1872 New Orleans Times 28 June, Those who brought victuals, such as gumbo, jambalaya, etc., all began eating and drinking.  1905 ‘O. Henry’ in Munsey's Mag. July 467/2 Terrapines,+jambolaya, and canvas-covered ducks.  1916 Dialect Notes IV. 269 The show was a regular jambalaya of stunts.  1949 B. A. Botkin Treas. S. Folklore iv. i. 552 Louisianians [grow lyrical] over the superiorities of the Cajun and Creole cuisine—gombo, jambalaya, bouillabaisse.  1961 Listener 14 Dec. 1050/2 Jambalaya+is based on a creole mixture of ham chunks, prawns, and rice, highly flavoured and simmered in chicken stock.  1973 L. Hellman Pentimento (1974) 78 The dinner was wonderful: jambalaya, racoon stew, and wild duck.