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re: How do culinary practices differ between North and South Louisiana?
Posted on 2/6/26 at 2:25 pm to geauxbrown
Posted on 2/6/26 at 2:25 pm to geauxbrown
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cat head biscuits
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Never mind, mom always called those “Drop” biscuits.
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Posted on 2/6/26 at 2:47 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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That’s an east versus west thing, not north versus south.
Meh. I live in SW LA and I don’t know anyone that does that stupid dusting shite.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 2:54 pm to SETH6180
quote:or fricking Zwolle.... God's country.
Tamales would be somewhere in Mesoamerica where they originated,
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meat pies who gives a shite,
i love texmex more than most but it is funny when people from texas get on a culinary high horse. Hell its funny when, born and raise people from Baton Rouge do too. Posted on 2/6/26 at 2:55 pm to dgnx6
quote:2 different dishes. Italians are big into pies too.
meat pies
Definitely a thing with the brits and Aussies.
People would talk about eating pies before the soccer matches and I was like why the frick do you eat apple or pecan pie before a football match. Not realizing they were eating meat pies.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 3:07 pm to madamsquirrel
As an outsider/non biased party, Cajun jambalaya > creole jambalaya by a lot
Posted on 2/6/26 at 3:09 pm to CarRamrod
I was born and raised on the lower Atchafalya river baw, check yourself.
LOL zwolle for tamales, not saying they arent good but thats like saying you get better chinese food in Lafayette vs somewhere in Asia. Rio Grand Valley tamales clears anything Zwolle got by miles son
LOL zwolle for tamales, not saying they arent good but thats like saying you get better chinese food in Lafayette vs somewhere in Asia. Rio Grand Valley tamales clears anything Zwolle got by miles son
This post was edited on 2/6/26 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 2/6/26 at 3:17 pm to SETH6180
quote:you probably can... because American Chinese is just that... its not the same food you get it in asia. Just like pizza in America is better than pizza in italy.... hell "Italian food" in general is better than Italian in Italy.
LOL zwolle for tamales, not saying they arent good but thats like saying you get better Chinesefood in Lafayette vs somewhere in Asia.
quote:prove it
Rio Grand Valley tamales clears anything Zwolle got by miles son
This post was edited on 2/6/26 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 2/6/26 at 3:26 pm to Rankest
North Louisiana doesn’t know how to cook. South Louisiana does… haha
Posted on 2/6/26 at 4:07 pm to Rankest
The North doesn't know how to make a roux. The South doesn't know how to fry catfish.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 4:23 pm to TIGERHOLD
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North Louisiana is a barren hellscape with absolutely no redeeming qualities. Just full of speed traps, corruption, closed stores, and poverty.
I cannot imagine anyone ever wanting to live there.
You forgot that they're all Dallas Cowboys fans.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 4:33 pm to Lou
My biggest pet peeve of South La is their inability to fry catfish. It’s cornmeal and grease not as in never flour. frick that flour fish shite. Any regular guy in Franklin Parish can cook catfish better than anyone in South La. Bar none.
North La has some damn good food, albeit it may not be Cajun or Seafood per se.
Monroe has some bad arse restaurants: Parish, Doe’s, Warehouse, Mohawk, Genusa’s, Hell even Cotton. The best fried catfish is at Catfish Charlie’s in Monroe or Browns Landing in Winnsboro. Catfish Inn in Jonesboro Hodge has some awesome catfish also!
Ruston has White Lightning Grill which is amazing. Crawfish City in West Monroe has better boiled crawfish than ANYWHERE in Lafayette and no there’s no sprinkling bar none (and I used to eat at Gator Cove in Broussard). Cajun food has Fontenot’s in Columbia (they all from Eunice tho).
But not all food is Cajun in NLA. There’s insane Italian, Mexican, and Japanese food in Monroe. Is it Lafayette or New Orleans? Nope - their food is better, but food doesn’t just suck in NLA. And yes people use seasoning.
North La has some damn good food, albeit it may not be Cajun or Seafood per se.
Monroe has some bad arse restaurants: Parish, Doe’s, Warehouse, Mohawk, Genusa’s, Hell even Cotton. The best fried catfish is at Catfish Charlie’s in Monroe or Browns Landing in Winnsboro. Catfish Inn in Jonesboro Hodge has some awesome catfish also!
Ruston has White Lightning Grill which is amazing. Crawfish City in West Monroe has better boiled crawfish than ANYWHERE in Lafayette and no there’s no sprinkling bar none (and I used to eat at Gator Cove in Broussard). Cajun food has Fontenot’s in Columbia (they all from Eunice tho).
But not all food is Cajun in NLA. There’s insane Italian, Mexican, and Japanese food in Monroe. Is it Lafayette or New Orleans? Nope - their food is better, but food doesn’t just suck in NLA. And yes people use seasoning.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 4:44 pm to RidiculousHype
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. Protestant, more country cooking like you'd find at Cracker Barrel. Lots of butter, starches, baked/fried meats, veggies. South Louisiana is in a category of its own. More seasoning, more spice, more gulf seafood.
The sweet spot is a combination of the two. My mom was a pro at both and I really miss her cooking.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 6:56 pm to Rankest
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How do culinary practices differ between North and South Louisiana?
Which region do you think you are more likely to find real fried chicken tenders with mashed potatoes and white gravy with green beans and rolls...
Posted on 2/6/26 at 7:06 pm to Rankest
My experience with my North Louisiana family is the generally mean well. They have no idea what they mean. They are experts on fried fish and white gravy. That’s about it.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 7:16 pm to Rankest
My Mom is from Shreveport and my Dad from Raceland. I had the best of both worlds eating growing up. Up North, we had chicken and dumplings, deer everything, fresh fried fish, fresh vegetables from their garden, turtle soup and of course down south we had all the typical Cajun dishes. It’s a matter of having good cooks in the family no matter where you live.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 7:34 pm to SETH6180
quote:Lol neither South La or N La anyone travels to and rave about, it's strictly New Orleans. No one ever said let's travel to Lafayette or Baton Rouge or hammond to eat. New Orleans isn't north louisiana or south la lol iykyk
Night and day brother, night and day. How many folks do you know that travel to North LA and rave about the cooking from around the world?
Posted on 2/6/26 at 7:37 pm to Rankest
Rice and gravy lives in South Louisiana, just visits North Louisiana from time to time.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 7:52 pm to Rankest
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Is there a stark difference between the two regions or only mild ones?
quite literally like night and day
Posted on 2/6/26 at 7:52 pm to stout
Anyone caught dusting crawfish or crabs should be chased out of Louisiana.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 7:55 pm to contraryman
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North La = white gravy
South La = dark roux
My first thought was “what’s on your biscuit?”
North Louisiana = White Gravy
South Louisiana = Red Gravy
North Louisiana = Meatpies (so bland)
South Louisiana = Crawfish pies and empanadas
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