogatory slang
for Cajun).  The word Cajun comes from the word Acadian (kind of like
"Injun" comes from "Indian").

Usually, the word Cajun is used to describe those French people from south
Louisiana. But the term Acadian is sometimes used; and when one looks into
it, they find that their ancestors in fact were Acadians from Canada.
Acadians and Cajuns are the same ... yet they are different. The Acadians
were French settlers who settled the area (now known as Nova Scotia) in the
1600's. In the mid 18th century, they were exiled by the British. Over the
following 30 years, several thousand of the exiled Acadians made their way
to south Louisiana.

Over the next 100+ years, the Acadians became the dominant culture in
certain areas of south Louisiana. They retained much of their culture, and
absorbed some of the other cultural influences. The German, Spanish, French,
English, Indian and other cultures added to the Acadian culture to produce
the Cajun culture. The word "Cajun" comes from the word "Acadian", just as
"Injun" is a variant of the word "Indian."

So, the Acadians were French settlers in 17th-18th century Canada. When they
were exiled, they were no longer a single group. But the Acadian people
survived in other cultures ... sometimes merging into those cultures, and
sometimes (as in south Louisiana) being a dominant culture. Today's Cajuns
may have roots that go back to the Acadians. But along the way, you will
probably find German, French, Spanish, etc. ancestors that merged with the
Acadians.

Hugs,

CatNipped