In article >,
"couillion" > wrote:

> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > couillion wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >> Long time lurker and occasional poster in ABF and AFB. It's been
> >> over 6 months since the media started to bore everyone with our
> >> problems, but finally some good news from Louisiana, "Que'in on
> >> the Red". I've never been to any kind of food festival, which we
> >> have many of here in Louisiana, so this is going to be my first.
> >
> > A BBQ festival in Louisana would be different. They had these big
> > crawfish boil type festivals around Slidell when I lived there, but
> > not much barbecue. The one good barbecue restaurant went out of
> > business while I was there too.
> >
> > - Bobby
> >
>
> You're right, it would be different. You name it, we've got a
> festival for it, except barbecue. We've got festivals for gumbo,
> jambalaya, catfish, crawfish, shrimp and petroleum, strawberries,
> wine, omlettes, ducks, frogs, rice, crabs, peaches, pecans,
> sugarcane, oranges, Tabasco, Jazz and Mardi Gras, but not much for
> smoked meat.

Uhm...there's a large KCBS-sanctioned barbecue festival in Hammond at
the end of this month. I went to it, last year, and it's scheduled again
for this year. Does that count?

--
Stan Marks

A waist is a terrible thing to mind.