|
From: Nick
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 12:50 PM
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Subject: Recipe search
Phaed,
Can you find the recipe for a zydeco dancer? It is a dessert from Razoo's cajun restaurant chain.
It is pretty much a runny cheesecake, in a bowl with a graham cracker crust bottom, and a raspberry
sauce topping. It is awesome food and I have tried to find the recipe to no avail.
Thanks
Nick
Hello Nick,
Razoo’s Cajun Cafe has a website at: Razzoo's Cajun Cafe
Their menu describes the “Zydeco Dancer” as:
Cheesecake fillin’ on a graham cracker crust with strawberry toppin’ and whup cream!
Sorry, I had no success locating a recipe or a copycat for it. I’ll post it on the site.
Phaed
From: Anny
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Subject: 1/19/15 Case - Razzoo's Zydeco Cheesecake
Date: Monday, January 19, 2015 12:12 PM
Phaed,
Hello again. I found this recipe for a copycat of Razzoo's Zydeco
Cheesecake that Nick was looking to find. The only thing missing was the
raspberry sauce.
Razzoo's Cheesecaske
Maybe this is close to it?
Thank You!
Anny
Note that while Nick and Anny say raspberry topping, Razzoo's menu says strawberry topping.
Subject: Razzoo's Zydeco Dancer
From: Amy
Date: 10/9/2020, 5:44 PM
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Ingredients:
Filling:
Cream cheese
Cool Whip
Granulated Sugar
Crust:
Graham crackers
Butter
Pecans
Brown sugar
Frozen strawberries in juice, thawed for strawberry topping.
The recipes are in bulk and I don’t have it in front of me but the
ingredients are so simple that it’s pretty easy just to test out
From: kerrie
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 9:53 AM
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Subject: Recipe
Sir,
I've been searching for this recipe for such a long time;
The crabmeat (possibly shrimp?) appetizers from the Brown Derby.
It was served on a seashell serving dish. I've even gone as far as to buy a cookbook that
the Derby put out hoping it might be included, but alas no joy.
Thank you.
Kerrie
Hi Kerrie,
Not knowing any specifics makes this problematic. The Brown Derby was in operation since 1926,
and changed their menu several times. There is a Disney version of this restaurant currently in
operation. You can view photos of many of the old Brown Derby menus here:
Google Images
The appetizers with crab or shrimp that I could read on those menu photos are these:
1/2 cracked crab
jumbo shrimp on ice
blue lump crab cake with potato crust
cracked dungeness crab with mayonnaise
Louisiana shrimp
blue lump crab spring rolls
andouille crusted prawn
shrimp cocktail
shrimp remoulade
You should look at those menus and try to narrow it down to a particular appetizer. I don’t like to guess,
but perhaps you are talking about the blue lump crab cake with potato crust. If so, there is a photo of it here:
MouseChow and another photo here: Yelp. I could not find a Brown Derby recipe for this dish.
If it’s not any of those, then I have no idea of how to find it without more information from you.
You say you bought a Brown Derby Cookbook, but there have been four of them. It might be in one of the others:
The Brown Derby Cookbook by Robert H Cobb, Leonard L Levinson and M Elizabeth Byrd (2009)
The Brown Derby Cookbook 50th Anniversary Edition 1924-1976 by Walter P. Scharfe (1976)
The Brown Derby Cookbook by Brown Derby Staff (1949)
Original Hollywood Brown Derby
Phaed
From: kerrie
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 11:22 PM
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Subject: Re: Brown Derby appetizer
Dear Kind Sir,
I apologize for not giving you more information.
The Derby was located in Warren, Ohio and I think it closed in the mid 1980"s .
I've looked at the information you have given me but I still can't find it.
I'll try to find the other recipe books and see if I stumble upon it.
But I thank you for your help.
Cheers.
Kerrie
Hi Kerrie,
Often something as simple as a location can make a huge difference.
When you say “Brown Derby Restaurant” to anyone outside Ohio and environs, what comes to mind is
the famous Brown Derby Restaurant (opened in 1926) on Wiltshire Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
The restaurant was actually built in the shape of a derby hat. It was a place where Hollywood movie
stars hung out. Other than the original location, there were later several others, mostly in Los Angeles
and environs. In most of the U.S., that’s often the only Brown Derby Restaurant people know of.
The Brown Derby you are talking about is no relation to the Hollywood restaurant. The cookbook you have
is probably from the Hollywood restaurant, not the Ohio one. Same with those other three cookbooks.
Your Brown Derby is “Girves Brown Derby”, a steakhouse chain started by Gus Girves in Akron, Ohio in 1941.
This restaurant has had several locations in Ohio. I believe the one you are referring to was actually in
Niles, OH rather than Warren, although it was at 1231 Youngstown Warren Rd in Niles. This chain has also
gone by the name of “Brown Derby Roadhouse.” It is currently operating as “Girves Brown Derby”, with
locations in Bagley, Belden Village, Lyndhurst, Medina, Mentor, and Streetsboro. This chain has a website at:
Brown Derby USA
Their menu is on that site, and there is currently no appetizer on it with shrimp or crab except for
the “seared jumbo shrimp.”
I had no success locating any recipes or cookbooks from the Ohio Brown Derby restaurant chain.
Phaed
Sir,
Thank you so much for your help. Have a Merry Ho ho, and a safe new year.
Kerrie
-----Original Message-----
From: Diane
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 6:37 PM
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Subject: Crickets at Fanueil Hall roll recipe
Hi
I am in search of a recipe from a restaurant that has closed. Crickets, which was in
Faneuil Hall in Boston, had a fabulous roll in their pre-dinner or lunch bread basket.
I would LOVE to know the recipe! I don't know that it had a particular name.
Any help is appreciated! Thank you.
Diane
Hello Diane,
I found a few mentions of Crickets, but I cannot find even one mention of these rolls.
I'll post this on my site in case a reader can help.
Phaed
|
