Crawfish
Ville Platte and Mamou are on the northern edge of crawfish country. If you grow rice it makes sense to raise a few thousand pounds of mudbugs over the winter. After all, crawfish grown on rice are the tastiest.
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Courir de Mardi Gras
Onions, peppers and sausages are necessary for gumbo, but the real test of one’s manhood is the chicken chase. 500 plates of gumbo requires maybe 30 chickens to make a hearty one, but if a dozen is all you have that will have to fly.
Read MoreThe Hensley Hitch and Fred’s Lounge
You know a bar’s gotta be good if it’s only open half of one day a week, right? Ville Platte radio station KVPI 1050 AM broadcasts a live Cajun music show from Fred’s Lounge every Saturday morning from 9:00 to 11:00. The lounge opens an hour before the show….
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Life on the Blue Highways 