Mardi Gras in Marda Loop – We Goofed – A Month Early
We got excited and goofed on the date for Mardi Gras this year. It’s March 5th. We’re starting the celebration early and are going to proceed with Chicken Gumbo tomorrow in spite of our error. I even searched the date but neglected to note the month. Sorry! On Tuesday we’ll be cooking our Gumbo by starting with a long-cooked roux, trinity (celery, onions, peppers), file powder, sunworks farm organic chicken, tomatoes, and a kick of spicy sausage. It’s comes with dirty rice.
To cap it off this year we will be making our version of King Cake. This is the traditional ring-shaped cake that can have a variety of fillings but always has icing and sprinkles in gold(yellow), purple, and green colors. Gold for power, purple for justice, and green for faith. We are making ours with a brioche dough, bourbon-soaked raisins, almonds, a touch of nutmeg, and cream cheese icing. We are leaving out the traditional small plastic baby to avoid any choking lawsuits! It’s usually placed inside the cake and whomever gets the piece with it in it will have good luck and prosperity and they also must buy the King Cake next time. It’s a win lose thing. Pieces of King Cake will be first come first serve on Tuesday. Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Here are the daily specials for the week of February 4th:
Monday – Stroganoff Meatballs
sunworks farm organic beef meatballs with mushroom cream sauce served with egg noodles $15 cucumber dill salad $4
Tuesday – Chicken Gumbo
sunworks farm organic chicken simmered with ‘trinity’, filé, roux, tomatoes, and a little andouille served with dirty rice $17 king cake $6
Wednesday – Squash Risotto Cake
roasted winter squash risotto cake topped with german butter cheese and served with tomato white bean ragu $15 lemon rosemary chicken skewer (2 oz.) $5
Thursday – Cedar Salmon Fisherman’s Pie
cedar planked wild sockeye salmon, carrots, peas, root vegetables, dill, cream, and whipped potato top $13
Friday – Roast Organic Chicken
sunworks farm organic chicken served with buttermilk mashed potatoes and our famous gravy $50 whole $30 half $16 quarter roasted root vegetables add on $15 whole $10 half $6 quarter
Saturday – Crispy Waffles, Cinnamon Rolls, Quiche
crispy belgian waffle cooked to order, maple syrup, sylvan star butter $7
warm sticky cinnamon roll $3.75 weekly quiche $6
this week’s salad – Lemon Green Pea Potato Salad $8
this week’s side – Provence Lentil Salad $8
this week’s soup – Hamburger Soup $9
this week’s stew – East Indian Vegetable Stew $8
something sweet – Mocha Cake $7
bread – available wednesday – Apple Cider Rye $10