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re: At one time, Dulac once had 60 shrimp peeling machines on the bayou…
Posted on 2/7/24 at 12:05 pm to BuddyRoeaux
Posted on 2/7/24 at 12:05 pm to BuddyRoeaux
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I was just coming to say thank you NAFTA. That was the beginning of the end. Remember everyone, buy local!!!
Yep, you can thank Bill Clinton and your Democrat overlords.
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Posted on 2/7/24 at 12:17 pm to Vermeer20x22
there's a surprise democrats selling out working folks
Posted on 2/7/24 at 12:23 pm to bayoubighead
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but only 1 Shrimper’s Row!
My first cousin still lives down there
Posted on 2/7/24 at 12:25 pm to bayoudude
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still lives down there
u call that livin’?
Posted on 2/7/24 at 12:30 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
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Ida devastated the ones that were left.
Same thing happened to Cameron after Rita. I think there’s one place that’s back open now.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 12:51 pm to 3deadtrolls
I could be wrong, but it seems as though a return to scale would eventually begin as less shrimpers are competing. Sure, there is still the competition with foreign farm raised supply, but their should be increased output efficiencies for the shrimp boats that remain.
Less distance and time to haul a profitable catch? Ability to focus on defined markets to compete against farm raised at a higher price point?
Less distance and time to haul a profitable catch? Ability to focus on defined markets to compete against farm raised at a higher price point?
Posted on 2/7/24 at 1:01 pm to BuddyRoeaux
What’s a shrimp peeling machine?
Posted on 2/7/24 at 1:11 pm to sta4ever
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What’s a shrimp peeling machine?
Look up Laitram machine
There were peeling & processing plants on Bayou Terrebonne and Bayou Grand Calliou all the way up into Houma. Now, no more.
The Laitram machinery was invented in Houma.
This post was edited on 2/7/24 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 2/7/24 at 1:26 pm to BuddyRoeaux
My MawMaw and all my Uncles worked at a shrimp shed in Chauvin at one time or another. It was called Indian Ridge. My dad's first job was pulling baskets of peeled cooked shrimp from one side of the factory to the other so they could be canned. My MawMaw was a peeler. They had a van that would come around every morning and pick up the workers. I'm not sure how many factories still have shrimp peeling machines in Terrebonne Parish, or even Louisiana.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 1:43 pm to CHEDBALLZ
Indian Ridge canned shrimp which was put into an autoclave. Their specialty was canned jumbos to serve as shrimp cocktails in restaurants.
The St Martin’s owned Indian Ridge.
The Lapeyere’s developed the shrimp peeler. They wouldn’t sell them. They would lease the machines. They had a revolution counter on the machine. The factory paid a certain amount evert time that motor made a spin. I went to school with both families. One of the Lapeyere’s would get all of my shrimp peeled for me when I was in high school.
Did you grandparent’s go to Boudreaux Canal school? They sure lived in a beautiful place.
The St Martin’s owned Indian Ridge.
The Lapeyere’s developed the shrimp peeler. They wouldn’t sell them. They would lease the machines. They had a revolution counter on the machine. The factory paid a certain amount evert time that motor made a spin. I went to school with both families. One of the Lapeyere’s would get all of my shrimp peeled for me when I was in high school.
Did you grandparent’s go to Boudreaux Canal school? They sure lived in a beautiful place.
This post was edited on 2/7/24 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 2/7/24 at 2:05 pm to CHEDBALLZ
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Indian Ridge
I feel like the Foret family owned or was involved with this one. I grew up with a guy that’s unfortunately no longer with us, and if I recall correctly his family was in the shrimp bidnus. But I may be mistaken.
This post was edited on 2/7/24 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 2/7/24 at 2:08 pm to BuddyRoeaux
What’s they do with all the hulls and heads?
Posted on 2/7/24 at 2:22 pm to White Bear
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What’s they do with all the hulls and heads?
they get washed back into the bayou via a giant pipe that smells like a bag of smashed assholes and the mullet go crazy over them.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:42 pm to RingLeader
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I feel like the Foret family owned or was involved with this one. I
Could you perhaps be speaking of Dickie Fakier. The long time manager boss. The “Fakier’s “ not “Foret” is the name I think you are talking about.
Same name and family as Fakier Jewelers. Put his initials. I know him.
Or you could be talking about Houston Foret. Wholesaler and dried shrimp was his deal. And scuba diving in the GOM. He as almost in Cocodrie. Just North of Downtown Cocodrie city limits.
This post was edited on 2/7/24 at 6:32 pm
Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:47 pm to georgia
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they get washed back into the bayou via a giant pipe that smells like a bag of smashed a-holes and the mullet go crazy over them.
When n high school we would go to catch mullets. Down let your cast net sink as you will have a hundred hardheads in your net. Cast while they are n he surface and draw up your net quickly.
We would ice and salt them down then go park at he pass’s or certain sand bars to fish bull reds and tarpon at night. Park, drink, grill and fish all night. Good times but a young man’s game.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:25 pm to Topwater Trout
I live in N. La.
Most people don’t buy peeled shwamps.
Most people don’t buy peeled shwamps.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:29 pm to RingLeader
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I feel like the Foret family owned or was involved with this one.
Houston Foret had a shrimp shed further down the bayou.
This post was edited on 2/7/24 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:32 pm to RingLeader
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Bayou Grand Calliou
We have a camp south of Dulac, man Grand Calliou road is rough. Definitely one of the poorest in the state.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:35 pm to 3deadtrolls
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Houston Foret had a shrimp shed further down the bayou.
Correct. I edited my post before I saw yours. Houston used to dry a lot of shrimp. He probaly had 60 gas dryers for shrimp.
I miss the old cypress shrimp drying platforms.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:40 pm to GREENHEAD22
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We have a camp south of Dulac, man Grand Calliou road is rough.
Grand Caillou road isn’t bad. Four Point Road in front of your camp is rough. Always has been since I traveled it. Started going down there n about 1967 or so.
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