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Meat Markets in Lafayette

When I think of traditional Cajun food, I don’t think of crawfish or gumbo. I think of boudin and cracklins. In my mind, those are true Cajun comfort foods. Dotted throughout Lafayette and the surrounding areas are family-run meat markets that have been serving up specialty meats for decades…

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Cajun Boudin Trail

To best understand a people and place look to the foods they eat on the run, those iconic handheld meals — quick, filling, portable, tasty. In Lafayette and the surrounding towns and parishes of Acadiana that fast food is boudin. Simply and affectionately referred to as “links,” boudin is a roughly…

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