Archive for February, 2009

Cajun Style Crab Cakes

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 [...]

Rural Mardi Gras is an ancient tradition

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, [...]

Cajun ‘Mardi Gras’ Pasta

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 [...]

Chicken-chasin’ Cajuns

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. [...]

Crawfish shortage has producers concerned

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 [...]

Cajun Shrimp Spread

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 [...]

Lafayette Madri Gras Parade Schedule

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

2009 New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade Schedule

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 [...]

Mardi Gras: Let The Good Times Roll!

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 [...]

Mardi Gras Streets prepare to be filled

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 [...]

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