Meaning of Cajun microwave | Babel Free

Definitions

A metal-lined wooden box (or sometimes other container, even e.g. a pit) for cooking a pig or other food in, typically outdoors.

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Examples

“Chicken barbecued in this “Cajun microwave” falls right off the bone.”

“Buy⟳, rent⟳, or borrow the cooking pots, burners, and Cajun microwaves or Cajun tin cooking sheds. With the right cooking equipment the job will be a lot easier.”

“[…] after the Cajun microwave or Caja China. The main difference between a Cajun microwave and a Caja China has to do with workmanship. [Commercial] Cajun microwaves are made of cypress or another hardwood, and are often decorated with carvings.”

“The term is applied rather widely, and it is not unusual to find⟳ someone digging a hole in the ground and lining it with sheet metal in order⟳ to cook⟳ a pig and calling the resulting fire pit a Cajun microwave. The Cajun microwave as built by Venable was a version of an old-fashioned Dutch oven, […]”

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