Kartchner's can't miss items

Friend,

There is nothing that is not a can't miss item. As you well know, Kartchner's hit #1 on TulaneLSU's Top 10 boudin stands. Honestly, for the quality of the meats, it was not even close. Kartchner's was a clear #1, significantly above #2.

I recommend the fried boudin, regular boudin, and smoked boudin. No need to get fancy with the stuffed boudins, especially the crawfish stuffed boudin. It sounded great, but it was not nearly as good as the regular stuff. I also did not think the cracklin' was worth getting, but honestly, I do not think cracklin' anywhere is very good.

Bring an ice chest and load up on the prepared meats as well. They have delicious stuffed chickens, but one of my favorite items is their stuffed pork loins. I had one tonight, and it was fabulous, superb, just show-stopping. When I first saw the price of 8.99/lb for the stuffed loin, I scoffed. "I can get a regular pork tenderloin at Sam's for $1.50 per pound. What makes this one so special to justify increasing the price by 600%? Well, the spinach cream cheese stuffing and spices and outer coat of bacon made it just a great dish, better than any pork tenderloin I have ever had. It took just 30 minutes to bake in an oven and cleanup involved only my plate and silverware thanks to the foil. Get one, or better yet, get ten! Mother made a sneak visit there earlier this week and purchased over $500 in meats that are now being chilled in our freezers.







Yours,
TulaneLSU

Hog head cheese is legit

The smoked boudin is excellent

Their smoked boudin is king. Stock up.

Smoked boudin
Shrimp stuffed bell peppers
Boudin stuffed bell peppers
Crawfish balls
Smoked ham hocks - my favorites of anywhere. Great flavor.
Creamed spinach-similar to spinach Madeline
Smoked green onion sausage
Bacon wrapped stuffed mushrooms
Boudin stuffed Cornish hens
To name a few things...
The stuffed chickens are good, but not nearly as good as Hebert’s. Stop at the Hebert’s in Baton Rouge for those.

Their Tasso is excellent.

If I had time for only one stop it would be Kartchners. Can attest that their smoked boudin and smoked sausage are top shelf.

I give slight edges to Billy's on the boudin (I said slight) and to Rabideaux's smoked andouille.

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So I'm going for the first time this week.

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Kartchner's is a national treasure

So many choices of things to pack and take home. But for my mileage, a cream cheese and jalapeño boudin ball, link of boudin, 1/4# of cracklings, and a tall boy of cold beer while sitting on the front porch or observing the posted speed limits is tough to beat.