There was this small place in Lafayette that had seafood and crawfish boudin. If you ordered the spicy, you could see the cayenne through the casing. A couple of links and a cold beer were heaven.
Re: Re: Re: FOR BOUDIN If your ever passing through, they sell it packaged and uncooked, just like the store bought you were referring to.
I should be ashamed, I've been a member of this board since Dec, 02 and out of my measly 22 post (counting this one) probably half of my posts have been on the subject of food. :dis:
BEST Cracklins and Top Notch Boudin is Hwy 415 in Port Allen! It is located right past the strip mall with the Country Dollar Store b/w I-10 and 190. It is call Bergeron's. The Cracklings are ABSOLUTELY AWESOME! The Boudin is great too.
Re: BEST Cracklins and Top Notch Boudin is Hwy 415 in Port Allen! I'll have to try that. Starting in about two weeks I'll be passing that way a lot between Avoyelles Parish and BR. Is it on the left if you're going towards I-10?
The best boudin and cracklins I ever ate was made by my freind "EJ Guidroz". Now there is a real good place to get boudin at in Baton Rouge called "Jerry Lees" on Greenwell Springs Rd. It is the best you will find in B.R.. Theres a cracklin stand on Hwy 61 in St. Fransiville that make some pretty darn good cracklins also.
I have to chime in on several of these reccomendations. I may be biased, but strongly believe the acadiana area has the best boudin. If it ain't from Lafayette, St. Martin, St. Landry, Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia Parish, or somewhere immediately adjacent, then it doesn't count. There is actually a fraternity of boudin lovers in Lafayette that meet every year, the Saturday before Mardi Gras at 6:00 a.m. This conglomeration of miscreants, ne'erdowells, and party animals number about 60, plus invitees. They rent private coaches, which are loaded down with booze, and cruise acadiana in search of the best boudin, great jokes, good times, and utterly blind intoxication. Favorite stops include: The Best Stop (Cankton) Don's Specialty Meats (Carencro) Billeaud's (Broussard) Poche's Bridge (Cecilia) Comeaux's Grocery (Lafayette) The first three are my favorites, but all of these are shrines to hot boudin, cruchy cracklins, and cold beer.
I guess it will be a long time before you can get boudin at a gas station in North Carolina. But, I got it at a gas station in Texas once. You can get boudin, crawfish, and andouile in most of southeast Texas now and also in coastal Mississippi. Strangely, its hard to find in north Louisiana. I grew up there and its definitely Baja Arkansas.
