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Louisiana's Cajun country produces food that cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world. The combination of French, African, and Native American culinary traditions, filtered through centuries of bayou life, has created a cuisine that is simultaneously humble and extraordinary. Crawfish etouffee, boudin, cracklins, and gumbo -- the real versions, made by people who learned from their grandmothers -- are available along the Cajun Prairie and Bayou Teche in a way that no restaurant outside the region can match.
The outdoor food culture of Louisiana is inseparable from the landscape. Crawfish are pulled from the same bayous where you can paddle a pirogue through cypress swamps. The Atchafalaya Basin -- the largest river swamp in the United States -- is both a wildlife refuge and a larder. Eating here is an outdoor experience.
This Louisiana adventure is drawn from Outdoor Taste + Tour's reporting on the heart of Cajun country.
Crawfish etouffee, boudin, cracklins, and gumbo - Louisiana's Cajun country produces food that can't be replicated anywhere else. Drive the Cajun Prairie and Bayou Teche for the real thing.
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