1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Boil mirliton halves in lightly salted water 30 to 40 minutes or until meat is tender enough to scoop from shells. Once tender, remove from water and cool. Using a ...

D.P. from Metairie wrote in recently to say she was looking for two recipes. One was "blushing chicken" (using Heinz Chili Sauce) and the other was for a recipe for meat-stuffed artichoke. The ...

Tanya Bromfield of Kernersville recently responded to a request for a recipe for stuffed mirlitons. The dish is not common here, but it is a staple in New Orleans. Fortunately, Bromfield's family is ...

Preheat oven to 350°F. Boil whole mirlitons in salted water until tender, about 45 minutes. Remove from water and set aside to cool. While the mirlitons cool, sweat the onion, celery, and bell pepper ...

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Boil sliced mirlitons in lightly-salted water 45-60 minutes or until meat is tender enough to scoop from shells with a plastic spoon. (Meat should slide out smooth, not ...

Mirlitons are green, pear-shaped vegetables that go by many names and pronunciations. I grew up in New Orleans and have always heard them called “mer-leh-tawn.” My husband grew up in Lafayette and he ...

The "chayote" squash, as many know it, is commonly referred to in Louisiana as mirliton. This unique vegetable was brought to bayou country by the Canary Islanders, who relocated to Louisiana when ...

In last week's story on New Orleans evacuee Harold Brown Jr., we inadvertently left out a step in the recipe for Stuffed Mirlitons. The corrected version follows. HAROLD BROWN JR.'S STUFFED MIRLITONS ...