Oh Canada - Loving Abita Beer
Canoe Travel, Destination: New Orleans
Layers of cardboard and newspapers cover the tables. There's no cutlery, just containers of hot sauce and several giant-size rolls of paper towels. We're at Boudreau and Thibodeau's. It advertises Cajun cooking, as do many eating places in and around Houma, an hour's drive southwest of New Orleans. I haven't eaten since breakfast. Neither has the journalist from Montreal's La Presse sitting across from me, so we wreak havoc on the mound in front of us. "C'est bon, c'est bon,'' she keeps exclaiming. Bits of shell go flying, seafood juice splatters shirts and slacks. It's great fun, particularly washed down with bottles of Abita Amber, a Louisiana beer that puts the ubiquitous Bud Light to shame. Read more Leave A Comment
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