Talk:Jambalaya

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I cleaned up a couple details, fixed grammar problems, and gave the content better flow. -Anonymous

[edit] Plagiarism

The article in its present form is plagiarised from http://www.fabulousfeasts.com/cooking_classes.htm - which states in part for the recipe "Shrimp, Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya" that "Jambalaya is the name for a variety of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun cooking. It may derive from the Spanish dish paella, possibly brought to Louisiana when Spain controlled the territory comprising the future Louisiana Purchase, although many other theories exist, including the notion that it is a combination of the words jambon (French for ham), and ya-ya (West African for rice)."

There are also problems with the accuracy of the article's food anthropology basis. I will correct the same.

Because of the unoriginality of the article, I will substantially change the wording to avoid potential problems and reflect integrity in character and submisstions to Wikipedia. K. L. Bardon 03:28, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I removed a reference to the use of roux. It wasn't clear if the original author understood the role of roux in dishes like gumbo and etouffe. Roux is not used in jambalaya. --Jdclevenger 20:41, 27 June 2006 (UTC)n

[edit] Casserole?

The following was added to the article but it has unencyclopedic style and it argues with another part of the article so I am moving it here. If the argument has merit then the article should be edited consistently to reflect this. Personally, I have no opinion as I know less than nothing about the subject. I just followed a vandal here one day and have had this article on my watchlist ever since. --DanielRigal 15:27, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

• "Unable to edit the first bit of this entry, I'll just include as a subscript that no one in Louisiana has ever considered jambalaya like a casserole. Not once. And yes it is somewheat easier to prepare a simple jambalaya, but still difficult to perfect." - This was added to the main article by User:Mizzzzo.