>Dave -- > >Thanks for the tip -- I had never heard that before. Truth be told, when I >learned to make jambalaya, I was taught to use Tasso ham. Since it is >typically difficult for me to find, I simply omit it. At any rate, thanks >again. > >Matt > ain't *that* the truth, mon.... It breaks my heart to have to order andouille, boudin, etc., not to mention wipes out my student loan, but damned if my group of "friends" doesn't grow in a large way when I got some jambalaya or the like on the stove...hehehe... Cure 81 does work nicely ham-wise, and it's usually available in most grocery stores. Not the same, but neither is Hilshire Farms sausage as a sub for andouille...but ya do what ya gotta do. -- Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles....... Rael64 Monk of the TCS Order of Enlightened Twister [TM!]