New Orleans Saints punter's mom shares recipe for luck brownies

     New Orleans Saints punter #6, has a pre-game ritual.  For good luck, his family members or his girlfriend brings him brownies before every game.  His mother, Isobel Morstead said the tradition started when Morstead was at Southern Methodist University and his grandmother sent him some brownies before a game.

                                  
Brownies #6 

Ingredients
1 cup butter

1 3/4 cup sugar

4 eggs, separated, whites beaten until stiff

4 1-ounce squares melted chocolate

2 teaspoons vanilla

1/3 cup milk

2 cups flour
         
Directions                      
Beat butter and sugar until creamy.  Add egg yolks and chocolate.  Mix in flour.  Add milk and vanilla.  Fold in egg whites.  Spread in a lightly greased 9-by-9-inch pan. 

Bake 30 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.

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A Recipe from former Louisiana lieutenant governor Jimmy Fitzmorris 1980 book, "Home Style Cooking".

5 pounds okra (fresh preferred)

2 tablespoons oil

3 large onions, chopped

1 (16-ounce) can tomato sauce

3 teaspoons garlic powder

6 bay leaves

3 teaspoons dried thyme

½ cup chopped parsley

2 tablespoons salt

2 teaspoons cayenne pepper

8 quarts water

5 pounds shrimp, peeled and deveined

2 sticks margarine

12 raw crabs, cleaned, cut in half

1 pound crab claw meat

Makes 12 to 14 servings
Wash okra and dry it in paper towels. Remove stem and tips of okra pod and slice into thin pieces. Into a 10-quart pot, add oil and place okra into it. On a medium flame, cook okra, stirring constantly until the rope (sticky part) disappears (about 1 hour). Then add onions to okra and simmer until onions are soft, stirring constantly. Add tomato sauce, garlic powder, bay leaves, thyme, parsley, salt, pepper and water. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce the heat and simmer for 3 hours, stirring occasionally.

Into a large skillet melt margarine and add crabs and shrimp. Saute for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and add to okra mixture and simmer for another hour or hour and a half. Turn off heat and add the crabmeat. When serving, have gumbo piping hot and ladle into soup bowl over a scoop of red beans and  rice.

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In honor of the New Orleans Saints 2010 Superbowl bid

Crunchy Cajun Party Mix

4  cups Cheerios

4  cups Wheat Chex

4  cups Rice Chex

5  cups Rold Gold pretzel sticks

3  cups Planters pecan halves

1  cup Country Crock Butter/Margarine

3  tbls French's Worcestershire sauce

1/2 tsp  garlic powder

1  tbls TABASCO sweet & Spicy pepper sauce

A.  In a large deep baking/roasting pan combine pretzels, Cheerios,
     Rice, and Wheat Chex's, and pecan halves; set to the side.

B.  In a small saucepan heat and stir butter, Worcestershire sauce,
     garlic powder, and TABASCO sauce until butter is melted. 

     Drizzle mixture over cereal, nut, and pretzel mixture;
     stir lightly to coat.

C.  Bake in a 300 degree oven for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes. 
     Spread on a large piece of foil to cool.  Store in an airtight container
     till game day.

Makes 18-20 cups of mix and can be frozen for up to about 4 months

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