Very much resembles the practices of immigrants from northern Italy to the coal-mining towns of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, in the late 1800s up through the mid-1900s! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eula via Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 11:46 AM To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Subject: [ACADIAN] Fw: Cajun boudin takes star turn in short movie From: Paul L LeBlanc via Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 8:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ACADIAN] Cajun boudin takes star turn in short movie YOU HAVE GOT TO WATCH THIS - BOY OH BOY WHAT MEMORIES OF MY YOUTH AND FAMILY YEARLY GATHERINGS. THIS IS HOW WE DIVIDED OUR MEAT FOR FREEZER AND WINTER. EVERYONE WAS INVOLVED IN DOING THE VARIOUS COOKING, CUTTING THE MEAT, MAKING CRACKLINS AND BOUDIN, COOKING A PORK FRICASSE AND BACKBONE STEWS AND EVERYONE LEFT WITH A PACK OF MEAT FOR THEMSELVES. WE USUALLY BUTCHERED 2 OR 3 PIGS AT A TIME. MOM AND DAD WERE BOTH FROM LARGE FAMILIES AND WE ALL GATHERED TOGETHER IT WAS WONDERFUL. THE YEARS HAVE GONE BY ALL TOO FAST AND SOME OF THESE TRADITIONS HAVE BEEN LOST AS FAMILIES MOVED AWAY FROM THE FARMS. CLICK ON THE VIDEO BELOW. White Boudin Not Red (Black in NB/NS [blood]) 15 mins "movie" on a staple in Southwest Louisiana Not for faint of heart as Boucherie is shown. Note: that the "family names" are assimilated Cajun ones and not Acadian ones. The TP article http://www.nola.com/dining/index.ssf/2014/11/cajun_boudin_takes_star_turn_s. html The movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acy22OziLCI Cajun boudin takes star turn in short movie - Media Buffet The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com Traditional Cajun boudin is the star of a new short documentary. (DAVID GRUNFELD / THE TIMES PICAYUNE) (DAVID GRUNFELD / THE ... . ------------------------------- To check our Archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ ------------------------------- To subscribe to the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message . ------------------------------- To check our Archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ ------------------------------- To subscribe to the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message