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 28, 2024 | Health, Seafood
Shrimp are the king in Delcambre – especially in the month of August. The Shrimp Festival , this year held August 14-18, offers up a feast of shrimp-focused dishes, including boiled shrimp, shrimp etouffee, shrimp salad, popcorn shrimp and fried...
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 18, 2024 | Health, Seafood
Ugly fish always get a bad rap, often considered as trash fish. But in the case of sheepshead, with its human-looking teeth and convict stripes across the body, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Little secret: About 20 years ago sheepshead began showing up on...
by Patrice Doucet | May 2, 2024 | Health, Seafood
Just weeks before Fat Tuesday this year, the phones were ringing non-stop as crawfish suppliers and restaurants were desperately on the hunt for the mudbugs. But the summer’s extreme heat and drought made this year’s crawfish season the worst ever for the largest...
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