Joshua Katz, a Ph.D student of statistics at North Carolina State University, just published a group of awesome visualizations of Professor Bert Vaux and Scott Golder's linguistic survey, which looked at how Americans pronounce words (via detsl on /r/Linguistics).
Nutritional Facts. 1 cup jambalaya with 1/2 cup rice equals 302 calories, 6 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 125 mg cholesterol, 450 mg sodium, 34 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 27 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2 vegetable, 1 starch.
Items that I think are important about Jambalaya; 1. The word Jambalaya comes from both the Spanish and French words for Ham Jamon. And the Creole slang ya ya, for many people talking together or from the Cajun for an mishap.Also many say it is African for rice. Also a Creole jambalaya is usually made with shrimp and a seafood stock. 2  Jambalaya can be made from many base meats, both smoked and fresh. 3  Smoked meats can be a hot or mild smoked pork sausage, tasso or wild game. 4  Fresh meats such as chicken, pork, rabbit, alligator and road kill are all used.