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 combine the egg whites , mustard, lemon juice , worcestershire [...]

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
1  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)
1 cup green Onion tops – diced/chopped
1 pound Pasta – (your [...]

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. [...]

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,” said Scott [...]

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 food processor and then mix (pulse) until it is [...]

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 King’s Parade
10 AM FREE
Independent Parade
2:00 PM FREE

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 15    1:15 p.m.     King Arthur [...]

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 New [...]

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 and protect [...]