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Below the dam: Cotter Trout Dock reports: five to 10 generators in use; trout good (particularly browns) on 1/8 -ounce white or white/gray jigs, sculpins and crawfish.
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Orgeron knows a good gumbo is all about the roux, that crawfish boils are a Mother’s Day tradition and how much better everything from a fricassee to a cochon-de-lait seems to taste when LSU wins.
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The Great American Eclipse, the 2017 Life Ending Industry EXPO in Japan, the World Belly-flop Championships in Norway, thousands march against hate in Boston, Louisiana crawfish in Germany, the World Tango Championship in Argentina, and much more.
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This month, attend half a dozen festivals, dedicated to crawfish, hot sauce, elephant garlic, tacos and more.
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Eleven choices include lobster, Dungeness crab, shrimp, oysters, crawfish, clams and mussels.
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But most show the couple's embrace of their new home, with flavors like gumbo, crawfish etouffe and a play on spinach and artichoke dip.
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Givens' victim, Dorothy Mae Bankston, 39, was found dead in a canal off Almonaster Road by three boys scavenging for crawfish a month after her mother reported her missing.
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The duck jambalaya featured huge chunks of duck breast that combined beautifully with the sausage and crawfish.
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Origin and Etymology of crawfish
by folk etymology from Middle English crevis, kraveys
First Known Use of crawfish
1842
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