re: Bayou Cajuns vs Prairie Cajuns

Don't know about the egg/potato salad thing, it was always a staple growing up (southern tip of Lafourche parish). They don't do the mardi gras by horseback down there,but they always have a boat parade that goes down the bayou between hwy 1 & hwy 308. I can agree that shrimp are in much greater use than crawfish. Shrimp was in everything but crawfish were a treat. Seafood in general was a several times a week thing for us since it was so readily available. Hell, I didn't know seafood was sold in a grocery store until I moved away in highschool. If you couldn't get what you needed from family you bought it from friends or neighbors.