DAY TRIPS: Sampling savory sausages along the boudin highway.
Boudin is the national food of Southwest Louisiana. Nearly every meat market and grocery store, as well as many convenience stores, have a version of thehighlighting purveyors of the meal-in-a-tube. Boudin has so grown in popularity that every region of the Bayou State has their version.
Like most sausages, you probably don't want to know what body parts were used. Suffice to say it's a blend of pork cooked with seasonings and rice stuffed into sausage casing. From there, every chef is free to tweak the recipe. The origin of boudin goes back centuries, but the casserole-in-a-pipe was brought to Louisiana by theOf the 27 stops on the trail map along I-10 between Vinton and Iowa, La., I tried three. All were spicy with the taste of chili powder and had a chicken flavor and a creamy consistency, unlike the coarse-ground version found at
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