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  • Romance Under the Oaks - B. J. Robinson, Author

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    Romance Under the Oaks - B. J. Robinson, Author
    Publisher of A Book and A Dish
    by Martha A. Cheves
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    Ingredients

    • lb. shrimp, peeled and cleaned
    • 1 pkg. beef smoked sausage
    • Add crabs or oysters if you like.
    • One
    • large onion
    • One large bell pepper
    • Several cloves of garlic
    • A Couple stalks of celery
    • A half bunch of green onions
    • Wash
    • and chop onions, garlic, bell peppers, celery, green onions (leave out or add
    • other seasonings according to taste).
    • A large tablespoon of flour
    • A large tablespoon of butter or cooking oil
    • Make
    • a roux using flour and oil. (This makes
    • enough for a small family, but increase if you want a larger serving.) Brown flour and slowly add the chopped
    • veggies and saute.
    • You
    • can add chicken broth or use water and season with butter, Worcestershire
    • sauce, kitchen bouquet, and Tony Chachere's to taste. I use about a tsp. of the sauces and a couple
    • dabs of butter. Drop in two bay leaves,
    • if you like them. You may also add
    • cooking. Bring to a boil. You may cook as is or add vegetable such as
    • corn and peas or a frozen vegetable package if you like gumbo with veggies, or
    • you can leave this part out and have just the shrimp and sausage. Let simmer until meat and veggies are done. You can also slow cook it in a crock
    • pot. I like to include veggies, but this
    • is up to you. Cook a pot of rice and
    • serve over rice. Have crackers on
    • hand. If you don't know how to make a
    • roux with oil and flour, you can cheat and buy packaged gravy, but homemade is
    • better. I have cooked it with just
    • shrimp and smoke sausage as well as with veggies. It's good both ways, depending on your
    • smoke sausage one over the years and found you can use it with or without
    • can make the recipe to include various seafood such as shrimp, crab, crawfish,

    Directions

    B J Robinson,

    Book Reviews,

    Civil War,

    cookbooks,

    love,

    Martha A Cheves,

    Romance Under the Oaks,

    southern,

    Stir Laugh Repeat,

    Think With Your Taste Buds

    > Romance Under the Oaks - B. J. Robinson, Author

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    Martha A Cheves

    Louisiana

    Seafood or Shrimp & Sausage Gumbo

    (A B.J. Favorite)

    1

    family's taste. This is a brown gravy

    recipe, but you can add tomatoes or tomato paste if you like red gravy. Enjoy.

    Freeze leftovers for later. Experiment with different veggies and

    seafood and make your own style to please your family.

    My

    mother-in-law taught me to cook this recipe when I was a young bride. I've experimented with her basic shrimp and

    smoke sausage one over the years and found you can use it with or without

    veggies.

    You

    can make the recipe to include various seafood such as shrimp, crab, crawfish,

    and oysters, or use only shrimp and smoked sausage, according to taste.

    Romance

    Under The Oaks - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat;

    Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

    Jacques

    Roman had the place picked out for a home as well as his woman, but the problem

    was getting the love of his life to see his dreams. She was a socialite, used to being seen in

    the high-society, ritz, and glamour of old New Orleans. She adored grand balls and was often the

    belle of them. It'd be only fitting that

    she should have the belle of the ball when it came to plantation homes. He'd give her the grand dame of them all.

    Celina

    Pilie didn't want to talk about bayou swamp land. It had to be infested with mosquitoes. Weren't they bad enough in the city? Hope dashed with each word Jacques

    uttered. If he did get around to asking her

    to marry him, Jacques expected her to live fifty miles from the New Orleans she

    loved. Didn't he realize she was born

    for the city?

    Finally. Jacques stood, got down on his knees, pulled

    a black velvet box from his coat pocket, opened it, and asked, "Celina,

    will you marry me?" She clapped her

    hands together like an excited child.

    "Oh yes, Jacques, yes, yes, yes.

    I can't wait."

    Well,

    she did have to wait. She waited two

    long years while Jacques built her a home that would take away her breath. but... she is a city girl and sees no way she

    can be happy living so far away from her family, the balls and the many stores

    she loved to shop. Even though her

    father had given her Zelie, a slave she had known her whole life and loved

    dearly, she was lonely for other female friendship. Her life seemed to evolve around reading the

    many books that filled the library. And

    through her reading she ran across a book titled "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

    which stems an idea that will keep her busy as she actually helps people. But what she does must be kept a secret. With the Civil War coming she could lose

    everything if anyone found out her secret actions.

    This

    is such a beautiful story. I've always

    loved reading Civil War history and when an author gives us this history in the

    form of a family's involvement, it makes it even more interesting. Through this book Celina, Jacques, Zelie and

    many of the other slaves become people that you end up feeling that you know

    personally. You hurt for them as they

    struggle to make adjustments as their lives change. But you also feel happiness as their struggle

    through the war brings them out with families of their own. And you cry with them as they lose those that

    you too have come to love. This is truly

    a story that will bring out all of your emotions.

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