Seafood Cookoff

About a month ago, I told you about the Great American Seafood Cookoff, and now I have more news. The top 5 recipes have been selected, and now it’s time to vote for the winner. Why should you vote? Well if just the chance to pick the winner doesn’t fascinate you, then you’re in luck because by voting you can also be entered into a chance to win a trip to New Orleans.

So what are we choosing between?

Colorado Striped Bass Panzanella
Pan Roasted Glazed Rockfish with Peas and Carrots
Mississippi Redfish Courtboullion with Seafood Dirty Rice
Texas Gulf Shrimp
Louisiana Shrimp and Andouille Cassoulet

To see the recipes and pictures of these dishes in the cook off, you can go to the website GreatAmericanSeafoodCookOff.com and check them all out.

My favorite (and my vote) was for the Texas Gulf Shrimp by Chef Mark Holley from Texas. When I first saw that, I thought, no not going to vote for that since it’s from Texas…I’ll not look like I’m just a Texas follower, but when I saw how yummy the recipe looked, I printed it before I voted it and will be trying it out the next time I have shrimp on hand.

Because I try to stick to buying local seafood, we eat more catfish than anything, but I love to make a trip to my uncle’s who lives down closer to the coast and bring home fresh shrimp too. We always enjoy how fresh they taste (it tastes so much better than any frozen variety I’ve tried so far).

It’s an election year, so let’s practice our voting and go vote for your favorite dish (if you don’t have a favorite, pick mine - lol) and get yourself entered for the contest to win the trip to New Orleans.