1 lb. prepared posole hominy corn rinsed well, 1 medium onion chopped, 2 cloves minced garlic, 10 cups water, 1/4 tablespoon oregano, 1 lb. pork tenderloin, 1 teaspoon ground comino, 5 cups water to add as pot evaporates while boiling, 5 red chile pods rinsed and crumbled, some green chili peppers added, 2 tablespoons salt.
Place the hominy corn in the large stewing pot and bring to boil at high heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 hours. About 4 hours into the boiling brown the pork in a heavy cast iron skillet. Add the pork to the boiling water for the remaining hour to cook. Add the remaining ingredients to the pot and cook for an additional 2 hours. This can be cooked in a pressure cooker for 45 minutes at 15 pounds pressure. Freezes up great for future use.
Where Do Texans Travel?
One of the great places Texans travel when they leave the "great Lone Star State," is the southern part of Louisiana in the Terrebonne and LaFourche Parrishes (parishes are counties to the rest of the nation). It is the heart of cajun country, and Houma, Louisiana is the hub of the activity, and the place for departure to all places to visit in the surrounding area.. (Houma is pronounced Home-uh.)
Directions from New Orleans (approximate. 59 miles or 1 hour, 15 minutes):
Merge onto I-10 W (9.7 miles)
Merge onto I-310 S via exit 220 to Boutte/Houma (12.0 miles)
Exit at US-90 W toward Houma (30.07 miles)
Turn right at LA-24 E toward Houma (7.3 miles)
Directions from Lafayette, LA (approximate. 104 miles or 2 hours, 10 minutes):
From I-10, merge onto US-167 S via the US-90/US-167 S exit 103A to Lafayette (2.6 miles)
Continue on US-90 E (93.8 miles)
Turn right at LA-24 E (7.3 miles)
"The Heart of America's WETLAND and home of Cajun culture and adventures all located less than an hour's travel from New Orleans in Terrebonne Parish. With exciting swamp tours, spicy Cajun cuisine, unlimited charter fishing, lively Cajun dance halls, birding trails, an exotic wildlife park, Mardi Gras celebrations and much more, you'll soon see why there's always something for everyone right here in Houma, Louisiana." http://www.houmatourism.com/
The local Cajun music, fare of gumbos (every home has their own special combination of ingredients), seafood dishes, jubmalayas, etouffees, blackened fish, shrimp and oysters.
You will find yourself in the Heart of America's Wetlands."
America's Wetlands. That bring up another interesting and important subject. The vanishing Wetlands that are so important to the coastal regions, and our nation in general. An online interview can be heard with
Renee Montagne interviewing Tab Benoit who has become the spokesperson for the vanishing wetland crusade.
Here is a picture of Tab and me together at the recent
2007 Voice of the Wetlands Festival in Houma, Louisiana.
These are photographs taken by John C. Jones from the
Voice of the Wetlands Festival 2007
Houma, Louisiana
Tab's mom to the right... left above .... "one hot mamma, a beautiful woman, and passionate about the loss of the wetlands."
If you find Cajuns, you find fine Louisiana dining!
A "soul moving" movie was made by the Weather Channel about the problem of the Vanishing Wetlands and what needs to be done to prevent the detestation of this valuable part of America's land structure. It is an IMAX movie that I first saw in West Yellowstone IMAX theater 2007. I highly recommend this movie featuring Tab, his music, his insight into the problems of the Wetlands.
