Traditional Cajun Country Mardi Gras Experience -- Eunice and Mamou, Louisiana
There are few experiences as genuine today in America as a traditional Cajun Country Mardi Gras. Costumed pranksters, colorful riders on horses, happy folks on floats showering the crowd with shiny beads, and Cajun and Zydeco bands fill the streets of many small towns across the Cajun Triangle, which has Lafayette roughly as its center.
This video takes you to Eunice, Louisiana, a city of just over 10,000 people north of Lafayette that knows how to host a Mardi Gras bash. There are also a few clips taken in Mamou, a smaller city a little further north, that's home to world famous Fred's Lounge, which hosts a Cajun dance party every Saturday morning -- and a few extra days leading up to Mardi Gras. Ray Abshire and his Cajun band rocked the dance hall when we were there.
The amazing sights, sounds, food -- oh the food -- and the drink combined with the locals, who welcome visitors with open arms and good humor, create a truly priceless experience.
Here's the official schedule for the five days of Mardi Gras 2019 entertainment in Eunice. Local, nationally-recognized and Grammy award-winning bands appeared on-stage in downtown Eunice. One of the reasons we absolutely love Cajun Country is we can find amazingly talented musicians playing in dance halls every night of the week. (Many of the spectacular Cajun and Zydeco bands appear in this video. Zydeco legend Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie play inside Nick's Restaurant toward the end. )
Friday, March 1st
Live music Downtown at Walnut & Second St.
7pm LaRecolte
10pm Wayne Toups
Saturday, March 2nd
Live music & events Downtown at Walnut & Second St.
12pm T-Monde
3pm Parade of Paw “Puppy Parade”
4pm Fred Charlie & the Acadiana Cajuns
6pm Jambalaya ft. Basile Mardi Gras Association @ Liberty Theatre
7pm Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys
9pm Jamie Bergeron &the Kickin Cajuns
Sunday, March 3rd
Live music & events Downtown at Walnut & Second St.
9:30 Eunice Old Time Boucherie
10am Ryan Simon & Acadien
12:30pm Kegan Navarre & Louisiana Traditions
3pm Children’s “Lil Mardi Gras” Parade
4pm Horace Trahan & the Ossun Express
Monday, March 4th
Live music & events Downtown at Walnut & Second St.
7pm Bubba Hebert & the New Morse Playboys
9pm Travis Matte & the Kingpins
Tuesday, March 5th
Live music & events Downtown at Walnut & Second St.
9:30am Wallace Trahan & Rice-N-Gravy
11am Ronnie Matthews & the Thow Down
1:30 Raul Daigle & Cajun Gold
3pm Mardi Gras Parade
4pm Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Leroy Thomas & The Zydeco Roadrunners made a surprise appearance at 6 p.m. Mardi Gras night.
I'd also like to mention it was a pleasure to meet Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot and the manager and crew at The Dugout who made us feel welcome and filled us in on the local Mardi Gras scene. Laissez les bons temps rouler! We'll be back!
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Music and Cajun French in the Most Cajun Place on Earth
Visit with legendary Cajun musician, DL Menard, and learn about the music and Cajun French of Vermilion Parish.
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Wow Jackson Square, the French Quarter are a wealth of history with the Saint Louis Cathedral dating back to 1721.
It would have been great to spend time here, see the nigh time bars, music, dining - next time...
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Louisiana - Creole food in Springfield, MA, (Big Mamou) #foodporn #food #travel
stopped by springfield, MA, hang out at this great little resturant near the bus station. Very tasty Louisiana crusine.
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CRAWFISH BOULETTES
Crawfish tail meat, creole spices, green onion, garlic, bell peppers, thyme...formed into balls & coated...then fried. Served with romoulade.
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A delicious spicy combination of crawfish tail meat, shrimp, red peppers, yellow squash, broccoli, green onion in a lobster brandy cream sauce. Served with rice over a puff pastry.
Louisiana Creole cuisine is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana which blends French,[1] Spanish,[1] Portuguese, Italian, Native American,[1] and African influences,[1] as well as general Southern cuisine. It is similar to Cajun cuisine in ingredients (such as the holy trinity), but the important distinction is that Cajun cuisine arose from the more rustic, provincial French cooking adapted by the Acadians to Louisiana ingredients, whereas the cooking of the Louisiana Creoles tended more toward classical European styles adapted to local foodstuffs. Broadly speaking, the French influence in Cajun cuisine is descended from various French Provincial cuisines of the peasantry, while Creole cuisine evolved in the homes of well-to-do aristocrats, or those who imitated their lifestyle. Although the Creole cuisine is closely identified with New Orleans culture today, much of it evolved in the country plantation estates so beloved of the pre-Civil War Creoles
Overview
The Spanish, Italian, and Canarian influences on Creole cuisine were in the heat of the peppers, the wide usage of citrus juice marinades, the supreme importance of rice, and the introduction of beans. The Spaniards and the Italians also used tomatoes extensively, which had not been a frequent ingredient in the earlier French era. Pasta and tomato sauces arrived during the period when New Orleans was a popular destination for Italian settlers (roughly, 1815 to 1925). Many of them became grocers, bakers, cheese makers and orchard farmers, and so influenced the Creole cuisine in New Orleans and its suburbs. The African influences which were extensive, came about because many of the servants were African-American, as were many of the cooks in restaurants and cafes.
The first French, Spanish and Portuguese Creole cookbooks date back to the era before the Louisiana Purchase. The first Creole cookbook in English was La Cuisine Creole: A Collection of Culinary Recipes, From Leading Chefs and Noted Creole Housewives, Who Have Made New Orleans Famous For Its Cuisine, written by Lafcadio Hearn and published in 1885.[3]
By that time Creole was already an identifiable regional cuisine recognized outside Louisiana: for example, an 1882 Florida hotel menu now in the New York Public Library's collection offered Chicken Saute, á la Creole.[4]
Starting in the 1980s, Cajun influence became important, spurred by the popular restaurant of Chef Paul Prudhomme. A national interest in Cajun cooking developed, and many tourists went to New Orleans expecting to find Cajun food there (being unaware that the city was culturally and geographically separate from Acadiana), so entrepreneurs opened or rebranded restaurants to meet this demand. The New New Orleans Cooking of celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse includes both Cajun and Creole dishes. In his writings and TV shows, Lagasse both draws the distinction between Cajun and Creole and explains where they overlap.[5]
With the rise of southern American Cooking in the 1980s, a New Creole (sometimes called Nouvelle Creole or Neo-American Creole Fusion) strain began to emerge. This movement is characterized in part by a renewed emphasis on fresh ingredients and lighter preparations, and in part by an outreach to other culinary traditions, including Cajun, Southern, Southwestern, and to a lesser degree Southeast Asian. While the Cajun food craze eventually passed, Modern Creole has remained as a predominant force in most major New Orleans restaurants.
Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.[9] Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River. As of the 2010 Census, the city's population was 153,060.[7] Metropolitan Springfield -- one of two metropolitan areas in Massachusetts (the other being Greater Boston) -- has an estimated population of 698,903, as of 2009.[8]
Part IV - Guinness World Record Skateboard Journey
Skateboarding from Austin, Texas to Los Angeles, California on my way across Europe, USA, and China.
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Breaking the Guinness World Record for Longest Journey by Skateboard, and extending the record to 4400 miles.
* Began: Key West, Florida (GPS: N24° 33′ 41.47″, W81° 48′ 13.75″) on 7th December 2007
* Ended: Los Angeles International Airport, California (GPS: N33° 56′ 42.57″, W118° 23′ 9.80″) on 13th April 2008
* Miles skated: 3435 miles / 5529km
* Time taken: 3 months 29 days
* Total rest days: 37 days
* Total skating days: 90 days
* Overall average miles a day while skating: 36 miles / 58km
* Total miles walked: Approx. 10 miles / 16km
* Total miles in a vehicle: 18 miles / 29km*
* Wheels replaced: One set
* Bearings replaced: Two sets
* Shoes worn out: Two pairs
* Heaviest pack weight on back: 55 lbs / 25kg (Day 584)
* Longest distance in one day: 62 miles / 101km (Day 614)
* Shortest distance in one day: 10 miles / 17km (Day 603)
* Most vertical gain in one day: 3675 feet / 1120m (Day 606)
* Toughest day on the board: Day 579 - 5 hours and 38 minutes of hell on super rough roads in Kinney County, Texas
* Worst fall: Day 585 - Fell off the board at 20mph / 32km/h near Marathon, Texas
* Favourite US States:
o People: Florida, Louisiana
o Food: Louisiana
o Scenery: California, Arizona
* Hottest temperature: 104°F / 40°C (Californian desert on Day 613)
* Coldest temperature: 21°F / -6°C at 7am on Day 593 in Texas
* Sleeping locations (out of 113 recorded locations):
o Local households / random people's houses: 44 nights (39%)
o Stealth camping/sleeping outdoors: 43 nights (38%)
o Campgrounds: 10 nights (9%)
o Hotel / Motel: 7 nights (6%)
o Friends' places: 6 nights (5%)
o Couchsurfing (couchsurfing.com): 3 nights (2.5%)
* Best outdoor sleep spot: Hall's Landing Campground next to Lake Talquin, Florida on Day 534; peaceful, dry, relaxing, and free.
* Worst outdoor sleep spot: Under Indian Key Channel Bridge in the Florida Keys on Day 506; biting ants and cramped, damp concrete spot to sleep (or not sleep, as the case was).
* Most Amazing Sight: The Glamis Sand Dunes in southern California on Day 614.
* Most Dangerous Situation: Being only a foot away from an oversize truck traveling at 100km/h (60mph) carrying a house (I-10 Freeway near Deming, New Mexico).
* Weirdest Request: Asked by a male Florida Department of Transportation employee (he pulled up beside me in a work vehicle) to come home with him that night to engage in questionable activities together.
* Weirdest Food: Cajun Style Boiled Dove in Mamou, Louisiana on Day 557. Despite the weird-factor, it was very delicious.
* Most Larger-Than-Life Characters Met: Winston and Jimmy in Chival, Florida on Day 525. Stories of real-life gangsters and the good old days of the liqour trade.
* Records broken: 4
o Guinness World Record™ for the Longest Journey By Skateboard (formerly 3,618 miles) †
o First Person to Skateboard Across the US Solo and Unassisted**
o Longest Distance Skateboarded Solo and Unassisted (now 4419 miles / 7,111km)**
o Most Countries Skateboarded Through‡
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The History of Mardi Gras Celebrations!
Did you know Mobile, Alabama was the original city which celebrated Mardi Gras way before New Orleans gets all the attention from around the world?
Mardi Gras is a famous carnival celebration, beginning on or after the Christian Feasts of the Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday. Festivals are very similar to many events all over the world.
By the way - Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday, reflecting the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season.
Let's learn more about their history!
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