▁sm oked ▁or ▁c ured , ▁but ▁highly ▁season ed . ▁Most ly ▁used ▁in ▁g umb os . ▁The ▁sa usage ▁itself ▁does ▁not ▁include ▁rice , ▁separ ating ▁it ▁from ▁b oud in . ▁Salt ▁P ork ▁ ▁Be ef ▁and ▁da iry ▁Though ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Louisiana ▁where ▁Cre ole ▁cook ing ▁is ▁found ▁are ▁well ▁su ited ▁to ▁cattle ▁or ▁da iry ▁far ming , ▁be ef ▁is ▁not ▁often ▁used ▁in ▁a ▁pre - process ed ▁or ▁uniqu ely ▁Cre ole ▁form . ▁It ▁is ▁usually ▁prepared ▁fairly ▁simply ▁as ▁ch ops , ▁ste ws , ▁or ▁ste aks , ▁taking ▁a ▁c ue ▁from ▁Texas ▁to ▁the ▁west . ▁Gr ound ▁be ef ▁is ▁used ▁as ▁is ▁traditional ▁throughout ▁the ▁southern ▁US , ▁although ▁season ed ▁differently . ▁ ▁D air y ▁far ming ▁is ▁not ▁as ▁pre val ent ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁past , ▁but ▁there ▁are ▁still ▁some ▁far ms ▁in ▁the ▁business . ▁There ▁are ▁unique ▁da iry ▁items ▁produced ▁in ▁Cre ole ▁cook ing ▁such ▁as ▁Cre ole ▁cre am ▁che ese . ▁ ▁Other ▁game ▁me ats ▁All ig ator ▁All ig ator ▁gar , ▁or ▁G ator ▁gar ▁F rog , ▁usually ▁Bull f ro gs ▁( not ▁just ▁the ▁legs , ▁but ▁the ▁entire ▁creature ) ▁Gros ▁bec ▁commonly ▁called ▁Night ▁her on ▁N ut ria ▁S qu ir rel ▁Rab bit ▁Sk unk , ▁or ▁mou ff ette ▁T urt le ▁S nake ▁Virginia ▁op os sum , ▁or