Cajun Saturday

Up early for a Saturday of fun. We drove to Mamou, “Cajun music capital of the world” according to the people that live there. There are two attractions in Mamou: Fred’s Lounge and Charlie’s meat market where we buy the best boudin I have ever found. Fred’s features a Cajun band that plays from 8:00 until 1:30. People come from all over the country and even from foreign countries to listen to the music, drink beer, and dance on a floor about the size of an average kitchen. It is great fun, and we danced until 11:30. My sweetheart was really in the groove this morning and we raised la pusiere (French for the dust). We bought some boudin at Charlie’s and drove back to Scott, LA where we bought 30 ounces of frozen crawfish tales. Evelyn will use them to make etouffee this winter. We then went to our favorite lunch spot in Lafayette: Dwyers Cafeteria. We are amazed on each visit because of the volume of food we are given for $6.50. We share a meal and can’t comfortably eat it all. We took part of an enormous chicken breast and some jambalaya home with us. We had eaten all the candied yams and salad given us. We were both tired and spent most of the afternoon in bed. I did watch some football and listened to the Purdue/Michigan State game on the radio. To our surprise, Purdue won. They might just get a bowl bid because they have what should be a pushover schedule left. Unfortunately, they don’t always play well enough to beat a good high school team. I called Trahans and they met us at Randol’s for more dancing and Cajun food.