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I was looking for an excellent stew to take the chill off this cold Chicago weekend. I pulled this seasoning mix packet out of the bend, which had been there for months. I decided to try it tonight. It was so GOOD! I have to tell everyone to try it. Mind you this isn't a commercial or a paid advertisement, I just found a brand that I'm willing to try again and again, especially for a quick hot meal. I omitted the rice. Since I'm on this diabetic diet.
A kickin’ culinary staple now straight from your kitchen! This easy-to-prepare jambalaya is even easier to devour with hearty ingredients and delicious Creole flavors. Yields 5 serving
BAYOU JAMBALAYA
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
1 pkg. Pioneer Bayou Jambalaya Meal Seasoning Mix
2 ¼ cups water
1 cup parboiled long-grain rice
1 lb. meat of choice – smoked sausage, cooked chicken, or shrimp*
Optional: ½ cup chopped green bell pepper, ½ cup yellow onion, and 1 (14.5 oz.) can dice tomatoes**
Mix seasoning mix with water in a 3-quart saucepan, and bring to a boil.
Add rice meat of choice.
Simmer covered for about 20 minutes until rice is tender.
Remove from heat, and let stand for 5 minutes.
Fluff with a fork before serving.
*Add cooked shrimp during the last 5 minutes of cooking time.
**Saute peppers and onions in 1 tbsp oil. Proceed to Step 1, and add the diced tomatoes before boiling them.
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TSHA | Guenther, Carl Hilmar (tshaonline.org)
GUENTHER, CARL HILMAR (1826–1902).Carl Hilmar (Hilmer) Guenther, pioneer miller, son of Carl Gottfried and Johanne Rosina (Koerner) Guenther, was born at Weissenfels on the Saale River in Germany on March 19, 1826. He was one of eight children, the first of this line to migrate to America. In 1848 he traveled to New York and then to Wisconsin and down the Mississippi River before returning to Germany for a few months. Around 1851 he returned to America, landed in New Orleans, and traveled to Indianola, Texas. From Indianola he trudged the 250 miles to San Antonio beside a provision wagon. In San Antonio he heard of the need for a gristmill and flour mill in Fredericksburg, so he traveled there and built his first mill on Live Oak Creek nine miles west of Fredericksburg. He excavated the mill race with a pick and shovel and designed and made the waterwheel and gears of native woods. After a flash flood swept away an incomplete dam, he rebuilt from the ground up. In 1855 he married Dorothea (Dorathea or Dorethea) Wilhelmine Henriette Pape in a Lutheran ceremony in the first community church. They had seven children. Guenther was Fredericksburg justice of the peace in 1856. After two years of drought had depleted the crops and water supply, the family moved to San Antonio in 1859. By October of that year, on the bank of the San Antonio River at the foot of King William Street, Guenther had built the first flour mill in the city. In 1898 his mills were incorporated as C. H. Guenther and Son; the name was later changed to Pioneer Flour Mills. Guenther also established a small ice plant called the Southern Ice Company (later Southern-Henke Ice Company). He helped found San Antonio's German-English School and held membership in the Beethoven Männerchor, the Arbeiter Verein, and the Casino Club, San Antonio's first social club and theater. Guenther and his descendants constantly improved and enlarged the mills. By 1900 their 200-horsepower engine was the largest in the city. Guenther died on October 18, 1902, in San Antonio and was buried beside his wife in City Cemetery No. 1
