Snow-bound food porn

I was snowed in -- what could I do yesterday but create food porn? I can't believe you people act like I had a choice. Wait a minute, what do you mean, "you people"?

Anyway, there I was, up to my oompaloompas in snow (official total was 20 inches) I had to do something. Naturally, I cooked. In this case, I cooked jambalaya.

You will start with 2 slices of bacon, diced; a cup or more (taste) of tomatoe pulp, a chopped onion, 1/3 cup of water, 1/4 tsp thyme, some worcestershire sauce, 3 cups of cooked rice, some salt and pepper, 1 tbsp flour and 2 cups or so of cooked ham, sausage, chicken, shrimp, crab, scallops or whatever, or any combination thereof. I went with sausage, shrimp and some scallops:

So dice up that bacon, then sautee it in a pan that will accommodate the whole enchilada. Don't go small:

Now chop up that onion. I won't show you a picture of chopped onion, because if you read this blog, you have seen more than one picture of chopped onions. Chop that onion -- it should be a sweet onion, even if Vidalias aren't available this time of year -- and put it in with the bacon, without draining the grease.

While that stuff sautees -- stir it, people, stir it -- slice some sausage:

I actually don't care what meat you put in your jambalaya. This is what I'm going with. If you want ham, chicken or whatever, do that. But cook it first. Anyway, now brown that sausage:

I hope you are up to multi-tasking, because now you need to turn to the other pan on the stove and add the flower to the onion-bacon mis:

Stir that up right, then add the water to the mix:

Then add those maters (tomatoes to you Yankees):

Toss in some salt and pepper, worcestershire sauce to taste, and the thyme, and bring it to a boil, then bring hte heat down low.

You will now add your sausage and, in my case, some shrimp and scallops I had in the freezer:

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, you fixed three cups of cooked rice. I will not insult you by telling you how much dry rice to start with. If you don't know, please contact me through the comments and I will insult you there.

You will now take that rice and toss in in with everything else:

Mix it up right, and make sure everything is heated through. The jambalaya is now ready for you to serve it up, hot and delicious:

Do so. Best in bowls, but if you throw in more rice, it can go on a plate. Your choice.