"Stan Marks" > wrote in message
...
> 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.

Thanks Stan, I was unaware of that one, looks like there's going to
be a road trip the following weekend also! -
http://www.hammondbluesandbbq.com/