{"id":1288,"date":"2012-08-11T20:37:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T01:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2012-08-11T20:37:34","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T01:37:34","slug":"florida-discoveries-32-cajun-specialty-meats-pensacola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/08\/florida-discoveries-32-cajun-specialty-meats-pensacola.html","title":{"rendered":"Florida Discoveries 32: Cajun Specialty Meats, Pensacola"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1289\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Turducken_quartered_cross-section.jpeg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1289\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1289\" title=\"Turducken_quartered_cross-section\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Turducken_quartered_cross-section-1024x439.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Turducken_quartered_cross-section-1024x439.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Turducken_quartered_cross-section-300x128.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Turducken_quartered_cross-section.jpeg 1389w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A &#8220;turducken&#8221;, which is a chicken in a duck in a turkey. Cajun Specialty Meats always has them on hand, and they also ship these throughout the Eastern Seaboard, from here to New York.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The family spent Wednesday in Pensacola, enjoying one last trip to the Pensacola MESS Hall before they close for the school year. After our time at the MESS Hall, we looked for an inexpensive &#8212; but not fast-food &#8212; lunch option. \u00a0There are typically numerous restaurants along Gregory St. near the Civic Center and we wandered up and down the main drag for something appealing. Nothing jumped out at us.<\/p>\n<p>When I took a side street to make a U-turn, down an industrial-looking street, we discovered a place called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cajunspecialtymeats.com\/index.htm\">Cajun Specialty Meats<\/a>. It appeared to be a warehouse, but we noticed a small restaurant in front. It was still open for our late lunch so we decided to check it out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cajunspecialtymeats.com\/about.htm\">You can read here the story of how a Cajun meat packing facility ended up in Pensacola<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The lunch menu was great (and inexpensive), and you could shop in the store while you waited for your red beans and rice, po-boys, muffulettas or etouffee.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what goodies we found at Cajun Specialty Meats!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One of the original national retailers of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turducken\">Turduckens<\/a>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<li>Many of their traditional Cajun lunch fares are available in vacuum-sealed bags: red beans and rice, gumbo, and etouffees, for about $5-8 per 24 oz.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.savoiesfoods.com\/about.html\">Savoie&#8217;s pre-made roux<\/a> from Opelousas, LA.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steensyrup.com\/\">Steen&#8217;s Pure Cane Syrup<\/a>\u00a0from Abbeville, LA &#8212; an alternative to corn syrup when making pecan pie.<\/li>\n<li>Meat, meat and more meat! \u00a0Seasoned steaks, chickens and sausages galore!<\/li>\n<li>Crawfish and seafood pies<\/li>\n<li>Natchitoches-style meat pies! \u00a0This one really caught Dave&#8217;s and my attention, since we loved going to <a href=\"http:\/\/lasyones.com\/index.php\">Lasyone&#8217;s in Natchitoches<\/a> when were stationed in Louisiana in the mid-1990s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for something completely different the next time you&#8217;re looking for a restaurant in Pensacola, just head one block directly BEHIND McGuire&#8217;s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family spent Wednesday in Pensacola, enjoying one last trip to the Pensacola MESS Hall before they close for the school year. After our time at the MESS Hall, we looked for an inexpensive &#8212; but not fast-food &#8212; lunch option. \u00a0There are typically numerous restaurants along Gregory St. near the Civic Center and we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[97,626,81,92,121],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-kM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1244,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/07\/florida-discoveries-28-pensacola-mess-hall.html","url_meta":{"origin":1288,"position":0},"title":"Florida Discoveries 28: Pensacola MESS Hall","date":"22 July 12","format":false,"excerpt":"I could have sworn I had heard about the Pensacola MESS Hall from the Pensacola With Kids blog, but I can't find the reference article. \u00a0Oh well. 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