John Martin Taylor's Blue Cheese Straws

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By Tom Sietsema

These bluish food straws are pencil-thin, with a cayenne footwear and a salty edge. The look comes from John Martin Taylor, writer of "Hoppin' John's Lowcountry Cooking" and respective different Southern works. Taylor is 1 of the champion location cooks Tom Sietsema knows, and the bluish food straws are among the snacks helium likes to service guests arsenic they get astatine his door.

Tom ne'er throws a enactment without these large cocktail companions.

From cookbook writer John Martin Taylor.

Ingredients

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Servings: 36 (makes 36 pieces)

  • 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) chilled unsalted butter, chopped into chunks
  • 1/2 spoon kosher salt, positive much for sprinkling
  • 8 ounces bluish cheese, crumbled
  • 1/4 spoon crushed cayenne pepper
  • 1 cupful flour, positive much for dusting
  • 1 ample ovum yolk (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per piece

  • Calories

    45

  • Fat

    3 g

  • Saturated Fat

    2 g

  • Carbohydrates

    3 g

  • Sodium

    115 mg

  • Cholesterol

    10 mg

  • Protein

    2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From cookbook writer John Martin Taylor.

Tested by Tom Sietsema.

Published July 13, 2013

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Updated March 14, 2026

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