
Raceland Louisiana Is The Sauce Piquante Capital Of The World
I’m an avid researcher but after a long weekend of attempts to verify that claim I came up with naught. I reached out to Lafourche Parish government as well as some folks I know who are deeply knowledgeable on Acadiana and they were stumped as well.

Raceland Louisiana Is The Sauce Piquante Capital Of The World
Last month I got wind of a new festival in Lafourche Parish: La Fete Des Vieux Temps – or the Festival of Old Times. And there would a sauce piquante competition! Time to load up the Econoline and head 45 minutes west of New Orleans to the edge of Acadiana.

Raceland Louisiana Is The Sauce Piquante Capital Of The World
A sack runs $5 and the conversation with the point man is free. I have a nice talk with Kerwin Cortez on the rural Louisiana foodway, and it serves as a good primer for my segue into a plump, well-made fried catfish po boy that I featured here in my 500 Po Boys series.

Raceland Louisiana Is The Sauce Piquante Capital Of The World
Boudin balls are a dollar apiece and come three to a cardboard boat. I’ve eaten them across Louisiana over the past 20 years and I never turn down an opportunity to try a different parish’s version. Lafourche has a unique take on the old Cajun staple. The outsides of the ball are crispy-crunchy while the interior is luxuriously creamy-more of a risotto-style than any I’ve ever encountered.

Raceland Louisiana Is The Sauce Piquante Capital Of The World
A group of men are all pitching in on the cutting and the big, freshly-killed hog is quickly being broken down into grill and fryer-sized fillets. Mr Cheramie explains how his family left Nova Scotia after refusing to swear allegiance to Britain. They migrated southward to Lafourche, one of the original 19 parishes of Louisiana created in 1807.

Raceland Louisiana Is The Sauce Piquante Capital Of The World
A few feet over stand a line of tents each with a cook team hovering over big cauldrons seated on top of roaring fires.

Raceland Louisiana Is The Sauce Piquante Capital Of The World

Raceland Louisiana Is The Sauce Piquante Capital Of The World
One dish is such a wild take that I have to talk to the cook and it turns out to be John Folse’s brother Jerry. John Folse wrote the book on Cajun cuisine and is one of the best known chefs in the Deep South.

Raceland Louisiana Is The Sauce Piquante Capital Of The World
Folse’s piquante is rich with a dark roux and has little of the standard tomato flavor that the other cooks brought to the forefront of their versions. Crab, shrimp and catfish power the sauce and the consistency is silken. I’ve never had a sauce piquante like this one. Jerry’s dish was the final, and best one, that I sampled. With that I figured it was time to pack it in and get back to New Orleans.

Raceland Louisiana Is The Sauce Piquante Capital Of The World

Raceland Louisiana Is The Sauce Piquante Capital Of The World

Raceland Louisiana Is The Sauce Piquante Capital Of The World

Raceland Louisiana Is The Sauce Piquante Capital Of The World

Raceland Louisiana Is The Sauce Piquante Capital Of The World
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This is what the fest. Is all about eating and greeting. We try to put out the best food that we can mainly trying to stick to our culture. It’s also a place that you can come and see people that you have not seen in awhile and talk about our culture and see different demonstrations that are put on and emjoy yourself while doing it.
Fest. Chairman,
Terry Arabie
We had a great time out in Lafourche.
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I know I am beginning to be a pain in the butt, but I still have not seen the entire writeup that I saw when Macie first showed it to me. I did find photos of she and me, but only found a small portion of your story.
Forgive me if I am too much of a bother.
Thanks again.
Jerry
No problem at all. Did you check your email? I sent you links to every article I’ve ever penned on Lafourche Parish, there are several. RL
Seems like a lot of fun. Glad to read the article about my old neighbor in St.James.. hHave to make a trip for this festival.