re: Is boudin poor people food?

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it actually started out as poor food (shitty parts of a pig mixed with rice and onions, etc) but we turned into a delicacy.

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it actually started out as a delicacy in france probably a thousand years ago. but louisiana added rice, and for some reason most people stopped using blood to make boudin. imho, if it ain't red it ain't real boudin, it's just encased rice dressing