Good afternoon all! Last year I started a topic about where I can get the best boudin balls, and have them shipped to Ohio. It was my first annual Louisiana Seafood and College Football Saturday Celebration! I would have called it an LSU celebration, but nobody would have came!!

It was only a small get together of around 15-20 people, none of which had ever eaten boudin. Everyone had a great time and all have been hoping that I will do it again this year! And although they were all a bunch of Yankees, everyone of them LOVED the food. Especially the boudin!! They shared the experience with other friends of theirs and those friends all said "can I come with you next year?" So, the 2nd annual party was looking to be a go at that time last year (for this year) with increased numbers expected! I couldn't have been more happy about the feedback and the growing numbers was exactly what I hoped would happen!! I wanted to bring them a part of Louisiana!! Most of them have contacted me asking if and when the "annual" party is going to happen this year.

Well, it was my intention to have this get together for many years to come. However, my health has taken a turn for the worse. To make a long story short (which is impossible), I was diagnosed with having a Chiari Malformatiom type 1 back in June of 2015. Yeah, I know... What the hell is a Chiari malformation right??! I had never heard of it either. Nor my father who is a doctor and my mother who is a nurse. So in a nut shell, a Chiari malformation is when you're cerebellum tonsils (the lower back of the brain) hangs out from underneath the skull and sort of wraps itself around the spinal cord. This cuts off the spinal cord fluid from moving in and out of the brain. Some people can have no symptoms at all. However, many people (including myself) can have devastating symptoms with excruciating pain over nearly your entire body. I had to have brain surgery in sept of 2015, but it didn't work. I had to have a second brain surgery in Sept of 2016, and although I have relief from some symptoms, I still have many others and even added a few. I'm worse now than last year when I had the party last year. Today, I have lost my job, my income and many other important things in life because of this giant beast called Chiari that most of the world has never heard of.

So this is a food and drink board, so I'll quit with the medical stuff. The reason for mentioning it though, was because of a completely awesome act of kindness. I'm not able to get around much these days, and I spend most of my time at home. My friends who were at the get together last year not only called to ask if I'm having the party, but want to pay for the entire event and help me as much as possible! Together, we are going to make a very small start to bring awareness to the general public about this giant beast called a Chiari malformation! First off though, anyone who attends must bring food and/or water to ship to those in need who have been destroyed by Irma and Maria. Secondly, cash donations will be made to start an awareness program for Chiari! Yes, I have incredible friends who remind me daily to not lose my faith in Christ, which at times over the last five years was a real possibility.

Well, if anyone has gotten this far, maybe you could help me as well! Last year I ended up ordering some boudin balls, stuffed catfish and some breaded catfish strips from The Louisiana Crawfish Compamy (Lacrawfish.com). The food was good, but not nearly as good as I have had in the past. But I will send out props to this company. I received plain catfish strips instead of the breaded strips I had ordered. It was nearly 6:00 Pm eastern time when I called them to say they did not give me the correct order. It really wasn't a huge deal bc I prefer my own breading. I simply just wanted to try theirs. Not only did they send the correct fish that day, but I received it by 10:00 AM the next day (party started at 1:00!!). And get this, they double my original order with no additional charge just to say they were sorry for the mix up!! Just wanted to throw that out there! That's good business and I have ordered from them several times since.

Ok, so with all that being said, where can I get the best boudin balls in Louisiana that can ship them overnight to Ohio? I'm going to have a sack of crawfish and of course some catfish sent as well, so if you want to include that in your suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it!!

Thank you all in advance for reading this obviously over written post! God Bless!