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Traditional

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25 recipes
8 servings 2 h 15 m Intermediate

Bouille - Bouee - Debris

Angela Kay Manuel
Evangeline Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish
4-6 servings 2 h 30 m Intermediate

Maw Maw Eiland's Corn and Beef Soup

8 to 10 servings 50 m Beginner

Easy Maque Choux

Fried Brain Medallions
4 servings 18 m Intermediate

Fried Brain Medallions

Mawmaw
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
8 servings 1 h 5 m Intermediate

Maw Maw Ruby's Gueydan Courtbouillon

Mawmaw
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
Coats 12-15 pastries 20 m Intermediate

Steen's Syrup Dip for Pig Ears or Croquinoles

Mawmaw
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
White Squash Pudding
6-8 servings 1 h Beginner

White Squash Pudding

Patsy Sonnier
8 servings 1 h Beginner

Good Luck Black-Eyed Peas

Joanna Bourg
St. Martin Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish
4 servings 20 m Intermediate

Fried Brain

Judy Mire
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
7 servings 2 h Advanced

Debris - Cooking Cajun Variety Meats aka Cowboy Stew

Shirley Thibodeaux
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
Cracklins (Cracklings) /Grattons and Pork Rinds /Baconettes
Makes about 20 servings 1 h 50 m Intermediate

Cracklins (Cracklings) /Grattons and Pork Rinds /Baconettes

Dale Begnaud
Lafayette Ossun, Lafayette Parish
The Art of Drying Shrimp (Cajun Dried Shrimp)
Yields about 10-12 lbs dried shrimp 72 h 30 m Advanced

The Art of Drying Shrimp (Cajun Dried Shrimp)

Dale Begnaud
Lafayette Ossun, Lafayette Parish
10 servings 4 h Advanced

Stuffed Pork Hog Maw (Stomach/Shodin/Chaudin)

Mawmaw
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
8 servings 3 h Intermediate

Turtle or Alligator Sauce Piquant

Aldes Bertrand
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
4 servings 1 h 20 m Intermediate

Alligator Étouffée (Etoufée)

James B.
60 servings 2 h 30 m Advanced

Hog Head Cheese

Alberta LeBlanc
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
24 squares 50 m Beginner

Easy Syrup Cake

Brenda Richard
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
Sugared Popcorn (Kettle Corn)
3 quarts 50 m Intermediate

Sugared Popcorn (Kettle Corn)

Shirley Thibodeaux
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
Grannie's Pralines I
about 20 pralines 35 m Intermediate

Grannie's Pralines I

Cynthia Abshire
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
Pecan Pralines I
24 three-inch pralines 25 m Intermediate

Pecan Pralines I

Mawmaw
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
Syrup Cake
12 servings 45 m Beginner

Syrup Cake

Mawmaw Johnson
Dried Black-Eyes Peas
6 servings 1 h 30 m Beginner

Dried Black-Eyes Peas

Alberta LeBlanc
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
Oreilles De Cochon - Pigs Ear Doughnut
12 pig ear pastries 50 m Advanced

Oreilles De Cochon - Pigs Ear Doughnut

Cynthia Abshire
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
Cracklins; Cracklings
10 servings 45 m Intermediate

Cracklins; Cracklings

Mawmaw
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
Boudin (Boudoin) with Pork Livers
6 servings 2 h 30 m Advanced

Boudin (Boudoin) with Pork Livers

Mawmaw
Vermilion Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
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