Louisiana Creole cuisine sauce or soup thicker." The fat and flour are cooked together on the stovetop until the mixture reaches a certain level of brownness, or darkness. Creole roux in New Orleans are known to be lighter than Cajun roux and are usually made with butter or bacon fat and flour. But certain Creole dishes use a dark roux. Dark roux are usually made with oil or bacon fat and flour. The scent of a good roux is so strong that it stays in clothes until they are washed. The scent is so widely recognized in Louisiana that others can tell if
Butter salt "No. 2 butter salt". Salt serves as a preservative for butter. Butter salt Butter salt is a seasoning developed in the late twentieth century for the purpose of combining the flavours found in salt and butter. It is a fine, golden powder, originally salt, enriched with butter flavouring. It is often used as a seasoning for popcorn. It is said to impart a "rich, buttery flavour". The contents are usually salt, artificial butter flavoring, and yellow food colouring. Butter salt (sometimes called buttersalt) also refers to salt that is used in the preparation of butter and other dairy products. Some