road trip - spring 2014, part 9

This is the ninth installment of the series of post on a road trip during the spring of 2014.


This post resumes from a tour of the Oak Alley Plantation in the preceding post of the trip.
a (recreated) civil war officer's tent on display - it has no relation to the plantation except for local history

plantation owners' garage

 the big iron bowl was used at one time to boil cane juice into sugar

 slaves' quarters

 slaves that had more skills are given better furnished quarters

 the farming and harvesting tools for the cane field

 chicken coop

 the slaves with little skills were housed more congested shared quarters with very spartan funishing

 ironsmith's shop

 old hand made nails

 i had no idea there were so many different types of razor wires

I went to Thibodaux and happened upon this restaurant called Fremin's in the beautifully restored old drug store building.

the inside and outside are dressed to kill; the prices on the menu are quite reasonable

the baguette is served in the paper bag and was very good

 i had a smoked duck gumbo and it is quite good

for the main course i order the stuffed flounder; unfortunately it was poorly prepared; the cook put way too much lemon juice in it so the sauce is over the top sour; worst is the bottom of the flounder is burnt so bad that it was charred black; i nearly wanting to send it back to the kitchen

 i spent the night in the quiet town of Thibodaux

 this is the downtown main street

you don't see old world business like this too often

 many historic buildings are being restored

 the Lafourche parish Court House

 one of the few historic mansions

 the local police is watching you

that morning i went to find Bourgeois Meat Market that i planned to visit

it was very early and there were local and out of state customers; you can tell most were regulars

 the prices are very reasonable

 the owner is very friendly and offer me a sample of everything I asked about; his country headcheese is one of the best headcheese I'd ever tasted; full of rich flavors

 now this is a porter house - i bought a cut to take with me to cook later

 the beef jerky is excellent

 i cannot say enough good things about his products

 i bought this boudin for breakfast

 OMG! i had no idea boudin can be so good

next i visited a smaller plantation

 more grand oak trees

it was very common to have a separate building that served as the kitchen because of the hot climate as well as for fire harzard

i could not have enough of this beautiful kitchen

 found this pretty boy on the window sill

he is so handsome