Top products from r/Louisiana
We found 24 product mentions on r/Louisiana. We ranked the 21 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. The Encyclopedia of Cajun & Creole Cuisine
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
2. Who's Your Mama, Are You Catholic, and Can You Make A Roux? (Book 1): A Cajun / Creole Family Album Cookbook
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
Acadian House Publishing
3. Cuisinart DBM-8 Supreme Grind Automatic Burr Mill, Stainless Steel
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Removable grind chamber holds enough ground coffee for 32 cupsRemovable 8 oz. bean hopper. Includes scoop and cleaning brushElectric timer automatically shuts off when grind cycle is complete18-position grind selector; 4- to 18-cup slide dialNote: You will receive the identical item if you purchase ...
5. Portable Charger Anker PowerCore 20100mAh - Ultra High Capacity Power Bank with 4.8A Output and PowerIQ Technology, External Battery Pack for iPhone, iPad & Samsung Galaxy & More (Black)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
The Anker Advantage:Join the 50 million+ powered by our leading technology.Ultra-High Capacity:Weighs as little as a can of soup (12.5 oz) yet charges the iPhone 8 almost seven times, the Galaxy S8 five times or the iPad mini 4 twice.High-Speed Charging: PowerIQ and VoltageBoost combine to deliver t...
6. Zatarains Pre-Seasoned Crab and Shrimp Boil 72 Ounce
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
A New Orleans TraditionSince 1889
7. Louisiana Zombie Hunting Permit(Bumper Sticker)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
NOW PRINTED with UV resistant inks - fade free for years!Weather resistant PVC VinylHigh gloss finish3" x 4"Awesome
8. Louisiana Roux Spoon 103S Cajun Roux Spoon, 10.25 Inch
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Spoon size is 10.25" longMade of lasting stainless steelDual purpose, can be used as your server also
9. Bread: A Sweet Surrender: The Musical Journey of David Gates, James Griffin & Co.
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
10. Acadian Redemption: From Beausoleil Brossard to the Queen's Royal Proclamation
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
13. Gumbo Ya-Ya: A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
14. 50 Hikes in Louisiana: Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks in the Bayou State, First Edition
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
16. Lords of Misrule: Mardi Gras and the Politics of Race in New Orleans
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
17. Roll The Bones: The History of Gambling (Casino Edition)
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
One of the main things to do in Baton Rouge is to eat delicious food.
PerksGarden District Coffee (on Perkins Rd) or Highland Coffee (by LSU; always full of lots of studying students).By national standards, for such a small market, the Times-Pic (sometimes nicknamed the Times-Pick-Your-Nose) is actually pretty good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times-Picayune
It's won several Pulitzers. The Sun-Herald (Biloxi) is another small paper that's far better than it should be, given how small the market is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Herald
Getting back to the Times-Pic, Walker Percy once said that it's a sorry little paper, but it's the only thing keeping the politicians from stealing the underwear off the people of Louisiana. James Gill is still there and is generally one of the best opinion writers around. Check out his book for a good history of New Orleans ( http://www.amazon.com/Lords-Misrule-Mardi-Politics-Orleans/dp/0878059164 ).
I'm in the same boat. My father's mother speaks Cajun French and English, while her older sister only really speaks Cajun, but my grandmother grew up getting punished for it so her kids weren't taught. My mother's parents didn't teach the kids french so they could speak in secret, more or less. I've been interested in learning, so I picked up Cajun Self-Taught by Rev. Jules O. Daigle from the library, along with the spoken-word audio CD. I had a little Parisian French in school, so the general mechanics of language and pronunciations are more or less there, and the book serves to as a great guide learning.
For home-cooked type recipes, check this out:
https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=talk+about+good+cookbook&tag=hydsma-20&index=aps&hvadid=242657455351&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15051017321800423911&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9025385&hvtargid=kwd-350708428779&ref=pd_sl_72rvjd38rt_e&gclid=CjwKCAjwwbHWBRBWEiwAMIV7E2QTz_6vMSnYohxX0fhYV2ipSk3kjfvnyVGPBGZ1fX5HHJ63rrkMehoCrJIQAvD_BwE
It is a book of recipes compiled by the junior league of Lafayette.
Another great resource is this
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0970445717/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523361538&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=john+folse+encyclopedia&dpPl=1&dpID=51aeIbcYrnL&ref=plSrch
Movie: In the Electric Mist
Not the greatest movie in the world, but the small town politics, casual depiction of racial divisions, and influence of money really struck me as an honest portrayal of life around here.
Book: All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren or if you're more adventurous, the massive Huey Long, by T. Harry Williams
Louisiana's most polarizing son also makes a good lens to study the class and race divisions that exist in the state.
Song: "Louisiana 1927," by Randy Newman or the cover by Aaron Neville and India Arie
It was written in 1974 about a devastating flood in 1927, but it's all too relevant to 2005.
Best cookbook -- https://www.amazon.com/Whos-Your-Mama-Catholic-Make/dp/0925417556
Buy this:
https://www.amazon.com/Cookbook-Louisiana-Lafayette-Junior-League/dp/0935032029
It’s Junior League of Lafayette’s cookbook originally published in the 70s or 80s. It’s basically everybody’s grandma’s best recipes
EDIT: first printed in 1967 now in it’s 30th printing
Gumbo Ya-Ya
Which is a collection of folk tales collected from 1930-1940 for the WPA Writers' Project and thoroughly entertaining. I will throw a caution out for the blatant racism/classism of Louisiana in the 1930's, but it's totally worth it.
I would highly recommend John Folse's The Encyclopedia of Cajun & Creole Cuisine. It's very expensive but it's enormous (850 pages and 700 recipes) and worth every penny because it also includes a lot of history and information on the cajun and creole cultures.
This is the model I have which was recommended to me in r/coffee. I like it. It seems to produce a lot of fines, but they mostly stick to the sides of the canister so they're easy to scoop out. But I can't tell the difference with them included, anyway.
Pick up the book "50 Hikes in Louisiana", it's the bible for LA hikers. It lists all of the trails in LA with detailed maps and descriptions of the trails. Also, join your local hiking club and sign up for group hikes through local outfitters.
http://www.amazon.com/50-Hikes-Louisiana-Backpacks-Edition/dp/0881505986
http://www.amazon.com/Bayou-Farewell-Tragic-Death-Louisianas/dp/0375725172
Is she Catholic?
Edit.
Louisiana Roux Spoon 103S Cajun Roux Spoon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041G5RCK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_MkM3BbZEFT89V
The Bread book.
A portable battery pack will recharge your phone 3-4x times before it's exhausted.
Anker 20,000mAh is around ~$35 and only weighs 0.78lbs. Easily can be thrown into your backpack or bag and takes up little space. It's almost 2018, you need to step your tech game up.
>charges the iPhone 7 almost seven times, the Galaxy S6 five times or the iPad mini 4 twice.
The other answer is a mish-mash of right and wrong...
Casinos have always been frowned upon in Louisiana, because gambling bad in Christian consciousness. For most of the 20th century it was especially problematic because organized crime took control of casinos, so they were generally considered a public nuisance.
In the 80s, Native American tribes with reservations had lost pretty much any kind of federal aid under Reagan. Some were thriving though: the California tribes that operated bingo parlors (broke people like to gamble), which California sought to shut down (broke people getting broker is no good for the economy). Tribes argued that because they live on Federal Land, not within the states, they should be allowed to gamble since there's no Federal law against gambling. The Supreme Court decided in their favor in California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians (1987).
When this became known, tribes across the country started to explore having casinos and it grew pretty fast. And at the same time, Bernie Goldstein, whose family were tug boat operators in Missouri, started to lobby state governments with access to federal waterways such as Iowa and Mississippi to operate casinos on the rivers. The laws passed in 1990 along the same template: gambling is allowed off-land IF local communities approved. Iowa, Mississippi and Illinois were the first, and Goldstein's Isle of Capri casinos were the first on the water.
Buddy Roemer passed the gambling control act in Louisiana in 1991, which only allowed 15 casino licences statewide, so Casino Rouge opened in 1994, then Belle of Baton Rouge and Isle of Capri Lake Charles opened right after. The "corruption" stuff comes when allowing casino licences - BR originally had one, but owners lobbied to have two (funny enough, now they have the same owner). The case of Harrah's is usually mentioned because one developer had money to build, but another developer (Harrah's) got the licence for New Orleans but they were broke. They had a stalemate, but eventually Edwin Edwards figured out that these were tourism dollars leaving the state, and forced the two companies to merge, Harrah's eventually opened in 1999.
edit: check out this book if you're interested in the subject: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615847781/