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March 17,2016
Vol 7 Issue III
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PAKISTAN WANTS ENHANCED TRADE WITH IRAN: KHURRAM
Hamlik
COMMERCIAL BANKS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF INTERNATIONAL
RISK
MANAGEMENT FOR TRADE WITH IRAN
Managing Editor
Scientists Develop Nutrient-Enriched Rice
Abdul Sattar Shah
Drop in local production will force rice imports
Rahmat Ullah
Federation Mulls Supporting Rice Export Price
Rozeen Shaukat
Ludhiana agri varsity to hold 2-day kisan mela
Rice exports jump as more of last years orders filled
English Editor
Maryam Editor
New rice auction to be announced tomorrow, 18 March
Legal Advisor
Rice exports jump as more of last years orders filled
Advocate Zaheer Minhas
Federation Mulls Supporting Rice Export Price
Rice Prices
Editorial Associates
APEDA RICE COMMODITY NEWS
Admiral (R) Hamid Khalid
In Memory: Ralph Cowan
Javed Islam Agha
Food Safety Could Present Key to U.S. Rice's Return to Switzerland Ch.Hamid Malhi
Methane Emissions Are Spiking, But It Might Be More Cow Than Car Dr.Akhtar Hussain
Purple bread: A new superfood?
Dr.Fayyaz Ahmad Siddiqui
EATING: Where to get Mardi Gras dishes in Central Jersey
Dr.Abdul Rasheed (UAF)
Islam Akhtar Khan
News Detail...
Dr.Malik Mohammad
Hashim
Dr.Hasina Gul
Dr.Hidayat Ullah
Dr.Abdul Basir
Zahid Mehmood
PSO,NIFA Peshawar
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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Commerce, Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan said on Wednesday that Pakistan
wants to enhance its export basket to Iran by exporting home appliances light engineering products and
value-added textile.He stated this while presiding over a meeting here in the Ministry of Commerce to
prepare proposals and comprehensive strategy to enhance trade cooperation with Iran in the wake of the
forthcoming visit of the Iranian President to Pakistan.The meeting was attended by officials from
Ministry of National Food Security and Research, State Bank of Pakistan, Federal Board of Revenue,
representatives of traders exporting to Iran, representatives of rice and kinnow associations.
Two officials of the Iranian Ministry of Trade visiting Pakistan also attended the meeting on the special
request of the Minister for Commerce.The meeting was informed by the Collector Customs Quetta that
there is a three-fold increase in revenue at Pak-Iran border as a result of better border management which
discouraged illicit trade.The representative of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) informed the meeting that
there is no restriction on the trading through formal banking channels with Iranian companies in Euro and
SBP is encouraging Pakistani private sector to commence trade with Iran.The Minister informed the
Iranian officials that Pakistan is interested in holding massive exhibitions in Iran to present the range of
exportable Pakistani products and is in consultation with the concerned Iranian authorities regarding the
required approvals.
The exporters of rice, kinnow, fruits, vegetables and local exporters of Baluchistan briefed the Iranian
officials in detail about the difficulties confronted by them in exporting their products to Iran.The Iranian
officials ensured them to bring the issues to the notice of the relevant authorities.The meeting was
informed that there is high demand for food items in Iran and Pakistan has secured an export order of 100
metric ton of meat to Iran. This would open doors for more export contracts in the food sector in near
future.Dastgir said that relevant authorities in the Ministry of Health of Iran will be persuaded to fast track
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http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/03/18/drop-in-local-production-will-forcerice-imports/
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The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) will host the two-day Kisan Mela from Friday on the
campus. The universitys centre of communication revealed the contribution of different
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Exports of fragrant rice continued to grow steadily thanks to increased exports to China and Africa, he
said.VFA anticipates exports to reach 1.3 million tonnes in the first quarter, 56 per cent up from the same
period last year.Hu said the number of contracts to be executed remained high at around 1.4 million
tonnes.But with inventories at export firms 81,140 tonnes lower than at the same time last year -- at one
million tonnes -- they would have to buy rice, he said.Prices are currently high in the domestic market
despite this being the peak harvest season and the association announcing no plans to stockpile the
grain.High demand from exporters coupled with a forecast of falling output in the Cu Long (Mekong)
Delta due to drought and saltwater intrusion has pushed up the prices.
The Ministry of Agriculture and rural Development reported that by March 5 around 139,000ha of the
winter-spring rice crop in nine provinces had been damaged by drought and saltwater, with the loss
estimated at one million tonnes.In previous years the VFA proposed purchasing one million tonne of rice
for temporary storage at the beginning of March to support domestic prices, but this time farmers can earn
reasonable profits at current prices.According to rice traders in the Mekong Delta, a kilogramme of IR
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BANGKOK: The National Rice Policy Committee has approved the auction of a new round of
640,000 tons of rice stocks.
The auction conditions will be announced tomorrow.Director-general of the Department of International
Trade Mrs Duangporn Rodphaya revealed yesterday that the National Rice Policy Committee has
endorsed a proposal to organize a new public bidding on rice stocks as market trends indicate that the
demands for white rice and broken-milled rice is on the rise.The auction will allow the government to
reduce costs related to maintaining and looking after existing stocks, she said.
She however told farmers that this move will in no way affect local market prices.Yesterday the Public
Warehouse Organization (PWO) invited five successful bidders in the previous government rice auction
to attend a briefing on the criteria for this new round of bidding.The brief focused on the portion of the
auctions for 140,000 tons of rice destined for industrial purpose (broken-milled rice). These are estimated
to be more than 933 million Baht in value.The PWO official said the PWO was willing to approve a
relaxation of certain restrictions such as the possibility of allowing these rice stocks to be transported after
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Rice exports have surged in the first two months as many of last years contracts are being executed this
year, according to the Vit Nam Food Association.Workers of HCM City Food and Foodstuff company
load rice for export.The country exported more than 856,219 tonnes for US$347.8 million, a year-on-year
increase of 101.89 per cent and 81.73 per cent, and Hunh Minh Hu, VFA general secretary, indicated
there had been too many orders to handle last year, including some large government contracts with
Indonesia and the Philippines.At a regular meeting of the association last week, he said exports of
common white rice accounted for 32.68 per cent of exports, up almost five times from the same period
last year, and exports of glutinous rice also surged due to high demand from China.Exports of fragrant
rice continued to grow steadily thanks to increased exports to China and Africa, he said.VFA anticipates
exports to reach 1.3 million tonnes in the first quarter, 56 per cent up from the same period last year.
Hu said the number of contracts to be executed remained high at around 1.4 million tonnes.But with
inventories at export firms 81,140 tonnes lower than at the same time last year -- at one million tonnes -they would have to buy rice, he said.Prices are currently high in the domestic market despite this being
the peak harvest season and the association announcing no plans to stockpile the grain.High demand from
exporters coupled with a forecast of falling output in the Cu Long (Mekong) Delta due to drought and
saltwater intrusion has pushed up the prices.The Ministry of Agriculture and rural Development reported
that by March 5 around 139,000ha of the winter-spring rice crop in nine provinces had been damaged by
drought and saltwater, with the loss estimated at one million tonnes.In previous years the VFA proposed
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The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) on Thursday met with the Ministry of Commerce to
discuss policies for strengthening the countrys ailing rice industry, and unveiled a plan to
develop a price-support mechanism to guarantee Cambodias rice export price, officials said.The
talks come a week after the CRF announced the formation of a new task force to manage the
impact of cheap foreign rice imports and under-funded millers on Cambodias rice industry, in
response to pressure from its members.In Thursdays meeting with Commerce Minister Sun
Chanthol and other ministry officials, Sok Puthyvuth, CRF president, said those present had
agreed on a policy agenda to be discussed by government officials in the coming weeks.An
inter-ministerial meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon will consider a $20
million to $30 million special budget, he said.
The meeting will help support the industry facing the illegal imports of rice from
Vietnam.Following the talks, Moul Sarith, CRF secretary-general, said the federation was also
developing a long-term strategy to support rice millers and exporters, which included plans to
create a consortium of millers and exporters to manage Cambodias rice export price.The
biggest members from the CRF will be chosen to be consortium partners to manage and set one
export price, Mr. Sarith said, adding that the initiative should be off the ground this
year.Currently, our members compete against each other when foreign buyers come to buy our
rice, which forces prices to fall, he said.The proposed consortium would control the export price
of rice by regulating supply, benefiting the countrys entire rice supply chain, Mr. Sarith added.
If exporters get a good price, rice millers and farmers will benefit too as it will allow them to
sell at higher prices.
But Mao Thora, secretary of state at the Commerce Ministry, said it was too early to discuss the
viability of the planned consortium.A report of the meeting this morning is being prepared to
send to the prime minister, he said. First we have to solve the immediate problems including
preventing the inflow of rice from Vietnam and credit support to millers.Srey Chanthy, an
independent economist, was skeptical that the consortium would solve the industrys problems,
adding that price-support could backfire on the entire sector.It is just an idea, I do not think this
is possible to create, he said.Foreign buyers look to buy good quality rice at a good price in
international markets, he added. If the price is set high, they could just buy rice from Thailand,
Vietnam or Burma instead.
sothear@cambodiadaily.com
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/federation-mulls-supporting-rice-export-price-110081/
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Rice Prices
as on : 17-03-2016 08:10:30 PM
Arrivals
Current
Price
%
Season
Prev. Prev.Yr
Modal
change cumulative
Modal %change
Rice
Gadarpur(Utr)
3059.00 -29.56
89370.00
2004
2099
-8.41
Bareilly(UP)
98.00
NC
6318.00
2225
2180
4.71
Dhing(ASM)
92.00
8.24
2704.20
1800
1800
-16.28
Kalipur(WB)
90.00
-7.22
4052.00
2050
2050
NC
Ghaziabad(UP)
70.00
16.67
2000.00
2130
2125
0.95
Beldanga(WB)
50.00
-3.85
1359.50
2275
2275
-10.78
Gazipur(UP)
43.00
7.5
1300.00
1940
1940
-4.90
Karimganj(ASM)
40.00
100
1320.00
2200
2200
4.76
Purulia(WB)
36.00
NC
1536.00
2200
2200
-6.78
Gauripur(ASM)
30.00 -13.04
2262.50
4500
4500
25.00
4.17
472.00
1850
1850
-17.78
Lohardaga(Jha)
20.00 -16.67
653.00
1750
1840
-5.41
Firozabad(UP)
17.00
6.25
470.00
2060
2080
5.64
Muradabad(UP)
12.00
140
396.50
2275
2280
12.35
Rampur(UP)
12.00
20
387.50
2210
2210
7.02
Champadanga(WB)
12.00 -14.29
624.00
2350
2350
-11.32
Mirzapur(UP)
11.00
1124.00
1940
1945
0.52
-12
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10.10 -64.44
1100.00
1900
1900
Alappuzha(Ker)
10.00
NC
70.00
3950
3900
Deogarh(Ori)
9.00
-5.26
324.50
2500
2500
NC
Cherthalai(Ker)
8.50
6.25
256.00
2300
2200
-11.54
Nilagiri(Ori)
8.00 -11.11
328.00
2300
2300
NC
Chengannur(Ker)
7.00
-12.5
411.50
2300
2300
-17.86
Angul(Ori)
4.50
4.50
2600
Imphal(Man)
3.40
NC
151.40
2900
2900
NC
Islampur(WB)
3.20
NC
215.00
2150
2150
Pathapatnam(AP)
2.80
-6.67
7.30
2581
2857
Bonai(Bonai)(Ori)
2.00
NC
79.10
2000
2000
-9.09
Mohanpur(Tri)
2.00 -66.67
53.00
2700
2700
Kasipur(WB)
1.50
15.38
22.90
2150
2150
-9.28
Sardhana(UP)
1.20
20
61.30
2160
2150
4.10
Holenarsipura(Kar)
1.00
-90
33.00
2800
1800
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/article8365099.ece
Product
Price
2310
2365
Honey
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2420
South Africa, HPS 70/80 peanuts CFR main European ports (USD/t)
1875
South African, HPS 40/50 peanuts CFR main European ports (USD/t)
1000
1485
832
691
575
Peanuts
White Sugar
Source:agra-net
Market Watch
Commodity-wise, Market-wise Daily Price on 16-03-2016
Domestic Prices
Product
Market Center
Variety
Min Price
Max Price
Amreli (Gujarat)
Other
1375
2495
Vaduj (Maharashtra)
Other
2100
2300
Manvi (Karnataka)
Other
950
950
Bellary (Karnataka)
Local
1332
1404
Sangli (Maharashtra)
Other
1420
1430
Bayad (Gujarat)
Other
1350
1525
Jowar(Sorghum)
Maize
Papaya
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Barnala (Punjab)
Other
1200
1500
Other
1800
2000
Jalore (Rajasthan)
Other
1800
2200
Chala (Kerala)
Other
2800
2853
Batala (Punjab)
Other
1200
1800
Other
700
800
Brinjal
Source:agmarknet.nic.in
Egg
Rs per 100 No
Price on 17-03-2016
Product
Market Center
Price
Ahmedabad
320
Nagapur
280
Namakkal
315
Source: e2necc.com
Product
Market Center
Origin
Variety
Low
Potatoes
High
Package: 50 lb cartons
Atlanta
Colorado
Yellow
16
16.75
Chicago
California
Yellow
21
21
Miami
Idaho
Yellow
20
21
Cucumbers
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Atlanta
Mexico
Long Seedless
11
14
Dallas
California
Long Seedless
13.50
15
Detroit
Canada
Long Seedless
9.50
Grapes
Atlanta
Peru
Red Globe
22.50
26
Chicago
Peru
Red Globe
20
20.50
Miami
Chile
Red Globe
17
20
Source:USDA
Futures:
ROUGH RICE
High Low
Last Change
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1123.5 +2.0
Mar '17
1124.0 +2.0
May '17
1124.0 +2.0
Rice Comment
Rice futures posted gains today but closed well off the day's high. The weekly export total of
only 21,300 metric tons was off sharply from last week's 145,800 metric tons. Technically, July
posted a bullish reversal in Wednesday's trade while also posting a potential double bottom at the
recent low of $10.20. Today's move saw the market challenging downtrending resistance at
$10.62. A close below that level would be another indication that the market has put in a bottom
for the time being.
I can't say enough about how much he meant to the rice industry. He was a leader with foresight who
knew what needed to be done from the standpoint of producers to be effective."John Denison, a former
USA Rice Chairman, said, "I grew up about 40 miles from Ralph and knew him all my life. He was a
dear friend and we also had a working relationship dating back to our time on the Louisiana Rice
Promotion Board and on the organizational committee that created what is now USA Rice. He was there
at the beginning and will be remembered as a rice industry icon."Visitation will be held today from 4:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home, 301 North Avenue F in Crowley, LA, and Friday
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REDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK
Since 2006, atmospheric levels of methane a greenhouse gas 86 times more potent than
carbon dioxide over a 20-year period have steadily been on the rise. For years, scientists
werent sure what was behind the rising levels of methane, but they had a few ideas: namely an
increase in fossil fuel-related emissions.Now, a new study is pointing to a different culprit:
agriculture-related methane emissions, especially from livestock and rice production.
Published last week in the journal Science, researchers from New Zealands National Institute of
Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) found that the majority of methane released into the
atmosphere since 2006 was produced by bacteria, pointing to sources like agriculture rather
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The researchers were able to discern agricultural methane from other sources of methane by
looking at the gas isotopic signatures or the ratio of various carbon isotopes using data
from atmospheric monitoring stations around the world. By looking at the distinct isotopic
signatures, the researchers could differentiate between methane produced from fracking, for
instance, and methane produced from agriculture, because they each have different signatures.
The data also suggested that the increase in methane came from regions including India, China
and Southeast Asia, suggesting that the rise was due to agriculture, not the growth of fracking in
North America.
That was a real surprise, because [around 2006] the U.S. started fracking and we also know that
the economy in Asia picked up again, and coal mining increased, NIWA atmospheric scientist
Hinrich Schaefer told Phys.org. However, that is not reflected in the atmosphere.
Livestock production in Asia has been expanding rapidly since the middle of the 20th century,
and is expected only to increase as economies in the region become more developed.
Livestock production accounts for about 35 percent of total anthropogenic methane emissions
Around the world, livestock production has been increasingly under scrutiny in recent years, as
animal agricultures carbon footprint has grown clearer. Ruminants, like cows, produce methane
as they digest their food, through a process known as enteric fermentation. But livestock manure
also produces methane as it decomposes in closed-air containers known as lagoons, which
factory farming operations often use to store the massive amounts of manure produced by their
farms. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that livestock
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Still, not everyone is convinced by NIWAs analysis. Speaking with InsideClimate News, Robert
Howarth, a Cornell University professor who studies methane emissions, said that the isotopic
ratios in methane are too broad to confidently attribute to a single source.
When you have eight or nine or 10 different sources of methane, each with a range of ratios,
there is no way to calculate where it is coming from, he said. If you had a little bit of melting
of permafrost and a big increase in natural gas production, you could get a pattern that these
people are interpreting as cows in India.
Many other studies point to an increase in fossil fuel production, especially oil and gas
production in the United States, as another key factor behind the recent increase in methane
production. A recent study conducted by climate scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
(KIT) found that as much as 40 percent of the recent increase in methane could be due to fossil
fuel production.
In a press release, the KIT scientists said that their findings were actually congruent with the
NIWA study, stressing that increasing emissions from the oil and natural gas sector, combined
with emissions from wetlands and maybe animal husbandry increasingly appear to have caused
the renewed increase in methane concentration in the last decade.
An unregulated industry
The Obama administration has taken some unprecedented steps in the recent months to regulate
methane from oil and gas production. Most recently, the EPA announced that it would begin
regulating methane from existing oil and gas facilities, with the ultimate goal of cutting methane
from the oil and gas sector by 40 to 45 percent below 2012 levels by 2025.
But methane from the agricultural sector is still largely unregulated, despite the fact that
greenhouse gas-related emissions from livestock manure management systems grew 54
percentbetween 1990 and 2013.
Quite the opposite of imposing regulations on livestock producers in the United States, Congress
has actually explicitly forbidden the EPA from collecting greenhouse gas emission data from
livestock producers, making it the only major source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United
States that enjoys such an exemption.
The EPAs methane strategy is completely ignoring agriculture, Tarah Heinzen, an attorney
with Food & Water Watch, told ThinkProgress. Were not dealing with it as a regulatory issue
as we are with other sources of methane.
Decarbonizing what we eat is just as important as decarbonizing what we drive or what we use to heat our
homes
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Purple bread.
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It is digested 20% slower than normal white bread, and is rich in antioxidants that fight cancer
Singapore (CNN)"For the past 10 years, bread has been under attack."
Professor Zhou Weibiao, a food scientist at the National University of Singapore, isn't wrong.
According to current nutritional thinking, white bread is digested too fast, spikes blood sugar levels
and is linked to obesity. In short, it's the enemy of healthy eaters.
Zhou's answer to this problem? He's invented a purple bread.
Rich in cancer-fighting antioxidants, digested 20% slower than regular white bread, and made
entirely of natural compounds, it could be the first superfood of the baked goods world.
The great bake off
A long-time staple food, bread's big problem is its high glycemic index: its sugar content speedily
gets into the blood stream, causing blood sugar levels to peak and crash.
Furthermore, its rapidly digestible starch content means people often eat more of it than they should.
"The challenge was to see if we could change the formula of bread, without changing the smooth
texture of white bread that people really love," says Zhou.
He decided to extract anthocyanins from black
rice -- which give the grain its much trumpeted
antioxidant qualities -- and infuse it in his bread.
Zhou
left
behind
the
rice's
starch
properties."Despite its antioxidant capacity and
associated health benefits, the knowledge of using
anthocyanins as an ingredient in food products is
very limited."Adding anthocyanins to the bread
not only turns it purple: due to a chemical reaction
with the starch enzymes, it slows the digestion rate
by 20%.What is more, 80% of the antioxidant qualities are preserved in the breadcrust and crumbs when
baked at 200 degrees Celsius."If you want to enjoy the texture of white bread and slow down digestion,
this is probably the best formula," says Zhou."And the color isn't bad, either."
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Jambalaya will be served during the Mardi Gras celebration at The Old Bay Restaurant in
New Brunswick. (Photo: COURTESY OF THE OLD BAY RESTAURANT)
The Old Bay Restaurant
THE FESTIVITIES: The Fat Tuesday party begins at 4 p.m. Feb. 9 and goes until the
restaurant closes at 2 a.m. Live music from The New Brunswick Jazz Project and Old Number 7
will be performed from 4 p.m. to closing, and there will be beads, masks, a giveaway of a trip to
Magic Hat Brewing Company in Vermont, and a New Orleans-style buffet. Dinner will be
served from 5 to 10 p.m. Admission, which includes the buffet, is $20.
WHAT TO ORDER: The buffet menu includes Southern fried chicken, which chef and
manager Joe Donlan says is marinated for three days in a mixture of buttermilk and hot sauce,
so it has a nice spice to it. It is breaded with flour spiked with Cajun seasoning, a secret recipe,
before being fried. There will be chicken and sausage jambalaya, macaroni and cheese made
with tasso, a smoked Southern ham, corn bread, red beans and rice, and a vegetarian Creole dish.
Its almost like an eggplant lasagna, Donlan said of the latter, which also is gluten free.
Instead of noodles, we use sliced eggplant that is quick seared, and layer it with ricotta cheese
and mozzarella. Instead of using tomato sauce, its our Creole sauce, one of our signature sauces
made with peppers, onions and celery.
WHERE: 61 Church St, in New Brunswick, Middlesex County; call 732-246-3111 or
visit www.oldbayrest.com.
F-Cove Restaurant
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Jesse Dedreux and Scarlett Dell own F-Cove Restaurant in Brick, which specializes in
Cajun and Creole dishes. (Photo: FILE PHOTO)
In the South, Dell said, Mardi Gras is celebrated in the weeks leading up to Fat Tuesday. The
festivities and parades begin on Kings Day in early January, and Dell remembers parades where
children clamored for trinkets thrown from extravagant floats and collected doubloons from the
krewes, the groups that created the floats.
As for the food, Dell said Mardi Gras is more about indulging in decadent dishes before Lenten
fasting begins than it is about any dishes in particular. Whatever you want to eat, you eat too
much, she said. And whatever you want to drink, you drink too much.
WHAT TO ORDER: The restaurant offers a three-course prix fixe dinner each Tuesday night,
and Fat Tuesday will be no different. For $18.03 a price that represents the year of the
Louisiana Purchase diners can enjoy a cup of chicken and sausage gumbo, a choice of shrimp
Creole, shrimp touffe, and jambalaya, with Creole bread pudding for dessert. Dedreux also
may cook up a blackened chicken pasta, crawfish and shrimp pasta with spicy cream sauce, and a
hanger steak with bourbon bacon jam.
touffe, for those not familiar with the classic New Orleans dish, gets its name from the French
word for smother or to stew. Dedreux makes his version with shrimp stock, Creole seasonings
and the restaurants own cayenne-based hot sauce. Its pretty simple, he said of the dish, which
is served with a mound of steamed white rice that soaks everything up. Its not too spicy, but
its layered with flavor.
The Creole bread pudding is named because of how it is prepared, not because it is spicy,
Dedreux said. The dessert is made with French bread soaked for hours in a mixture of vanilla,
milk and heavy cream spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, and the Creole part comes from the
creamy, buttery and rich flavors. Its pretty standard, but it does have a little extra sweetness
he said of the bread pudding, which is topped with bourbon cream sauce.
WHERE: 2140 Route 88 in Brick; call 732-202-6807 or visit www.fcoverestaurant.com.
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Simply Southern
THE RESTAURANT: At Rasheed and Rita Simmons Belmar restaurant, the menu is centered
around the dishes of the South specifically Georgia, the Carolinas and Florida. But for Mardi
Gras, they will serve up a little bit of Louisiana.
WHAT TO ORDER: From Feb. 6 to 9, mother and son will cook up chicken gumbo filled with
corn, tomatoes and all types of veggies, Rasheed said, as well as shrimp and grits, and well
also be doing a Creole dirty rice. The rice, which is made with a base of brown gravy, has
celery, different veggies, different sausages, different types of pork. Weve got a little bit of
everything in it, he said. The dishes cost between $8 and $21.
For dessert, there will be beignets, New Orleanss famous powdered sugar-coated fried dough.
WHERE: 817 Belmar Plaza in Belmar; call 732-243-9259 or
visitwww.simplysoutherncomfortfood.com.
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Jesse Dedreux and Scarlett Dell own F-Cove Restaurant in Brick, which specializes in
Cajun and Creole dishes. (Photo: FILE PHOTO)
Drews Bayshore Bistro:
WHAT TO ORDER: Chef and owner Drew Araneo is known for food that brings the South
specifically the Gulf coast and New Orleans to the Shore. His menu includes his signature dish
and most popular appetizer, Voodoo shrimp, made from sauteed Gulf shrimp over jalapeno
cornbread with spicy Worcestershire cream; littleneck clams with andouille sausage in garlictomato broth; crawfish touffe, shrimp with bacon over cheese grits, and jambalaya with
chicken, andouille, tasso, which is a smoked Southern ham, Creole sauce and the holy trinity of
Creole and Cajun cooking onions, celery and peppers. The latter is not for the faint of heart; the
menu reads It is spicy, and we are not kidding no crying. ($13 to $26).
WHERE: 25 Church St. in Keyport; call 732-739-9219 or visitwww.bayshorebistro.com.
Velo Eatery
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WHAT TO ORDER: Crab cake with Creole macaroni and cheese and sweet potato confit
($22). The macaroni and cheese gets its Creole flavor from peppers, onions, sausage and okra,
with a little Cajun spice in there, too, co-owner Matthew Grote said.
WHERE: 1616 Route 9 in Toms River; call 732-569-6153 or visithttp://veloeaterynj.com.
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