by Patrice Doucet | Oct 26, 2024 | Download, Health, Seafood
It’s a longtime seafood industry, but still not widely known to the public: soft-shell crabs. Consumers are familiar with the hard-shell crabs, but a surprising number – even some Cajuns – have not tried their soft edible versions. In 2017, 10,865 pounds of...
by Patrice Doucet | Oct 2, 2024 | Download, Health, Seafood
In conversations amongst local fishermen, you usually don’t hear, “Are the porgy biting?” You’ll hear reports on catches of snapper, redfish, flounder or bass – but not porgy! However, a growing number of anglers – and chefs – know a quality fish when they...
by Patrice Doucet | Sep 3, 2024 | Download, Health, Seafood
It’s Gator Season! Only in Louisiana could the conversation of alligator hunting come up in a funeral home. But there I was, amidst 50 other conversations, hearing about bait and tags, the best meat on an alligator and how to cook it tender. It is hunting season...
by Patrice Doucet | Jul 3, 2024 | Download, Health, Seafood
It’s amazing – the number of Cajuns who have never heard of soft-shell crawfish, given that soft-shell crabs are a popular menu item at many seafood restaurants. To get past the first roadblock to enjoying soft-shell crawfish is to understand that you are not...
by Patrice Doucet | May 2, 2024 | Download, Health, Seafood
It’s the onset of crab season and Sandy Romero, the other half of S & K Seafood in Delcambre, says so far it looks hopeful. She and her husband, Kenneth, are familiar with relying on Mother Nature for their bounties. The couple had never owned a business before...
by Patrice Doucet | Apr 4, 2024 | Download, Health, Seafood
Red Snapper Good news for Louisiana recreational offshore fishermen; they will be allowed an early start on fishing red snapper when the season opens April 15 in both federal and state waters, which is six weeks earlier than last year. In fact, the Louisiana...
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