Hoobly Joobly (aka Huskie Homicide)

So, I love cajun seasoning. The wife is from the Louisiana/Texas and we have an annual Mardi Gras party.  I love me some Tony Cachere, but it's a bit salty and we really can't control the heat levels (I know they make multiple seasonings with various heat levels).  I decided we needed to come up with something that we could use for our cajun dishes that we could also hand out as favors to our party goers.  This is what I came up with.

I started with the Emeril's essence recipe:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/emerils-essence-recipe/index.html

I omitted the Thyme (because I didn't feel like buying thyme) and toned the salt down a bit.

I needed to make A LOT, so here is what I did. I bought a big ass bucket from home depot (and a lid)

Ingredients (I use Chef's Quality bulk spices for most of this)

4.5-5 lbs of Paprika
4.5-5 lbs of Garlic Powder
1 lb Ground Black Pepper
1 lb Cayenne Pepper
19 oz onion powder
12 oz Oregano
8-12 cups of Salt

Dump all that into the bucket
Put the lid on tight
Shake it like a Polaroid picture
Roll it on the ground like you were Donkey Kong trying to Kill Mario
Hold it tight and do the hoola hoop hip motion
Repeat
Repeat
Repeat

This next part is REALLY important....
Let it settle before you open it. You just made some sneezing powder and it will wreak havoc on your nose.

Let it sit for a couple days and it will get a nice orange tint.

I ordered bottles and shaker lids with the cool tamper evident seals from US Plastics Co.  Fill up the bottles, screw on the lids and hand out to your guests.

I'll post some recipes using the Hoobly soon.