However, serving it over potatoes instead of rice is still a bit unusual. Not culinary anathema, mind you, but still enough to make some people raise an eyebrow and go, "hmmm. Interesting choice."

But some people get really militant about this stuff. A guy I know who lived in New Orleans for years told me he loves the batch I make -- except for the fact that I don't always put shrimp in mine, because Jambalaya Must Always Have Shrimp In It.

I told him to stuff it.