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| Jeff Benoit and his Mother at B & O's Kitchen |
While exploring Southwest Louisiana,I found the perfect food for a Super Bowl party- Cajun boudin (boo-dah): amixture of ground pork, rice, onion, parsley, garlic and peppers injected intonatural casing. Some recipes include liver. Local Cajun, Creole and Germanfamilies make it, often sell it in a small shops and vigilantly protect their secretrecipe.
Boudin balls, nugget size pieces of the sausage, would be ahit at any party, especially a manly man party! The stuff is very filling anddid I mention cracklin's? If you don'tknow what cracklin's are, well...forget healthy and just enjoy.
Visit Lake Charles, the largest city in Calcasieu Parish, to drive the Boudin Trail thatruns along Interstate 10 and state highway 90. Stop to taste the differences inthe culinary delight from one shop to another. Yum!
I visited into B & O Kitchen and the owner, Jeff Benoit,told me his 82-year-old grandmother still worked in the store as doeshis son. When hunters in the area get lucky, Jeff cuts and packs the prize kill and makes them homemade sausage.
If you want to drive the Boudin Trail, pick up a pamphlet atthe Convention and Visitor's Bureau which explains everything--even explains how to cook it! Or simply click on this link for more information.
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| At Hollier's Cajun Kitchen |
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