Rouses_FINAL_September-October-2017

ROUSES

EVERYDAY

SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER 2017

the

Football

issue

Jumbo

Jambalayas

aking jambalaya for a tailgate or any large gathering

is not as easy as just doubling or tripling your recipe.

You have to take into account a variety of things,

including the size of your pot (as the pot gets bigger, the ratio

of liquid to rice gets smaller). Jay Grush — with help from his

friends on the Food and Drink board on

which includes a Gonzales jambalaya expert — developed an

interactive jambalaya calculator that shows you how to adjust

your recipe according to particular criteria, including the size

of the pot, number of servings, amount of rice and amount

of meat. There’s even a pastalaya tab if you’re using pasta

instead of rice. It’s available for Android on the Google Play

Store. You can also download a free Excel spreadsheet at

On Saturdays, most every tailgate site — whether SEC, Sun Belt or NCAA — is cooking

jambalaya. The game dictates the meat. For Florida it’s alligator; for Arkansas, pork.