re: I'm sure this has been asked before, but who makes the best boudin in Louisiana?

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best boudin in Louisiana

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Also, get the Chicken Cracklings.

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the best chicken craklins are at Bosco's in Opelousas. I make no other claims about the rest of his products, but his chicken cracklins have the best rub on them that I"ve ever tasted.

And I've eaten a bunch of 'em.

for straight boudin I like Rays in Opelousas. nbody can touch billys pepperjack boudin balls though.

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I can remember there was this joint Ray’s & Billy’s place in Opelousas, I think on 182, that sold both recipes. Poor Ray, I rarely ordered his boudin. Always Billy’s. If I got one link of each, I always needed to eat the Ray’s first, because the other way around would lead to severe disappointment during the second link.

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billy bought out rays many years ago(1997) on the hwy 190 entrance to opelousas. They continued selling something called rays but it was nowhere near as good as the original rays. many years later ray opened back up on hwy 182 and the taste is like it used to be. rays was a very popular place before billy bought it. I know it was open at least about 40 years ago. Great move by billy he was able to buy out his biggest competitor in the area and also keep their customers because his prodct was also good quality. I think his boudin ball recipe is what really separated him from the rest of the pack.

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Billeaud's in Broussard

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Very underrated, one of my favorites.

For me, Best Stop, Riverside, Eunice Superette, Kartchners, NuNu’s.

Seeing a lot of Juneau’s responses. I find it to be so greasy the last couple years and not what it once was. Billy’s has fallen off substantially to me too but coworkers like it and I eat it. It’s just inconsistent.

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exactly, Billy bought out his competition and then discontinued the product (Rays boudin) a few years later. Unless you're 40+ yrs old from Opelousas/Sunset/St. Landry Parish or travel 182, not many younger people know about Rays boudin.

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yeah to be honest I would love to buy them out. The recipe is very good and I think the perfect spot to open a second store would be the lobdell exit off I-10. for a while one of the family members was running it and made it a little more spicy and it was killer, but they seemed to have reverted back to less heat. I would try and get a crust on the balls that they make more like billys. they havent tried to really innovate like everyone else, they seem fine with mostly selling links of boudin.

as for billy, I am interested to see what he does with the old store. That store has served a shitload of boudin out of it over the years. Rays was like what billy's/best stop/etc are now back in the 80's.

Use to hear about Jerry Lee’s in central, but no mention of it here. Is it no bueno these days?

Best and most underrated:
Market Basket on Nelson Rd in Lake Charles. Delicious every time.

Jerry Lee's is not good. I understand people from the BR area supporting it, but stick to the hogshead cheese.

The best I've found in the BR area is Benoit's in Addis.