Fellow Louisianian checking in. I lived in Lafayette for a couple years after Katrina too. I could really go for one of those grease-soaked burgers from Judice Inn now that I'm thinking of Lafayette.
Louisiana girl here! 🙋🏽♀️ About 20 minutes from Lafayette to be exact! Thank you for featuring some of our gems. Next time you try the boudin, steaming it is the best. ❤️ your channel!
There's a lot of good crossover possibility in Asian and Cajun cuisines. Both have a lot of rice. A cross between dirty rice and fried rice would be great!
Bless you Erin! You thought of everything. Your generosity is not lost on all of Emmy's viewers and we all know how thrilled she must have been when she received this.
And we get to experience these foods vicariously through Emmy. With her gifts for describing foods so well I have a good idea what unfamiliar goods taste like. I haven't tried any of the "sausages" boudin (?) But I've tried a number of other foods including, crawfish (yes I sucked the heads), jambalaya, and alligator and they're all delicious!! I can't wait to see Emmy's take on rhem.
My grandmother came to Louisiana straight from Laos back in the 70’s and she made her own hybrid of boudin using egg rolls! She put the filling in the boudin into an egg roll wrapper with sweet chili sauce on the side! You should definitely try it!
That sounds amazing. Was it greasy from the sausage though? Then again, you can put whatever you want in an "eggroll", dip it in sweet chili sauce and everyone thinks it's fabulous. 😉
I'm south of Lafayette and we eat a lot of boudin balls here. Take the boudin from the casing, roll into a ball, roll in flour or corn meal and deep fry. YUM!!
Emmy!! My heritage is Louisiana Creole. We make our own boudin (and andouille) from scratch. You must must MUST broil your boudin the next time you try it. Good boudin has a high fat content (we add butter and ground pork belly 🙂) so by broiling the boudin, you allow the fats to "fry" the rice and meats. It leaves a wonderful texture and deeper flavor than boiling it. I'm so happy you enjoyed boudin - it's my favorite food! Everyone who tried my dad's boudin falls in love 💛
My dad was from Louisiana and traditional boudin was made with pork and chicken livers, rice, and seasoning. It’s nothing more than dirty rice inside of a casing. Cracklings are the best when they’re fresh hot out of the oil.
Oh yay! I’m from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I’m so glad she sent you a little piece of the south! I’m so happy you enjoyed it! Can’t wait to watch more!😍🤩😊
My fiancé was born and raised in Shreveport Louisiana and he loves boudin and I fry it up in a pan with oil and make a scrambled egg and place all that in a corn tortilla with some cheese. Yum! Love you Emmy. 💛💚💜.
I am a NC boy and it's one of my favorite pork products ever. My best friend's mom is from Opelousas and makes a rice dressing that is basically boudin that's a bit heavier in the rice and not in a casing. So stinkin' good!
Justin Wilson brought us Cajun long before Emeril. You're too young to know him. He was on PBS in the 60s. You should check him out. A great story teller. Love your channel.
I'm not at all knocking what Erin sent you, but I am from Crowley, about 20 minutes outside of Lafayette. You have never tasted Boudin until you've eaten it from either The Best Stop in Scott, or Dons Specialty meats on I 10. One day, you mark my words Emmy, I am going to send you Boudin and Cracklin's from both of those places. Once you taste it, you will see exactly what I'm talking about LOL.
Absolutely. Those are the best places! Much better than the prepackaged stuff. Another place I like to get boudin from is Legnon's Boucherie in New Iberia; they're good, too!
Yesss my state!! I’m in Baton Rouge and I’m so excited to see this video! Lafayette has the best food along with New Orleans and Lake Charles! I love boudin!! We also have boudin balls stuffed with pepper jack cheese and those are my favorite and they are out of this world! I love to heat my cinnamon pecans up so they’re warm and it really brings out the flavor. Omg, what a bad time to be on my diet lol 🤤🤤 I can’t wait to see the other videos! 😍😍
Bri Rowe I’m from Baton Rouge too, but I live in Tennessee now, and there’s no food here (or really anywhere else in the country that I’ve been) that’s nearly as good as what we ate in Louisiana every day. You kind of take it for granted until you miss it!
Walking with Jesus , I'm walking with Jesus, too in New Iberia ! God bless you, and yours, in Jesus' precious name. Amen ! " Btw: " Happy Thanksgiving ! " 🙏🙌✌
I could not love this video more!!! I live in Cajun country and it was so exciting to see you try the foods that I've been eating my whole life. Thank you! ❤️
Thank you, Emmy, for bringing Boudin into the light. It is something I miss all the time. I was born and raised in the Houma/Raceland area of Louisiana. But as my father worked in the Oil Field, I have traveled all across southern Louisiana. I do ask you to forgive me as I must correct a few things. I would not do my ancestors and their memory proper if I did not correct the wrong history given. The Acadians did not just flee, they were forced from Acadiana by the Britsh Army from their homes, just as it was done to them 78 years before from all parts of Europe. The British forced the Acadians into their churches where they separated the childen first on their own boats. Then separated the women and men on their own boats. From there, their boats deposited them all across the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico. The Native Americans in certain regions were what saved most of the Acadians and thus gave us the names Cajuns. There were cases of people dying just from a broken heart for everything that they went through. Finally, Arkansas is the state to the north of Louisiana. Georgia is above Flordia and on the Atlantic Coast.
@@emmymade Most welcome and Thank you as well from my family and myself. We all have adored watching your videos for years and normally lurk and enjoying. We all make mistakes, and life knows when I make mine, someone is there to correct me as well. I just wanted to at least add to the countless amount of knowledge you have given us. 🌸🐺🦊😺🌸
It’s good to see all the Louisiana people representing in the comments- I’m from New Orleans. My Mom uses the cane syrup to make “syrup bread” which reminds me of gingerbread - so tasty.
As a proud Louisiana native born and raised in Baton Rouge, this just made me so happy and homesick at the same time (currently live in Dallas) 😫😫😫 I need to go home soon! Lol
I absolutely love the fact that I'm from Louisiana! Louisiana and the Carolinas, to me, are the only two areas that TRULY still have a large African influence.
Yup...enriched my childhood too...In SC...my family would cook in big black pots outside on some wood...Best stew chicken this side of creation...And yes...rice was served with every meal...our folks grew it...
Golden Ma You are so rite!! I'm not African, but I'm from Crowley, and I LOVE our heritage. My grandparents grew up dirt poor, and worked their way up. But that's where the BEST recipes were made. Louisiana has such rich history.
@Commie Punks Fuck Off in my experience that has not been the case and personally I feel like cultural exposure gives us all more empathy and understanding into the human race as a whole, regardless of race, background, sexuality, etc. I can't see that being a bad thing, but I can't speak for everyone, nor should I. I can only explain my own feelings towards my upbringing. Everyone experiences life differently and everyone takes away different lessons.
I’m creole (I’m from southeast Texas) and I love that you did this episode! (BTW thank you for correctly pronouncing all the French haha) it’s really cool to see someone enjoying my culture’s food, also boudin is one of my favorite foods ever I could eat it all day every day 😋 Emmy you are awesome... a good tip for eating boudin too it’s it’s way better with crackers and ,some people *cough cough * like me will eat it with pickles too yum!😜(also in my family we steam our boudin because it preserves the flavor and it keeps smoked boudin from becoming too mushy) (also here in Texas we typically don’t eat boudin noir we usually have boudin blanc that’s been smoked the same way you smoke sausage)
New Orleans has THE BEST FOOD. Probably the best food in America. Everything is so good. Po’Boys, Shrimp N Grits, Beignets, Red Beans & Rice, Dirty Rice, Gumbo 😋
Jasmine it is, hands down the absolute BEST comfort food native to the United States of America 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻 That amazing flock of so many countries’ influence really reached a beautiful thing in Louisiana! ⚜️⚜️⚜️
South of Louisiana can throw down too! Also, tbh a lot of people who live in Louisiana don't think that New Orleans food is all it's cracked up to be..it just has the stereotype of having the best Louisiana food because of the tourists.
Killa Craig I concur! NOLA isn’t the best, it’s exciting to outsiders but food wise it just isn’t...the best best. People there are just better cooks, they can make anything taste like home even if you’re from Connecticut!
I'm so happy you got to enjoy some delicious Lousiana food. Being born and raised near Lafayette, I can say that the Sovoy's has a special place in my heart as we had a, if not the, packing plant right outside of my home town. That is about as close to true Louisiana boudain you can get without having to stop at a little butcher shop/gas station out in the middle of the country somewhere. Also, the cracklin that you had there is not exactly what I'd call real cracklin, as it's usually got more meat to it and is so crunchy that you have to suck on them for a bit first before you bite into it. The pralines you had are actually one of two kinds, as you can get them either hard or soft. Those are the soft ones, and are my favorite, but the hard ones are basically a hard crack candy version of the exact same thing. As for the alligator meat? If you don't want to fry it, make a jambalaya out of it. But if you do fry it, I like to fry them on a stick so that they're easier to hold since good gator can fall apart since it can be a tender meat. Enjoy your taste of the south!
dude you grew up right next to their place and can't even spell it ? AND you can't spell boudin? Where are you really from? At least you know what true cracklins are.
Actually, the spelling goes either way. I live in Shreveport these days, which is closer to Texas. Texas people often use the -ain ending as opposed to the -in which is the Traditional French spelling. So, less of a spelling error, more of the locals polluting me. It was an honest slip, despite having the discussion many, many times before on the correct spelling. My bad.
if there are Spanish (Cuban, Dominican or Puerto Rican food stores or restaurants) you can get Chiccarrons which is fried pork skins with meat attached. It's not exactly Cajun style coz we cut ours small and they leave theirs in large pieces.
When I was a kid, my brother and I would slide the boudin filling up like a savory pushup pop. Running around with it in our hands wrapped in a paper towel. I love those memories.
Erin did so well with packaging! I have seen so many videos on Louisiana’s culture that I don’t recognize and question if I’m actually from there but everything in this video is true to New Orleans ! I love that Emmy does research for every video to help inform others about different places ❤️ I suggest grilling or frying the boudin. I prefer boudin with a crispy skin rather than a chewy skin that’s hard to eat.
*My dream destination, Louisiana. I love the people there and as a foodie the food there looks delicious. I'm from the Caribbean so, some day I'll be able to go there.* 💞
Emmy your videos just make me so happy. I have been watching you for years and I love your enthusiasm so much! I hope that you always enjoy doing this as much as I enjoy watching you
Geological fun fact: there's actually a kind of rock formation called a "boudinage," named because it looks like a link of sausages (or boudins) in a rock!
I love that you made this video. Many thanks to Erin. I live in the heart of Cajun country, Vermillion parish. I live the the town where they bottle Steens syrup. They sell boudin at mostly all the local gas stations. I have started watching all your videos (couple months ago) and love them so much. Thanks Emmy! ❤️❤️❤️
another great video full of facts that I never knew. Thanks, Emmy. I love watching you describe the flavor and textures that you eat! I feel like I'm right in your kitchen when you do! I can't wait for the next episode!!!
Boudin is definitely best served with syrup or molasses. Yummmmm!!! Im so happy that Emmy is trying out Louisiana cuisine and sharing the facts with people. And I was so excited that she was good at pronouncing things!
It's unfortunate she didn't send you even one of the top 5 best boudin brands. The three best ones in my humble opinion are Don's in Lafayette Louisiana, The Best Stop in Scott Louisiana, and Billy's in Opelousas Louisiana where they have boudin balls with pepper jack cheese in the center. And my favorite way to cook the boudin link is in the casing fried in about 1/2 an inch of cooking oil.
Mmmm alligator meat is soooo gooood. And crawfish is absolutely delicious. You're gonna have fun with all of that good eatin'. To get that fresh cooked deep fried pork skin experience put the cracklins on a cookie sheet and put into a hot oven for about 5-10 minutes. So good.
So excited to see you do a Louisiana package Emmy! I'm super happy to see my humble lil state make it onto your channel, many thanks to Erin for making this happen!!
The absolute best way to enjoy Louisiana Cajun cuisine is o come down to Louisiana ,,,,,,its not just the food,,,,,,,its people,,,,,,the culture ,,,,,,and the love they put into everything.
Boudin is my favorite! My dad makes his own and it’s so amazingly delicious! When i went to Louisiana I didn’t get to eat any freshly made there but I tried the pralines and omg they are delicious! I also had a praline liquor that tasted great with ice cream
I just got back from Lafayette the other day, we were visiting a friend who lives there. It’s so funny that you posted this video. I ate at three different boudin places while I was there and they were all delicious! The best was the smoked boudin and the boudin balls with pepper jack cheese! 🤤 Thanks for sharing such a great food from an area that deserves more exposure.
Emmy I Love, Love Love you channel. I'm from New Orleans and am so excited that you showcased a segment about Cajun Cuisine. Most people don't know there's a difference between Cajun and Creole cuisine so thanks for the education. Who Dat!!!!
we always put boudin in a pan with about half inch of water to cook it flip once, Believe it or not Deer or beef tamales are big in Louisiana as well. A great brand is Mickey Browns.
@@emmymade Louisiana , Texas, Mississippi hunters kill a lot of deer which is a lot more lean than beef so to use up the meat they will make deer sausage, deer tamale, deer chili, deer buritos, etc. The taste is great kinda like beef but it can be dry and if you know how to fix it and season it right there isnt any wild taste at all. A mixture of pork butt added to the deer meat ads the extra fat and that meat can be used in almost anything. I believe the seasoning they gave you can be added to almost any mixture of meat to get a tasty end product. This may sound funny but most men round here know how to cook almost as good as our wives. Especially in Louisiana, It isnt frowned upon and in some instances he women like getting a break when their men cook. I cannot wait to see you cook up the alligator. You can make an aligator sauce Piquante, which is delicious and the Piquante sauce can be used in a Turtle meat (delicious has meat that is unique to any dish) Piquante Also an Alligator Courtbouillon (pronounced koo be aw) is delicious as well.
@@emmymade Also do yourself a favor and fry up a few peaces with corn flour and seasoning instead of just regular flour and seasoning. Zaterans makes a fantastic fish fry using corn flour . The taste is fantastic!
by the way the difference is one is more roux-based and involves browning meat (sauce Piquante) while the other is more of a poaching meat (fish) in a heavier tomato-base liquid/gravy (Court Boullion) the ingredients for making both can be very similar but the taste can be quit different. Alligator meat can be very tough so marinating it or cooking a bit longer can help with that
I'm from South Louisiana, Assumption parish to be more specific. Growing up by the bayou boudin is definitely a favorite. I'm so excited to see you try this Emmy!!
I live in South Georgia. We also use cane syrup around here. I understand the logical thing for "syrup" is waffles or pancakes but we use it mostly for meat. Like, a sweet sauce for fried pork chops. So good! We have pecan trees all over our land. We call them pee-cans, pu-con sound very strange.
I'm so glad that you got the chance to experience Louisiana's magic like this! It's really exciting watching someone else discover (and enjoy) food you already love and cherish! Bon temps!
😍😍😍😍😍YESSSSS, I love that stuff. At first I thought it was a little too gamey for my taste buds but they kinda grew on me. 😍😍😍😍😍The funny thing is that the only place that sells boudin around me (Antioch CA.) is actually a Mexican market.
Glad you liked our food. Our area, south Louisiana, has received many southeast Asian immigrants. They enjoy the fact that so much of our traditional foods are similar to their traditional foods. Rice mixed with pork, beef, poultry, or seafood is common here. We also do a breakfast of eggs and rice made with leftover rice. I fry my eggs till the White is hard but the yolk is soft and put them over the reheated steamed rice with a bit of seasoning.
The Canadian Acadians have given Louisiana a lot in way of culinary delights, but also the introduction to the French language. Boudin is actually originally a Canadian recipe and it was closer to a blood sausage. There was no rice in in, and called Boudin du Pays. If you go to the east coast of Canada (Acadia), people still make things like gumbo, jambalaya, and something we call freeko! The famous Beignet, is not only French sounding, but has it's roots in Canada, and was a play on the traditional Bannock. Bannock = Beignet. This is a great video. Loved it!
Not completely correct. The majority of our food is actually a fusion of french( nova scotica canadian)and african. Far more african influence than anything else. Jambalaya is a well known descendant of jallof rice. And we all know how the french ended up with those recipes. Didn't they invade a lot of africa? I'm Cajun. Part of the Houma tribe. I know my heritage well. Alot was adapted from african slaves.
I can't speak to the food for sure but the Acadians did not introduce French to the United States, the French did. The Acadians went to Louisiana after the expulsion because it was a French colony. They were given the option to go there or back to France. And as for gumbo and jambalaya on the east coast I would assume it's a transport from Louisiana when a chunk of the Acadians came back to Canada about a generation or two after the expulsion. Or possibly an import from all of the trade links between Halifax and the Caribbean in the late 1800s and early 1900s, especially considering most black Canadians are of Caribbean origin (though most today are from families that immigrated in the 1960s) and both gumbo and jambalaya are variations of west African recipes altered by slavery.
@@rachael501 You might be right as for us (french) when you say boudin, it's mostly a blood sausage black or white from french caribbean so it makes sense, same for jambalaya . About the african influences i'm not really sure as pork isn't common in africa. It might be adapted food by slave and slave decent with what they had on the area
This reminds me I have to get some Andouille sausage to add to my Thanksgiving stuffing /you’ll have to treat yourself to a crab boil sometime in the future
Kurstielyn Robichaux hey boo , didn't know you watched Emmy 😂😂😂 was scrolling thru the comments looking for LA people but didn't expect to find my best friend 😂☺️❤️ imma text you 😂❤️❤️❤️
I'm currently in the military and 1000 miles away from home. (Lafayette Louisiana) and viewing this makes me happy and sad at the same time. Its nostalgic. I hope I get to go home soon. I miss eating the food I grew up on. ❤❤
Just clicked.... Before watching I've gotta say this is my absolute favorite food ever, has been all my life. I'm Cajun, and you just said its from Lafayette... Lucky you!!! Hope you enjoy!!! And the gator... DO NOT OVERCOOK!!!
Though I now live in Texas, I grew up in Lafayette. You are spot on!! And you even pronounced all the Cajun words and names perfectly! Congratulations!
Emmy!! I’m jumping up and down excited that you made this video. I’m from New Orleans but I lived in Lafayette for college and met my Cajun husband there. Erin did an AWESOME job sending you the most authentic and local brands and I’m so glad she sent you all the best stuff! I’m feeling so nostalgic now. ☺️ And thank you for the accurate and easy to understand history on Cajun and Creole culture and cuisine. I’m bias but this is my favorite video you’ve ever done. 😉❤️ Can’t wait to see you make etouffé and alligator!
I’m from South Carolina but I love everything about Louisiana. The food is AMAZING. The culture & just the atmosphere is something I love. Now we have to see you make dirty rice!
If you take the boudan out of the casings and add to sour cream and cajun seasoning it makes an excellent dip serve with Ruffles potato chips...you will not be disappointed! Love your channel and personality
Almost all alligator meat for sale in Florida is frozen alligator tail meat farmed in Louisiana. Some people do hunt alligators here, and I think there are some alligator farms, but mostly...
Lol when I describe the taste of alligator to someone I always hate to say "tastes like chicken", but it really does. I see it like chicken with texture more like lobster. Absolutely delicious though.
I'm Cajun all the way . I love my Boudin and Cracklins from Billy's. Before anyone judges ( I love my Roux) and Sausage from Savoie's . We are Tigers on Saturday and Saints on Sunday ! Also, Thank you so much for this !! My best friend seen this and showed me and it cheered me up because I was having a not so nice night and also not many people know the difference between Creole and Cajun. Thank you for researching and knowing the difference 😊.
Emmy thanks for representing SOLA. There is no better food or food enthusiasts than here. I apologize if that sounds arrogant because it's not! Making a $ outta 15 cents is our motto. Gator, either cook it fast or braise it for hours to be tender. Like fancy calimari. Love that you are highlighting SOLA cuisine. You come to St. Francisville and we'll host your show and throw back the love that you show your viewers! AWESOME video Em 💙
Greetings from Lafayette! Hope you enjoyed our Cajun food! It's so nice to see real Cajun food sourced from the heart of Cajun country on a youtube channel. :)
i’m gonna be living for this series! i’m in alabama the neighboring state of louisiana so i still get my fair share of southern cajun food especially SEAFOOD😜 i say pee-can & pray-leen i’m country 😉
Emmy, your outfit is very Arthur the Aardvark 👍🏾
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Hah! Your right! My niece was just Arthur this past Halloween!
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@@darellgrant8753 this was my first thought!
And I say HEY!
Are there any foods you’ve discovered through these taste tests that you’ve incorporated into your daily life?
Taylor Jaxtheimer this is such a good question I hope she sees it
I agree, such a great question.
Great question!
Should get more likes so she can see this comment.
Brilliant question.
@emmymadeinjapan enquiring minds really want to know the answer.
You’re on my turf now, Emmy! Much love from the Boot!!
The boot doesn't get much love at all so it was a surprise
Sending love from "The Boot" as well
Fellow Louisianian checking in. I lived in Lafayette for a couple years after Katrina too. I could really go for one of those grease-soaked burgers from Judice Inn now that I'm thinking of Lafayette.
❤️ from the boot as well!! So happy Louisiana is finally getting recognition
Geaux to bed!! How boutcha cajun boi! #bootlife #Many,la
Louisiana girl here! 🙋🏽♀️ About 20 minutes from Lafayette to be exact! Thank you for featuring some of our gems. Next time you try the boudin, steaming it is the best. ❤️ your channel!
Bianca Boutte-Curley aye i live in lafayette
I’m not in Louisiana but my ansestors came up through the state
Hi Bianca.. how long should pork boudin be steamed for?
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I'm roughly half Chinese and a quarter Cajun French, so I like to say I'm a Ragin' Asian Cajun.
Tippi B hahaha! Love it! 💕
LOL That's cool your comment made my day.
There's just a restaurant near where I live called Asian Cajun. They serve Cajun seafood boils and Chinese food. It's yummy
There's a lot of good crossover possibility in Asian and Cajun cuisines. Both have a lot of rice. A cross between dirty rice and fried rice would be great!
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Bless you Erin! You thought of everything. Your generosity is not lost on all of Emmy's viewers and we all know how thrilled she must have been when she received this.
Hear, hear!
And we get to experience these foods vicariously through Emmy. With her gifts for describing foods so well I have a good idea what unfamiliar goods taste like. I haven't tried any of the "sausages" boudin (?) But I've tried a number of other foods including, crawfish (yes I sucked the heads), jambalaya, and alligator and they're all delicious!! I can't wait to see Emmy's take on rhem.
My grandmother came to Louisiana straight from Laos back in the 70’s and she made her own hybrid of boudin using egg rolls! She put the filling in the boudin into an egg roll wrapper with sweet chili sauce on the side! You should definitely try it!
That sounds amazing. Was it greasy from the sausage though? Then again, you can put whatever you want in an "eggroll", dip it in sweet chili sauce and everyone thinks it's fabulous. 😉
CeeCee Nunya as greasy as any other egg roll
That sounds amazing! As a Cajun who grew up in the Thibodaux area, I love boudin, but I bet that combination would take it to another level.
Some grocery stores sell those down here. Did they steal her recipe?? Lol
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I'm south of Lafayette and we eat a lot of boudin balls here. Take the boudin from the casing, roll into a ball, roll in flour or corn meal and deep fry. YUM!!
East. You're not south of Lafayette. 😁
Omg boudin balls are life
or wrap a piece of pepper jack cheese with the boudin rice then bread it and fry it. We love stuffed boudin balls in Louisiana!
Oh crap, you're right. We still eat boudin balls here though....even though I'm directionally challenged.
@@1234tamica I've never had those before but they sound delicious! I will be trying that in the future.
Emmy!! My heritage is Louisiana Creole. We make our own boudin (and andouille) from scratch. You must must MUST broil your boudin the next time you try it. Good boudin has a high fat content (we add butter and ground pork belly 🙂) so by broiling the boudin, you allow the fats to "fry" the rice and meats. It leaves a wonderful texture and deeper flavor than boiling it.
I'm so happy you enjoyed boudin - it's my favorite food! Everyone who tried my dad's boudin falls in love 💛
And there’s gonna be three episodes! Woot woot! Thank you for representing Louisiana. I live about an hour from Lafayette in Lake Charles
Leslie Casteel lol me too! I saw the thumbnail and got so excited. I wish she'd try pounce
I live closer to dequincy in sulphur! Hey neighbor!! :-)
Near Beaumont myself.
Game Czar I lived in Nederland for 4 years
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As an Egyptian born in Quebec, it's so interesting to see that there are foods so common to both those cultures with Lousiana! SOOO fascinating!
My dad was from Louisiana and traditional boudin was made with pork and chicken livers, rice, and seasoning. It’s nothing more than dirty rice inside of a casing.
Cracklings are the best when they’re fresh hot out of the oil.
Oh yay! I’m from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I’m so glad she sent you a little piece of the south! I’m so happy you enjoyed it! Can’t wait to watch more!😍🤩😊
My fiancé was born and raised in Shreveport Louisiana and he loves boudin and I fry it up in a pan with oil and make a scrambled egg and place all that in a corn tortilla with some cheese. Yum! Love you Emmy. 💛💚💜.
Yes yes yes! Boudin is my favorite thing ever!
-Louisiana girl
E L. It looks and sounds amazing!!
E L. i’m from LA too!! boudin is the best ESPECIALLY Billies Boudin in Scott!!
I am a NC boy and it's one of my favorite pork products ever. My best friend's mom is from Opelousas and makes a rice dressing that is basically boudin that's a bit heavier in the rice and not in a casing. So stinkin' good!
E L. I also live in Louisiana it was so cool to see how others liked our foods! I’m from New Orleans
@@gabbierobichaux HECK YEAH!!😍
Justin Wilson brought us Cajun long before Emeril. You're too young to know him. He was on PBS in the 60s. You should check him out. A great story teller. Love your channel.
He gained quite a following through the decades. Look for a clip of him on the David Letterman show ☺
How y'all are?
I forgot about him but i dont know how because I just loved watching him. I still say On-yawn as I add onions to a dish.
I'm here ta told ya, I gah-ron-tee!
Yes!!! I loved watching reruns of his shows.
Many thanks to Erin! It all looks interesting and delicious.
i absolutely love boudin! to the point that it's all I ever want to eat. and fried chicken, lol
I'm not at all knocking what Erin sent you, but I am from Crowley, about 20 minutes outside of Lafayette. You have never tasted Boudin until you've eaten it from either The Best Stop in Scott, or Dons Specialty meats on I 10. One day, you mark my words Emmy, I am going to send you Boudin and Cracklin's from both of those places. Once you taste it, you will see exactly what I'm talking about LOL.
Absolutely. Those are the best places! Much better than the prepackaged stuff. Another place I like to get boudin from is Legnon's Boucherie in New Iberia; they're good, too!
Vivian Nguyen , I'm in New Iberia and my nephew treated me to some from Legnon's ! Cest si bon ! ✌
YES🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 Best Stop is hands down the best!!!
Vivian Nguyen
You know, I go to new Iberia every now and then. I'm going to have to try it next time I go. Thank you for the tip!
Man you forgetting Billy's!
Yesss my state!! I’m in Baton Rouge and I’m so excited to see this video! Lafayette has the best food along with New Orleans and Lake Charles! I love boudin!! We also have boudin balls stuffed with pepper jack cheese and those are my favorite and they are out of this world! I love to heat my cinnamon pecans up so they’re warm and it really brings out the flavor. Omg, what a bad time to be on my diet lol 🤤🤤 I can’t wait to see the other videos! 😍😍
Oh, my...toasting the cinnamon pecans - genius. 😉
From Ponchatoula-New Orleans, here.. :-)
Bri Rowe I’m from Baton Rouge too, but I live in Tennessee now, and there’s no food here (or really anywhere else in the country that I’ve been) that’s nearly as good as what we ate in Louisiana every day. You kind of take it for granted until you miss it!
I live in Lafayette, LA!!
Bri Rowe the pepperjack cheese boudin balls are the best!!! i’m from Lafayette and definitely agree we have one of the best foods around!!!
Creole girl here and I'm super jealous. I haven't had Boudin in years and it's one of my favorite things in the world.
Lol! I love seeing how many people are from Louisiana! because I am too!!💜💜
Walking with Jesus , I'm walking with Jesus, too in New Iberia ! God bless you, and yours, in Jesus' precious name. Amen ! " Btw: " Happy Thanksgiving ! " 🙏🙌✌
Right?! We in here!
I could not love this video more!!! I live in Cajun country and it was so exciting to see you try the foods that I've been eating my whole life. Thank you! ❤️
Thank you, Emmy, for bringing Boudin into the light. It is something I miss all the time. I was born and raised in the Houma/Raceland area of Louisiana. But as my father worked in the Oil Field, I have traveled all across southern Louisiana.
I do ask you to forgive me as I must correct a few things. I would not do my ancestors and their memory proper if I did not correct the wrong history given. The Acadians did not just flee, they were forced from Acadiana by the Britsh Army from their homes, just as it was done to them 78 years before from all parts of Europe. The British forced the Acadians into their churches where they separated the childen first on their own boats. Then separated the women and men on their own boats. From there, their boats deposited them all across the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico.
The Native Americans in certain regions were what saved most of the Acadians and thus gave us the names Cajuns. There were cases of people dying just from a broken heart for everything that they went through.
Finally, Arkansas is the state to the north of Louisiana. Georgia is above Flordia and on the Atlantic Coast.
Thanks so much for the corrections. 🙏
@@emmymade Most welcome and Thank you as well from my family and myself. We all have adored watching your videos for years and normally lurk and enjoying. We all make mistakes, and life knows when I make mine, someone is there to correct me as well. I just wanted to at least add to the countless amount of knowledge you have given us. 🌸🐺🦊😺🌸
It’s good to see all the Louisiana people representing in the comments- I’m from New Orleans. My Mom uses the cane syrup to make “syrup bread” which reminds me of gingerbread - so tasty.
cracklins are the best!!
Moxie Beast ASMR yes, just yes
They really are.
emmymadeinjapan hey, just wanted to say thanks for the entertaining content, and especially for this video showing off food from where I grew up.
the best carb free protein rich snack there is in the world
Yes they are .. love them !
As a proud Louisiana native born and raised in Baton Rouge, this just made me so happy and homesick at the same time (currently live in Dallas) 😫😫😫 I need to go home soon! Lol
I absolutely love the fact that I'm from Louisiana! Louisiana and the Carolinas, to me, are the only two areas that TRULY still have a large African influence.
I can attest, as someone that grew up in north carolina, that yes we had a pretty significant African influence.
Yup...enriched my childhood too...In SC...my family would cook in big black pots outside on some wood...Best stew chicken this side of creation...And yes...rice was served with every meal...our folks grew it...
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You are so rite!! I'm not African, but I'm from Crowley, and I LOVE our heritage. My grandparents grew up dirt poor, and worked their way up. But that's where the BEST recipes were made. Louisiana has such rich history.
@Lord Cognus How so, like with spices or ?
@Commie Punks Fuck Off in my experience that has not been the case and personally I feel like cultural exposure gives us all more empathy and understanding into the human race as a whole, regardless of race, background, sexuality, etc. I can't see that being a bad thing, but I can't speak for everyone, nor should I. I can only explain my own feelings towards my upbringing. Everyone experiences life differently and everyone takes away different lessons.
I’m creole (I’m from southeast Texas) and I love that you did this episode! (BTW thank you for correctly pronouncing all the French haha) it’s really cool to see someone enjoying my culture’s food, also boudin is one of my favorite foods ever I could eat it all day every day 😋 Emmy you are awesome... a good tip for eating boudin too it’s it’s way better with crackers and ,some people *cough cough * like me will eat it with pickles too yum!😜(also in my family we steam our boudin because it preserves the flavor and it keeps smoked boudin from becoming too mushy) (also here in Texas we typically don’t eat boudin noir we usually have boudin blanc that’s been smoked the same way you smoke sausage)
New Orleans has THE BEST FOOD. Probably the best food in America. Everything is so good. Po’Boys, Shrimp N Grits, Beignets, Red Beans & Rice, Dirty Rice, Gumbo 😋
Jasmine it is, hands down the absolute BEST comfort food native to the United States of America 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
That amazing flock of so many countries’ influence really reached a beautiful thing in Louisiana!
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kate carew I agree!!
South of Louisiana can throw down too! Also, tbh a lot of people who live in Louisiana don't think that New Orleans food is all it's cracked up to be..it just has the stereotype of having the best Louisiana food because of the tourists.
Killa Craig facts. Lafayette food is better tbh😛
Killa Craig I concur! NOLA isn’t the best, it’s exciting to outsiders but food wise it just isn’t...the best best.
People there are just better cooks, they can make anything taste like home even if you’re from Connecticut!
I’m from lafayette I’m glad you showcases this delicacy!! Boudin is the best!! If you in the area go to billys!
You sure are from Lafayette giving that answer.😆 Billy's is the best hands down. Ever try their boudin balls with pepper jack cheese in the middle?
I'm so happy you got to enjoy some delicious Lousiana food.
Being born and raised near Lafayette, I can say that the Sovoy's has a special place in my heart as we had a, if not the, packing plant right outside of my home town. That is about as close to true Louisiana boudain you can get without having to stop at a little butcher shop/gas station out in the middle of the country somewhere. Also, the cracklin that you had there is not exactly what I'd call real cracklin, as it's usually got more meat to it and is so crunchy that you have to suck on them for a bit first before you bite into it. The pralines you had are actually one of two kinds, as you can get them either hard or soft. Those are the soft ones, and are my favorite, but the hard ones are basically a hard crack candy version of the exact same thing. As for the alligator meat? If you don't want to fry it, make a jambalaya out of it. But if you do fry it, I like to fry them on a stick so that they're easier to hold since good gator can fall apart since it can be a tender meat.
Enjoy your taste of the south!
Thanks so much for all of the regional tips. 🙌Now, I want some fresh cracklins. 🤤
dude you grew up right next to their place and can't even spell it ? AND you can't spell boudin? Where are you really from? At least you know what true cracklins are.
Actually, the spelling goes either way. I live in Shreveport these days, which is closer to Texas. Texas people often use the -ain ending as opposed to the -in which is the Traditional French spelling. So, less of a spelling error, more of the locals polluting me. It was an honest slip, despite having the discussion many, many times before on the correct spelling.
My bad.
if there are Spanish (Cuban, Dominican or Puerto Rican food stores or restaurants) you can get Chiccarrons which is fried pork skins with meat attached. It's not exactly Cajun style coz we cut ours small and they leave theirs in large pieces.
When I was a kid, my brother and I would slide the boudin filling up like a savory pushup pop. Running around with it in our hands wrapped in a paper towel. I love those memories.
That mustard [colored] sweater looks great on you, Emmy. 💗
Erin did so well with packaging! I have seen so many videos on Louisiana’s culture that I don’t recognize and question if I’m actually from there but everything in this video is true to New Orleans ! I love that Emmy does research for every video to help inform others about different places ❤️ I suggest grilling or frying the boudin. I prefer boudin with a crispy skin rather than a chewy skin that’s hard to eat.
*My dream destination, Louisiana. I love the people there and as a foodie the food there looks delicious. I'm from the Caribbean so, some day I'll be able to go there.* 💞
Omg the food is fantastic! I hope you get to visit,you won't regret it!
Same here! I'm from Trinidad and I always have wanted to go to LA and try Cajun food!
Carla Franco *I'm from Trinidad as well*
@@a.j7781 nice!!!! How yuh making out in this weather? Sick of rain!
Carla Franco *I live around a lot of mountains so no flooding, mostly rain and coldness.* 😂
Emmy your videos just make me so happy. I have been watching you for years and I love your enthusiasm so much! I hope that you always enjoy doing this as much as I enjoy watching you
Fried boudin balls are AMAZING!!!! I used to live in Lafayette.
West Texas Sinderella especially with pepper jack cheese in the middle
Geological fun fact: there's actually a kind of rock formation called a "boudinage," named because it looks like a link of sausages (or boudins) in a rock!
This just heightens my desire to visit Louisiana!
Collin Coffey Do it! You won’t regret it. There’s no other place like it!
Come on over Sha we welcome all here in this gumbo pot!
Really, why? I hate it here
I love that you made this video.
Many thanks to Erin.
I live in the heart of Cajun country, Vermillion parish.
I live the the town where they bottle Steens syrup.
They sell boudin at mostly all the local gas stations.
I have started watching all your videos (couple months ago) and love them so much.
Thanks Emmy!
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Natchitoches, Louisiana girl here!! best way to eat boudin is grilled its so yummy!!!
From Natty too!
OMG! Natchitoches Emmy fans!! We should have little Emmy get togethers where we all try weird food :P
A few minutes from Nat! Many, Here!!
My hometown is your sister city in Texas: Nacogdoches!
Many louisiana by way of Nacogdoches texas here. Hi!
the fork and knife made me laugh. This is finger food, grab and chow down
I saw the thumbnail and got so excited. Smoked boudin is my favorite! I'm surprised to see so much love for Louisiana in the comments.
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another great video full of facts that I never knew. Thanks, Emmy. I love watching you describe the flavor and textures that you eat! I feel like I'm right in your kitchen when you do! I can't wait for the next episode!!!
Being I'm from SOUTH Louisiana! Thanks for this!! Love your videos. You're pretty amazing.
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Boudin is definitely best served with syrup or molasses. Yummmmm!!! Im so happy that Emmy is trying out Louisiana cuisine and sharing the facts with people. And I was so excited that she was good at pronouncing things!
Comeaux is CO-mo, emphasis on the first syllable. This is my neck o' the woods, so these are fun!
I laughed out loud when I heard her pronounce Comeaux hahahaha
But she pronounced boudin correctly ❤️
Game Czar , thank you !
It's unfortunate she didn't send you even one of the top 5 best boudin brands. The three best ones in my humble opinion are Don's in Lafayette Louisiana, The Best Stop in Scott Louisiana, and Billy's in Opelousas Louisiana where they have boudin balls with pepper jack cheese in the center. And my favorite way to cook the boudin link is in the casing fried in about 1/2 an inch of cooking oil.
Mmmm alligator meat is soooo gooood. And crawfish is absolutely delicious. You're gonna have fun with all of that good eatin'. To get that fresh cooked deep fried pork skin experience put the cracklins on a cookie sheet and put into a hot oven for about 5-10 minutes. So good.
I am from Lafayette la and it makes me happy to see others experiencing our culture and food!
Awww thank you Emmy for testing Louisiana!! I'm from Louisiana!!! I enjoy watching all of your videos and you are so awesome😀😀
Believe me, it was my pleasure. 💕
So excited to see you do a Louisiana package Emmy! I'm super happy to see my humble lil state make it onto your channel, many thanks to Erin for making this happen!!
When I saw you post boudin on your IG story I was so excited for this video!! Bonjour des Acadiens madame emmy!
Bonjour mon amie. Je suis un Canadiene. Est-ce que tu est Acadien? J’adore la langue de français. Trés belle.
Bonjour du Québec !
Bonjour de France !
The absolute best way to enjoy Louisiana Cajun cuisine is o come down to Louisiana ,,,,,,its not just the food,,,,,,,its people,,,,,,the culture ,,,,,,and the love they put into everything.
Finally a Louisiana video!! Much love from cajun country! I live about 20 mins from Laffayette 💕
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Piper Ashley , greetings from New Iberia ! ✌
@@maem7636 small world thats where I am from too!
Boudin is my favorite! My dad makes his own and it’s so amazingly delicious! When i went to Louisiana I didn’t get to eat any freshly made there but I tried the pralines and omg they are delicious! I also had a praline liquor that tasted great with ice cream
Steens! I love it on pancakes, toast, ice cream, and ham!
Ooo...I haven't had it on ice cream yet. 🤤
Camille F , it makes the best pecan pie and popcorn balls ! Greetings from New Iberia Louisiana !
Thank you so much for trying our food and learning about our culture. :) We are very proud of our cuisine so seeing you enjoy it made me very happy.
Emmy could easily be on the food network with the way she describes food.
I would like to see her do a collaboration with Binging With Babish or Chef John from Food Wishes.
I just got back from Lafayette the other day, we were visiting a friend who lives there. It’s so funny that you posted this video. I ate at three different boudin places while I was there and they were all delicious! The best was the smoked boudin and the boudin balls with pepper jack cheese! 🤤 Thanks for sharing such a great food from an area that deserves more exposure.
Yes I'm a lousianna girl!
I love watching you eat, like a little kid just having innocent fun. Enjoying your channel. Cheers!!!
Being from Lafayette, Comeauxs has always had the best boudin!! Thank you Erin for sharing our favorite foods with her 💜💜
maybe you should drive west 4 miles and try Best Stop or Billy's
Emmy I Love, Love Love you channel. I'm from New Orleans and am so excited that you showcased a segment about Cajun Cuisine. Most people don't know there's a difference between Cajun and Creole cuisine so thanks for the education. Who Dat!!!!
we always put boudin in a pan with about half inch of water to cook it flip once,
Believe it or not Deer or beef tamales are big in Louisiana as well. A great brand is Mickey Browns.
Deer tamales?! I've never heard of that before. I adore tamales. 😋
@@emmymade Louisiana , Texas, Mississippi hunters kill a lot of deer which is a lot more lean than beef so to use up the meat they will make deer sausage, deer tamale, deer chili, deer buritos, etc. The taste is great kinda like beef but it can be dry and if you know how to fix it and season it right there isnt any wild taste at all. A mixture of pork butt added to the deer meat ads the extra fat and that meat can be used in almost anything.
I believe the seasoning they gave you can be added to almost any mixture of meat to get a tasty end product.
This may sound funny but most men round here know how to cook almost as good as our wives. Especially in Louisiana, It isnt frowned upon and in some instances he women like getting a break when their men cook.
I cannot wait to see you cook up the alligator.
You can make an aligator sauce Piquante, which is delicious and the Piquante sauce can be used in a
Turtle meat (delicious has meat that is unique to any dish) Piquante
Also an Alligator Courtbouillon (pronounced koo be aw) is delicious as well.
@@emmymade Also do yourself a favor and fry up a few peaces with corn flour and seasoning instead of just regular flour and seasoning. Zaterans makes a fantastic fish fry using corn flour . The taste is fantastic!
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by the way the difference is one is more roux-based and involves browning meat (sauce Piquante) while the other is more of a poaching meat (fish) in a heavier tomato-base liquid/gravy (Court Boullion) the ingredients for making both can be very similar but the taste can be quit different. Alligator meat can be very tough so marinating it or cooking a bit longer can help with that
This is so great to see. I love the food from Louisiana and spend every Thanksgiving in the state avoiding family.
I love boudin so much oh my god. I'm cajun, grew up on it.
yes Emmy!!!! i grew up 15 minutes from Lafayette, i’m so excited you’re exposing everyone to cajun food!!!
I'm from South Louisiana, Assumption parish to be more specific. Growing up by the bayou boudin is definitely a favorite. I'm so excited to see you try this Emmy!!
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This video got me so excited! I’m from Lafayette so to watch my fav TH-camr try our food is awesome! Thanks Emmy and Erin
I live in South Georgia. We also use cane syrup around here. I understand the logical thing for "syrup" is waffles or pancakes but we use it mostly for meat. Like, a sweet sauce for fried pork chops. So good! We have pecan trees all over our land. We call them pee-cans, pu-con sound very strange.
I'm so glad that you got the chance to experience Louisiana's magic like this! It's really exciting watching someone else discover (and enjoy) food you already love and cherish! Bon temps!
😍😍😍😍😍YESSSSS, I love that stuff. At first I thought it was a little too gamey for my taste buds but they kinda grew on me. 😍😍😍😍😍The funny thing is that the only place that sells boudin around me (Antioch CA.) is actually a Mexican market.
Glad you liked our food. Our area, south Louisiana, has received many southeast Asian immigrants. They enjoy the fact that so much of our traditional foods are similar to their traditional foods. Rice mixed with pork, beef, poultry, or seafood is common here. We also do a breakfast of eggs and rice made with leftover rice. I fry my eggs till the White is hard but the yolk is soft and put them over the reheated steamed rice with a bit of seasoning.
The Canadian Acadians have given Louisiana a lot in way of culinary delights, but also the introduction to the French language. Boudin is actually originally a Canadian recipe and it was closer to a blood sausage. There was no rice in in, and called Boudin du Pays. If you go to the east coast of Canada (Acadia), people still make things like gumbo, jambalaya, and something we call freeko!
The famous Beignet, is not only French sounding, but has it's roots in Canada, and was a play on the traditional Bannock. Bannock = Beignet. This is a great video. Loved it!
Not completely correct. The majority of our food is actually a fusion of french( nova scotica canadian)and african. Far more african influence than anything else. Jambalaya is a well known descendant of jallof rice. And we all know how the french ended up with those recipes. Didn't they invade a lot of africa?
I'm Cajun. Part of the Houma tribe. I know my heritage well. Alot was adapted from african slaves.
I can't speak to the food for sure but the Acadians did not introduce French to the United States, the French did. The Acadians went to Louisiana after the expulsion because it was a French colony. They were given the option to go there or back to France.
And as for gumbo and jambalaya on the east coast I would assume it's a transport from Louisiana when a chunk of the Acadians came back to Canada about a generation or two after the expulsion. Or possibly an import from all of the trade links between Halifax and the Caribbean in the late 1800s and early 1900s, especially considering most black Canadians are of Caribbean origin (though most today are from families that immigrated in the 1960s) and both gumbo and jambalaya are variations of west African recipes altered by slavery.
@@rachael501 correct. However my native American teachings dont paint it so pretty
The Euro Cooking Canuk , Hello, Hon ! Happy Thanksgiving and God bless you in Jesus' mighty name. Amen ! " ✌💝
@@rachael501 You might be right as for us (french) when you say boudin, it's mostly a blood sausage black or white from french caribbean so it makes sense, same for jambalaya . About the african influences i'm not really sure as pork isn't common in africa. It might be adapted food by slave and slave decent with what they had on the area
Fried boudin balls are the greatest thing ever!
This reminds me I have to get some Andouille sausage to add to my Thanksgiving stuffing
/you’ll have to treat yourself to a crab boil sometime in the future
😋Sounds delicious.
Try chorizo instead
@Chantelle Leone I’ve had it with chorizo too. It’s not bad at all
I love her so much!!! Shes so fun to watch she has such a beautiful energy! Im so glad i found this channel
I'm from the houma area of Louisiana! Aka bayou region!
I go to Nicholls State in Thibodaux. Hey neighbor!
Hey neighbor! Morgan City here girl
Kurstielyn Robichaux hey boo , didn't know you watched Emmy 😂😂😂 was scrolling thru the comments looking for LA people but didn't expect to find my best friend 😂☺️❤️ imma text you 😂❤️❤️❤️
I saw houma and was like omg who's from houma?? And I looked at the name and lmao 😂❤️
@@lilrachbby1 heyyyyyyyyyyy lol
I'm currently in the military and 1000 miles away from home. (Lafayette Louisiana) and viewing this makes me happy and sad at the same time. Its nostalgic. I hope I get to go home soon. I miss eating the food I grew up on. ❤❤
Being from Southern Louisiana this makes my heart so happy!! Also making my pregnancy cravings go crazy LOL
Just clicked.... Before watching I've gotta say this is my absolute favorite food ever, has been all my life. I'm Cajun, and you just said its from Lafayette... Lucky you!!! Hope you enjoy!!! And the gator... DO NOT OVERCOOK!!!
I live in crazy Florida now, but my family is still in Louisiana! Thank you for featuring my culture & state! 😎🐊
ladygodiva813 same here! In Fort Lauderdale, but from north Louisiana
Though I now live in Texas, I grew up in Lafayette. You are spot on!! And you even pronounced all the Cajun words and names perfectly! Congratulations!
Justin Wilson come out with Cajun cooking to TV in the 1970s and 1980s. 🙌
He was wondermous I gar-on-tee. ;)
Michael Mills I loved how he was always happy for people to see him
Justin Wilson was the best !! He was the true ambassador of Louisiana
How y'all are?
Love Justin Wilson and his jokes he would tell. He made learning to cook fun and easy!
Love love 💕 love my state and Our people! Naw’lins Daw’lin ❤️
Emmy!! I’m jumping up and down excited that you made this video. I’m from New Orleans but I lived in Lafayette for college and met my Cajun husband there. Erin did an AWESOME job sending you the most authentic and local brands and I’m so glad she sent you all the best stuff! I’m feeling so nostalgic now. ☺️ And thank you for the accurate and easy to understand history on Cajun and Creole culture and cuisine. I’m bias but this is my favorite video you’ve ever done. 😉❤️ Can’t wait to see you make etouffé and alligator!
I'm from Louisiana and Boudin sausage taste is damn good and alligator sausage is damn good too
Venison sausage is also awesome
I’m from South Carolina but I love everything about Louisiana. The food is AMAZING. The culture & just the atmosphere is something I love. Now we have to see you make dirty rice!
Now that you’ve tried boudin, you’ll have to try Cajun boiled Crawfish!
David Gladden I’m from south Louisiana and we just call it boiled crawfish down here, we don’t attach the word Cajun to it
@@IslenoGutierrez yea people who arent from here tend go call it cajun though for some reason
If you take the boudan out of the casings and add to sour cream and cajun seasoning it makes an excellent dip serve with Ruffles potato chips...you will not be disappointed! Love your channel and personality
Almost all alligator meat for sale in Florida is frozen alligator tail meat farmed in Louisiana. Some people do hunt alligators here, and I think there are some alligator farms, but mostly...
Love this episode. Looking forward to the other two. Got to love that Louisiana food.
-new orleans area!
This looks awesome!! I've had crocodile before, imagine a gourmet love child of fish fingers and chicken nuggets. 10/10 delish
Lol when I describe the taste of alligator to someone I always hate to say "tastes like chicken", but it really does. I see it like chicken with texture more like lobster.
Absolutely delicious though.
Kemi Ayeyemi that's a great description. Gives me a good idea of what it tastes like.
I'm Cajun all the way . I love my Boudin and Cracklins from Billy's. Before anyone judges ( I love my Roux) and Sausage from Savoie's . We are Tigers on Saturday and Saints on Sunday ! Also, Thank you so much for this !! My best friend seen this and showed me and it cheered me up because I was having a not so nice night and also not many people know the difference between Creole and Cajun. Thank you for researching and knowing the difference 😊.
I had an alligator and pork Andouille sausage which was amazing.
Emmy thanks for representing SOLA. There is no better food or food enthusiasts than here. I apologize if that sounds arrogant because it's not! Making a $ outta 15 cents is our motto. Gator, either cook it fast or braise it for hours to be tender. Like fancy calimari. Love that you are highlighting SOLA cuisine. You come to St. Francisville and we'll host your show and throw back the love that you show your viewers! AWESOME video Em 💙
I'm from (south) Texas. We say p'cahn pray-leans.
Ilznidiotic lol that’s EXACTLY how we say it lol (Texas)
I'm from Tennessee and I say them the same way
Ilznidiotic , we forgive y'all !... LoL 😁 ↪ greetings from a bonafide Cajun Creole lady !
Lafayette Louisiana we say the same thing
Greetings from Lafayette! Hope you enjoyed our Cajun food! It's so nice to see real Cajun food sourced from the heart of Cajun country on a youtube channel. :)
i’m gonna be living for this series! i’m in alabama the neighboring state of louisiana so i still get my fair share of southern cajun food especially SEAFOOD😜 i say pee-can & pray-leen i’m country 😉
Alabama in the house!
I also say pee-cans and pray-leens. I am not fancy I guess
I'm from Mississippi! I love Cajun 💕
I'm not country and I say it the same way as you. But I'm a total West Coast girl.
I say them the same way
i love how emmy included "10 year old rice cooker" in the back. hilarious ways to make a video awesome!