Gris gris is the local term for voodoo in New Orleans, where it is still practiced. I doubt anyone gets cooked, but a lot of tourists get soaked, buying 'charms' and 'spells' and voodoo dolls, lol.
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Gris gris is the local term for voodoo in New Orleans, where it is still practiced. I doubt anyone gets cooked, but a lot of tourists get soaked, buying 'charms' and 'spells' and voodoo dolls, lol.
It differs depending on the region. A trinity in cooking is simply a combination of three aromatic ingredients, whether they are vegetables, herbs or spices, that are gently sauteed together to provide a flavor base for other ingredients to build upon.
The original Trinity is called a mirepoix (meer-pwah), from the French, and is onions, celery, carrots (in a 2:1:1 ratio). In Italy it is called soffritto (or odori before it's chopped) and is the same, or it substitutes garlic for the carrots. In Louisiana, thanks to the large Catholic influence, it is called the Holy Trinity, and is celery, peppers and onions in equal parts, substituting the peppers for the carrots because carrots grow very poorly in the swamp and aren't as easily available. There is the Spanish softrito (one "f" and one "t") that is similar, but usually adds garlic and or tomatoes to the base. Different variations of sofrito are all over the Caribbean and South and Central America.
When making a stock (fond in French), like veal stock, chicken stock, fish stock, you use a 10:1 ratio of bones to mirepoix. If you're making a fond blanc (white stock) you substitute parsnips for the carrots to keep the stock a pale color. Just so you know, fond brun is brown stock and fond de vegetal is vegetable stock.
They make that up there, only with lobster.
Maybe some folks call it Holy Trinity, but all I ever heard was plain old trinity - cool cooking lesson, though. Only when I make stock, the ratio is whatever I have handy, lol, because I'm just a 'throw it together' kind of cook. I might use a recipe the first time, but after that, I just wing it. 
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MMM.... sounds kinda high falootin but good...