re: Louisiana food gift baskets

I'm not a fan of gift baskets. I find I throw most of the items away. Are your friends actually going to make the packaged jambalaya, for instance?

I send out of state folks Haydel's Kajun Kringle. They love it. You can order a package with a nice cute dishtowel and a package of French Market coffee if you like. It is made fresh and shipping is prompt. I've been sending them for years.

Kajun Kringle

You could also send them some good smoked sausage and a few jars of roux to make gumbo. Maybe try Kartchner's. I've been using their smoked green onion sausage a lot lately. Very tasty.

Someone on here mentioned that Rachael's in Lafayette had very good gumbo. My Mom was on a gumbo kick this Summer and there was no time to make it then,(she can no longer make it herself) so I ordered probably 8 quarts or so of the chicken and sausage and the seafood gumbo. Both were very tasty enough so that she has had me order it again two more times. I was shocked that with that heavy of an order of perishable items, shipping was under $30. Of course that was in state and I don't know the cost to go out of state. Here's the link.

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