. ▁Ste wing , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁fr ic ass ée . ▁ ▁Deep - f ry ing ▁of ▁tur keys ▁or ▁o ven - ro asted ▁tur du ck ens ▁entered ▁southern ▁Louisiana ▁cu is ine ▁more ▁recently . ▁ ▁Ing red ients ▁The ▁following ▁is ▁a ▁partial ▁list ▁of ▁ing red ients ▁used ▁in ▁Cre ole ▁cu is ine ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁st ap le ▁ing red ients . ▁ ▁Gra ins ▁Corn ▁R ice ▁— ▁long , ▁medium , ▁or ▁short ▁gra in ▁white ; ▁also ▁pop c orn ▁rice ▁R ice ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁valuable ▁comm od ity ▁in ▁Cre ole ▁cu is ine . ▁With ▁an ▁abund ance ▁of ▁water ▁and ▁a ▁hot , ▁hum id ▁climate , ▁rice ▁could ▁be ▁grown ▁pract ically ▁anywhere ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁and ▁grew ▁wild ▁in ▁some ▁areas . ▁R ice ▁became ▁the ▁pre domin ant ▁st arch ▁in ▁the ▁di et , ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁easy ▁to ▁grow , ▁store ▁and ▁prepare . ▁The ▁oldest ▁rice ▁mill ▁in ▁operation ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁the ▁Con rad ▁R ice ▁Mill , ▁is ▁located ▁in ▁New ▁I ber ia . ▁Whe at ▁( for ▁b aking ▁bread ) ▁ ▁F ruits ▁and ▁veget ables ▁ ▁Bell ▁pe ppers ▁Black ber ries ▁C ay enne ▁pe ppers ▁Cel ery ▁Coll ard ▁gre ens ▁C uc um bers ▁Fig s ▁L imes ▁Lem ons ▁M irl it ons ▁( also ▁called ▁ch ay otes ▁or ▁veget able ▁p ears ) ▁Mus c