CAJUN DRINKS FOR FAT TUESDAY is three usual Cajun drink recipes for Families...not the fancy drinks...just the usual ones. save nice Jars to serve them in...it's somewhat traditional to drink from jars rather than glasses, even for your Cafe Au Lait! ...Let the Good Times Roll!!

CAJUN DRINKS FOR FAT TUESDAY...and, for anytime you're havin' a Cajun Meal!

First One: CAJUN LEMONAID!

Stir together in a big punch bowl or in a glass gallon jar with a pour spout: two cups of light run, a big can of frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed, and a teaspoon of Tabasco sauce. add in a quart or a liter of club soda, chilled, and pour over crushed ice to suit, or cap and take to the party, or ladle out of the punch bowl into jars. Cajuns like to drink from 'jar' glasses when they can. Really! of course, you leave the rum out if it's for the kids....

CAFE AU LAIT

is a strong brewed coffee, a dark French roast With Chicory, with half scalded milk: pour them together from two separate pots.  The best brand of this coffee to buy is Community Coffee, which is a New Orleans Coffee brand, and you can order it on line to have at home, or some places that sell coffees and teas in bulk and so on, also have it There are other good brands, if you can't find them. you use a drip coffee maker Only. serve each cup with half a cup of coffee and the other half of the cup with the barely scalded milk (no 'skin' on top!). Most people sweeten it with a teaspoon or two of white sugar. some even put honey in, or a dash of cinnamon. Do NOT make this coffee like an expresso with frothy milk, or no Cajun will drink the stuff!


CAJUN SWEET TEA

Like any other Southerner, a Cajun Person drinks ice tea sweet and black and that's that. they prefer an Orange Pecoe, but any black 'china' tea will do in a pinch. You boil up the water and use twice as many teabags as you have cups of water. Steep it until the brew is dark, but not bitter. add white sugar to taste. Do NOT Dilute with ice...cool it to room temperature - the way a Sun Tea would be. Pour it into a pitcher filled with ice just before serving it. Southerners serve it Sweet...period. REALLY Sweet. just a warning. sometimes, there's a sprig or two or crushed mint in it, but usually, plain! Cajuns don't serve ice tea late at night, usually...only in the heat of the day....


POEM

pass dat jar ta me, he scolded
yer ma ain't got no bssness tellin'
me wat ta do, cher!
dis lemonaid is tres bon, girl,
wit or witout that demon rum!
but wit the rum, dis is as
close to hebben as your pa
is gonna get!
now go help your ma
fixin' the dinner -
go along now!