1 lb crabmeat / blue crab 1/4 minced onions 3 tbs sliced scallions 2 egg whites 1 tbs lemon juice 1/4 tsp mustard 1/4 tsp tabasco/hot sauce 1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1/2 cup crushed oyster crackers 1/4 cup mayonnaise Directions: Combine crab meat , onions and then scallions in a bowl. In a seperate bowl [...]
It is Mardi Gras season again and in this area it is a tradition that dates back to before the founding of our nation. It is also a major boast to the local economy, with 10,000 or more visitors swelling the local population for a week or more. Finding a spot at a local hotel, [...]
1 onion – diced/chopped 1/8 lb of butter 1Â green and yellow bell peppers – diced/chopped 1 pound crawfish tails 1 box/bag frozen corn 2 cups boiled potatoes – chopped/diced 1 can cream of shrimp soup 1 pint whipping cream 1 teaspoon lemon/pepper seasoning 1/2 teaspoon liquid crab boil 2 teaspoons Cajun Seasoning (whichever available) [...]
EUNICE, La –Tossing a live chicken in the air, then madly scrambling to catch it in a football-like huddle before sacrificing it for a communal gumbo – nothing so captures the spirit of Mardi Gras in rural Louisiana’s Cajun Country as the Courir de Mardi Gras. Every year on Mardi Gras Day (Feb. 24 this [...]
With Lent quickly approaching in heavily-Catholic Cajun country, a mainstay of the traditional 40-day diet may be difficult to find: crawfish. Production of pond crawfish so far this year is about half of what it was a year ago. “I’ve been in the business for 20 years. This is the worst I’ve ever seen it,” [...]
1 pound cooked shrimp, peeled (Can sub w/crawfish tails for crawfish spread) 1 pack of cream cheese, softened ¼ cup mayonnaise 1 bunch scallions (or onion), finely chopped 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon Worcestershire ¼ teaspoon hot sauce ¼ teaspoon Cajun seasoning Toss all of the ingredience into a [...]
Saturday, February 14. 2009 Carnivale de Rio Parade 6:30 pm FREE Friday Night Parade Friday, February 20, 2009 6:30 pm FREE Saturday Parades Children’s Mardi Gras Parade Saturday, February 21, 2009 12:30 pm FREE Bonaparte Parade 6:30 pm FREE Monday Parade Queen’s Parade Monday, February 23, 2009 6PM FREE Tuesday Mardi Gras February 24, 2009 [...]
Uptown/ French Quarter and Mid City Date Time Parade Saturday, Feb. 7   6:30 p.m.   Krewe du Vieux Friday, Feb. 13   6 p.m.    Oshun Friday, Feb. 13   7 p.m.   Pygmalion Saturday, Feb. 14   2 p.m.   Pontchartrain Saturday, Feb. 14   6 p.m.   Sparta Saturday, Feb. 14   6:45 p.m.   Pegasus Sunday, Feb. 15   Noon   Carrollton Sunday, Feb [...]
Parade floats are being built, costumes are being fitted and krewes are practicing. Let the good times roll! It’s almost time for Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Mardi Gras – Fat Tuesday – is Feb. 24 this year, and you can find a schedule of the parades leading up to the big day at the [...]
It’s almost time for Mardi Gras parades and that means Lafayette Consolidated Government will roll out the barricades next week. All Lafayette Mardi Gras parades follow the same route – starting at Pontiac Point (Simcoe, Surrey and Jefferson streets) and ending at Cajun Field. The entire route is lined with barricades to hold back crowds [...]