It wasn't that long ago that we had Wednesday recipe puzzle. In fact, it was almost a year ago (12/15/2022) by Dr. Bruce Haight. Today's is simply chock full of ingredients, and as a bonus, the style of cuisine (CAJUN) is in the middle, and the recipe name is scattered in circled letters in the top and bottom rows (JAMBALAYA).
Eight ingredients, each clued in a fun way. I liked 17A: Bit of pork, but not in a congressional bill (ANDOUILLE), both for the clue and for the taste of the ingredient in question. 26A: Stuff it! (PEPPER) is a good example of a FIC (see our glossary in the sidebar). 66A: Fitting way to invest in Campbell's (STOCK) is just silly. And 64A: What pales in comparison to other carbs? (WHITERICE) is a pretty tortured QMC.
I suppose these ingredients would be sufficient to make jambalaya, but I imagine the best recipes will add a few others. Not to mention shrimp! Isn't that standard? Perhaps not. I can just hear you all - 56A: "Oh, settle down ..." (NOWNOW).
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It's a ton of theme material, and Ms. Kany has done an excellent job in making the fill nice and smooth, like a well combined pot of jambalaya. The only entry I have an issue with is 20A: Gets old, say (STALES). I have never used that word as a verb before, preferring to say that the bread is going stale, for example. I had a very weirdly difficult time seeing the crossing of SEALED and EASE. I was convinced it needed to be a consonant, so the E was the last letter filled.
There's a nice comparison between OWLS and ELDER. Although wouldn't it have been fun to clue the latter as "Wise one" to compare with "'Wise' ones"?
- Colum
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