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Coffee Talk With The Cajun Mamas: Mardi Gras
We take you on a vibrant journey through the traditions and celebrations of Cajun Mardi Gras, showcasing its unique customs and rich history. Tune in and learn about the significance of community, food, and festive practices tied to this lively season.
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Welcome to the Mardi Gras episode of Coffee Talk with the Cajun Mamas. This one is going to be all dedicated to our traditional style Mardi Gras A little bit of history, a little bit of stories about some of the times we've had, and we just hope to entertain you a little bit today. But first we're going to start out with our ground sponsor, which is how the Cajun Lady Accent. The sponsor, which is how the Cajun Lady Accent. Go to howthecajunladyaccentcom and look at all the full lineup of seasonings and meal kit mixes and spaghetti and chili and cracker seasonings. Oh, she got it all.
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Speaker 2:Thank you, how okay? Um so mardi gras for us is quite different than very much, so the the new orleans style mardi gras, which is mainly like grand parades and very ornate floats. And there's kings and there's queens, and there's courts, and there's these big balls. And I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with that at all.
Speaker 1:That's fun. That's fun Beautiful.
Speaker 2:Yes. And the amount of work and time and just money that goes into all that is quite something, I can. See the dollars, the dollar bucks Just yes, I agree into all that is quite quite something. See the dollars, the dollar books just yes, I agree. But one day, you know, I would like to go to one of the big balls, I think that would be fun.
Speaker 1:I got invited to one this year, oh, and it was the day before our morning girl run so I could not commit. That would be a big no yeah, I don't, we know there's no way I could have been back for the early morning that we're gonna have on sunday. True, you know so in church point we do um the kuri of the mardi gras yes, and that's the run of the run of the mardi gras.
Speaker 2:Yes, so basically it's so there really is no basic i'll'll never forget Like we my husband and I, before we had kids we were on the road doing abstracting and stuff and we were in Ohio and there's Nathan at the courthouse trying to explain a chicken run to someone over there and they were like how could you? Oh, he loves it though, Sarah. Like you know how he feels about Mardi Gras, I know, and he wants to, just like he wants everybody to know about this because it's so unique. You know, like they were like you chase a chicken, you get all dressed up and chase a chicken, and people come out and watch this and he's like, yeah, this is yes, and it's my favorite day of the entire year Is how he, you know so unique, you know, oh, it is no, it is no secret.
Speaker 2:I love, I love the shirt you have on. I mean, where'd you get that? It is?
Speaker 1:a Cajun, mama's original.
Speaker 2:Original.
Speaker 1:Okay, who made that? Cajunmamascom? We designed this, okay, you did that's. Who made that?
Speaker 2:we designed this, you did that's your design.
Speaker 1:We got Louisiana, we got the king cake, the beads and the chicken, and that is what sets our Mardi Gras shirt apart because the chicken.
Speaker 2:I mean, I often think like I feel bad for the chickens because they don't know what's coming. All these drunk men chasing after them and then shoop, they get them, but they have. I feel like they know that that was their purpose in life and like they died for a good. They don't all die, let me just say that. But if they did, they going in a gumbo. We not wasting that, yeah, no no chicken, no are going to waste?
Speaker 1:no no, no, no, no. You know it's wild. It's so wild I don't even know where to start with this.
Speaker 2:All right, so we can't, let's start at the beginning okay, so I know a little bit of history about it, okay, um, but I I did print off some facts because I don't want anybody saying I got this wrong. This is too important, yeah, important to get wrong. Okay. So the origins this comes back all the way back in France. Okay, from the 17th and 18th centuries. They began this tradition, um, when the French settlers came to louisiana. Okay, they were poor, super poor, yeah, so they'd go around basically like begging for people to give them food or some type of ingredient to make food or whatever. And so it sort of became like a well, I'll give you a chicken or I'll give you a pig or whatever for entertainment, but you have to give me something in return. And so they would dress up in these ornate costumes with big pointy hats and like colorful things to mock the rich and wealthy at the time.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:So like the jester hats, like the big capuchins, that's to mock the royalty of the day Like a big princess hat.
Speaker 2:Yes, you know or a crown like a big, you know elongated type of crown, and so they would just be silly and like, perform basically for the homeowner, and you had to get permission to go onto the homeowner's property. That still actually happens today. They get permission, they get permission. They get permission. Yes, so it was like okay, you can have the chicken if you can catch it, so off we go, and then it just grew and grew and grew, and then you get together and you make a big gumbo that feeds the community. You know, that's how I understand how it went.
Speaker 1:That's exactly how I understand it too. Okay, we have our Mardi Gras. Okay, which is? It's this, it's a little more organized. It's not just going from house to house.
Speaker 2:No, we know ahead of time, like, what houses they're going to stop at and they still do the ceremonial part of like asking for permission to enter the home onto the homeowner's property, which we got asked to welcome the children. I'm so excited about that, so we have on. It's going to be on Sunday, march 2nd, right, is it the second? Yeah, march 2nd is the big. More is the adult run, but the day before that, on saturday, march 1st, they have a children's chicken run and we got asked to basically like welcome them onto the property. So, like we will go to talk with the homeowner or whatever the property owner and of course I can, can they come on? Yes, and then we will just basically like signal them to come. The music starts, the little accordions and kajam music, and then the kids take off running. It's gonna be so fun I can't wait.
Speaker 1:We're gonna have to get somebody to to get that film. That, yeah, I agree because that it's just so, it's just so traditional, it's so full of culture and I feel like I've been saying that a lot. So full of culture because we are, we are, we are very seasoned, you know, and um, and just to be able to, to share that with y'all is something, is something special. So I hope you like this episode I hope so.
Speaker 2:I hope it intrigues you and we will have lots of mardi Gras content coming.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:Okay, this so historically? Okay, historically, I talked a little bit about like how long ago this was, but it's basically like a way for communities to get together and celebrate before Lent. You know, like Mardi Gras is the last big hoorah before Lent starts and where we are trying to be more pious. We try to, you know, give up something. We don't. I mean I don't drink during Lent, I don't, you know.
Speaker 1:I try not to overindulge you know, during Lent, right, that's what Fat Tuesday is all about.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you know yeah.
Speaker 1:Exactly the opposite, so you can get it all out before Lent, that's what I was always told.
Speaker 2:It's true, that's what that is. It's like a big party.
Speaker 1:before you know, you behave so to speak, behave, and what is the word that is escaping me right now? But it's like you have to purge. I'm saying that like you know, like when you sacrifice food, and you have to like you know, fast, fast, fast. That's it. That's the word I'm looking for. Yeah.
Speaker 2:Fast, um, and so, yeah, the emphasis is on food and fun and celebration, and then there's always music involved. Um, there's the symbolism. Okay, the symbolism we talked a little bit about the Capuchon hats and stuff. Okay, the costumes we talked a little bit about the capuchon hats and stuff. Okay, the costumes are inspired by medieval European festivals that include exaggerated comical designs. The goal was to hide identities that's why you have the mask and to mock authority. So we were right on that. Let's see, you will also see not just the Mardi gras, the runners in their costumes. You will see a lot of people on horses for mardi gras. Um, they, I'm I'm guessing that just stems from the fact that, like, that was the a lot of the main mode of transportation back in the day, like people just rode horseback on, you know places.
Speaker 1:Maybe they was like the main entourage you know like, because the capitan's ride the horses and so maybe they symbolize like the copy stands entourage I don't know yeah I don't know why they ride horses, but I guess maybe they all were if they had a horse.
Speaker 2:They was right yeah, that's just how they choose to celebrate and participate. I should say, instead of running and doing the chases, chicken chases, um it, yeah, it just says that. You know they. They went on from house to house on horseback, foot or trailers, singing and dancing to beg for ingredients for a communal gumbo. That's how I understood it too. Um, a captain, that's the captain, the main one. He, he's kind of the leader, um, and he is very distinct because you will find him on a horse with a grand cape. They wear capes and we have a few captains, but then there's one that's like the main one main one yes, um, and our run.
Speaker 2:Anyway. It's a family thing, like it stems from Mr Elton Richard, so it stays in the Richard family the lineage. The lineage is there, correct, so that's interesting. You know, that is interesting, yes.
Speaker 1:While we're still talking about more and more, let's segue on over to Acadia, into Acadia, parish Cajun Harvest Country, acad. Let's segue on over to Acadia, parish Cajun Harvest Country, acadiatourismcom, because I get it confused with Acadiana, but it's Acadiatourismcom.
Speaker 2:For Acadia Parish.
Speaker 1:We're well into holiday season that folks outside of Louisiana don't experience much.
Speaker 2:Mardi Gras.
Speaker 1:Yes, beginning on January 6th, three Kings Day or the Epiphany, going through Fat Tuesday, mardi Gras, it's a season filled with king cakes, parties, balls, parades, other special events before the Catholic observance of Lent. Yes, see a 40-day period of reflection. You know, there's so many things that you can do in Acadia Parish for Mardi Gras. There's the Rain Mardi Gras Parade. There is a courier in Mermontal Cove, there's one, there's couriers so many different places. I know Iota has one Mamou there's just, you can find this.
Speaker 2:Eunice is not Acadia. Huh, Is it St Landry? No, they're.
Speaker 1:St Landry Okay, but they got one too. And here here right here in church, point which is our favorite and I know we're biased, but you all find a better one I mean it's a big party, it's a big.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's big people come out for church, point now I love when we go through, um, like we have a float. We always have a float. We've been having one. Uh, oh man, nathan and I were dating since 2007 ish, I think we've had a float of some sort. It's grown and, grown and grown and now we in the front baby, we can see everything, all the action now. So, um, I love to see people. They will hold up signs like I am from canada, I can't. Or I am from wyoming, like they come from all over for our mardi gras it's crazy, and I'll throw them all the beads too.
Speaker 1:So you know, put you a sign, yeah so maybe it's a little late for you to come if you are from like a faraway place, true, but y'all put y'all mark it on the calendar for next year. Cause it is something to see, all right, uh, but you can also go to Acadia tourismcom slash Mardi Gras for a full list and of King cake locations, parades and events. Y'all don't miss out on that. Yes, Um, yeah, okay, mardi Gras.
Speaker 2:So do you have any special like what do you like to do for Mardi Gras? Because yours is a little different than mine.
Speaker 1:Right, you get on that big party float and, honestly, I used to ride in the parade and we would never first. So how do you keep getting that place? You know how?
Speaker 2:This right here. We paid dearly for it. It talks. We paid dearly for that spot.
Speaker 1:But let me tell you.
Speaker 2:I don't think we ever want to go back, even if I wasn't first. I think now that because we used to I mean, you know how long the float lineup is, how- many floats.
Speaker 1:How many floats y'all had last year, you think?
Speaker 2:It's got to be 50 or 60.
Speaker 1:I've been in the parade where I want to say there was like 80 floats.
Speaker 2:It's possible, like I think they have tried to cut back, oh yeah, because it had gotten so big. And then you have people that like from you, you know I won't get into that, but um, see it being up front and not having to, by the time I would walk to the front of the the run, the chicken chasing part was over, and so being able to be toward the front and seeing all that go down, oh, I just don't ever want to go back to where I can't see it Any time I've ever been on a ride, I was like in college, whatever.
Speaker 1:We were so far Like we were in the back. Even if you was kind of like number 12, which might have been the closest we ever got to the front, correct, we still were so far behind the run. We never see the run, and they do have people that walk the whole time, the whole thing.
Speaker 2:They will just walk until they get to the front and just, you know, like, oh, that is not for my rickety ass, girl, uh-uh. I often think like, and I'll see them walking and I'm like, those shoes got to be killing. You boo Ooh, that's a lot of walking, mm-hmm, but they do it. And you boo Ooh, that's a lot of walking, but they do it, they do, and they'll put their little backpacks on with their beer inside.
Speaker 1:They're ready to go.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they have fun too but not me, Listen.
Speaker 1:I have climbed under so many barbed wire fences.
Speaker 2:Trying to catch up with my float.
Speaker 1:I'm just like, that is just not for me, the walking thing. Okay, I might as well stay my butt on the float and just be quiet. So what do you do then? So now what I do is we my mama lives on the, on the, on the route, on the route, on the parade route, and so we get together and we have a floor like we put out a floor so we don't make ruts in her yard. We have like a floor that we put out a floor so we don't make ruts in her yard. We have like a floor that we have built specially for marty girl. We cook a big gumbo and we have a bunch of family members is so big we had to get a porta potty for the past couple of years so we wouldn't drag mud in and out my mama's house. So we got, I mean, we have it's pretty, it's pretty official y'all have.
Speaker 2:Yeah, a big g can, and like a stage, I call it a stage, it's a stage yeah, because I mean the first couple we was putting some big rugs.
Speaker 1:Oh, rugs. And then Big Red, and they came up with a floor that we put it together like a puzzle and we do it every year and it's with like sand in it so we don't fall on it and like the kids, can you know it's nice and then we have the big kramer, uh, tent that we usually put up in the front and um and we just enjoy, y'all hang out, y'all cook we people watch see, I would love to do that, but I do get to do that too, I do get, I do get to
Speaker 2:watch people too and and see a lot of things. You know people just cut loose and um, but like I don't want you to think like it's all just drunkery and foolery. I mean it is foolery but it's. I've never personally seen anybody get like so out of hand or be inappropriate. I mean, yeah, they cut up and stuff, but it it's not. I don't, that's not my kind of mardi gras no to get, so just tore up and no but um the family friendly aspect of it, like going to the parade and catching things.
Speaker 2:That's awesome.
Speaker 1:If you want your kids to experience, though, like the whole traditional running stuff, the the day before the saturday before catch the children's parade the children's chicken chase, that it's yeah it's great I, I, yes, for for kids, especially riding in the parade, definitely the the the adults, that's for the adults is the next day, the next day, yeah, you know um like get a babysitter and enjoy yourself, right, uh, responsibly.
Speaker 2:But yeah, you know it, it is something to see, it's it's so, so full of history, um and and it's like you see people you haven't seen in a while and you catch up like it's almost like a big reunion, you know it is, it's fun yeah, it's fun fun.
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Speaker 1:yet we did not talk about king cakes.
Speaker 2:I mean, we clearly love king cakes. It's a passion of ours. It's a passion.
Speaker 1:We love get it Uh-huh. So we recently made a boudin king cake.
Speaker 2:We did and it was quite delectable. Oh, my goodness, I wish I had a piece right now. I kind of wish I did too. So, um, let's tell people what is a king cake. Okay, because you may be like an original thing yes, so it's. I mean it's a pastry like um, it usually has cinnamon throughout, like a cinnamony taste. Um, it can be filled with like cream cheese, but like a bavarian filling chocolate, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, any, yeah, I even saw pecan, yeah, pecan praline.
Speaker 2:Um, I saw one recently that was like a salted caramel cheesecake, like they getting wild with these flavors, but I'm here for it, I'm here for it too. Usually it's in the shape of a circle or an oval to mock, mimic a crown. Okay, um, you will find sometimes a little baby in it. That's the symbolized baby jesus in the king cake. And if you are so lucky, lucky, lucky, to get the baby in your piece, you gotta buy the next king cake. That's the tradition. I didn't write it, but you can't break it so listen.
Speaker 1:If you catch something hard in your king cake, be careful don't break your teeth, don't?
Speaker 2:yeah?
Speaker 1:and I think most places like they don't do that, no more, they'll put it in the middle or off to the side?
Speaker 2:I don't think there's any that it used to be, though, like hidden in there, and as a kid you just wanted to. You just wanted to have your piece, to have the baby. That's because you wasn't paying for it. Well, and you didn't know, like I didn't know about the tradition of having a buy, because, because I was just a kid, yeah, but now I'm like If you cut that piece, If you see the baby, you go.
Speaker 1:You see them legs sticking out, you're like hell. No, I'm going on another end.
Speaker 2:Or just put your knife closer off to the side, do you?
Speaker 1:want that last piece of king cake. Bad enough that you know it has the baby in it. Don't be playing king cakes in an office type setting, okay, because, like, if you get that baby, they will come after you to get that next king cake.
Speaker 2:You have to, yeah, and if you, it better not be more than a few days later, or they coming at you like where's the king cake? You?
Speaker 1:got the baby, didn't you? Didn't you get the baby, then you, it's almost like somebody's got a little camera watching you too, because they're they're like for real about it. Do y'all, y'all, say something in the comments if y'all uh place is like that, because like it's always fun and games until you see that baby in the king cake and you're like damn it, yeah, but it's all right, because then? You can try all kind of different types of king cakes.
Speaker 2:That's what they do at Nathan's office. He's brought me little slivers of all kinds because they'll bring in one from all over the place. And I'm like because, see, he told me I've tried twins burgers and sweets one and I don't remember trying. He's like, yes, I brought you a piece, and I'm like, well, I need another one.
Speaker 1:I don't remember, I don't remember, I don't remember.
Speaker 2:I need to try it again.
Speaker 1:Speaking of king cakes. Yeah, let's talk about Acadia, parish Cajun Harvest Country.
Speaker 2:Why do they get Cajun Harvest Country?
Speaker 1:Okay, let's try that again. Rewind Acadia, parish Cajun Harvest Country there you go Acadiatourismcom slash.
Speaker 2:Mardi Gras will get you a full listing of all the king cake locations in Acadia Parish. This is just the tip of the iceberg of where you can find king cakes at around here. But specifically in Acadia Parish we have Keg Bar in Crowley, donut Queen. I'm going to tell you all the Crowley places. How about that? Yeah, do that. Keg Bar, donut Queen, rice City, kitchenoodox, sprinkles of Joy and the Vanilla Bean. Those are all in Crowley.
Speaker 2:Just in Crowley, okay. Then we have Gautreaux's Donuts in Rain. Y'all know how we feel about Gautreaux's. We have the Snack Shack in Iota. If you want a full list of this, because I know y'all not gonna remember that's okay, go to acadiatourismcom. Slash mardi gras, and you could even might find it at your grocery store around here there might be some other grocery store.
Speaker 1:Let me tell you which one. You need to make it out to votros many more in church point. If you in church point go to votros, they got gotros king cake votros got gotros y'all understand, and that's what you, that's what you, you can, that's what you're gonna do get, get your king cake yes all right, um, and any of the other events you want to check out acadiatourismcom thank y'all for being a sponsor of the kid talk coffee talk with the cajun mamas.
Speaker 2:Thank y'all very much. I can't talk either today, I guess all right.
Speaker 1:So I going to ask you this question. It might be a little bit risky. Oh Lord, what's your favorite king cake?
Speaker 2:Oh, you knew it was about to come out of my mouth. That's so hard. That's like asking your favorite boudin. You don't ask somebody what's their favorite boudin.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because you're going to hurt feelings. You're going to hurt feelings.
Speaker 2:My favorite is Keller's Bakery in Lafayette. It's so light, it's so, just such a delight, so delightful. Yes, and see, there's different kinds of king cake. We have a donut-style king cake and that's like Gautreaux's or Mesh's in Lafayette. Or you have more of a, a pastry style which is twins or um is crystal wedding cakes.
Speaker 2:What a pastry you know what I've never tried, that one I think I have before, but it's been a long time. Everybody raves over, and gambino's too, gambino's, I think that's all more traditional style. Um, and then keller's, of course, is the traditional style, and it's just delightful.
Speaker 1:Once you have a bite, you want to have another one.
Speaker 2:And that's why the King Cake, the knife, stays in the box.
Speaker 1:Always the King Cake knife stays in the box, and you know Gautreaux's. I don't know if they still do this, but they used to have a King Cake knife.
Speaker 2:They were in the box with it In the place. Yeah Well, I saw at the Postmaster General store. He has little king cake knives.
Speaker 1:Some little wooden ones.
Speaker 2:Like they were so cute, I almost picked up one.
Speaker 1:That's another reason you got to go over there, yeah, so that's my personal favorite.
Speaker 2:And the flavor it's a tie, y'all. It's a tie between the blueberry cream cheese and the Amaretto walnut. Really, I know it's not your favorite, but I love that one, the blueberry cream cheese, is my favorite, but the Amaretto walnut one.
Speaker 1:I mean, I don't.
Speaker 2:You don't discriminate If I don't specifically remember.
Speaker 1:Okay, you know no, but I do know the blueberry cream cheese is where it's at for me. But honestly, what do you think? I just think that I really want a king cake right now.
Speaker 2:I wish I had a little sampler right now.
Speaker 1:Now let me tell you my stomach's growling Twins, though Twins has stolen my heart. This year I have yet to get one.
Speaker 2:I need to get over there before it's over. Because time's running out.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's delicious, it's not dry. I don't like me a dry king cake. See, that's the problem.
Speaker 2:And if you listen, this is not to knock it is sort of to knock A supermarket king cake. If that's all you've ever had and you're like I really don't like king cakes, don't go off of that. You can't go off of that. Like I'm telling you, a walmart king cake is not A true representation of what we can offer you. I call that the cardboard king cake. Yes. And that's not worth the calories I'm not going to eat that and put all that in my body for it to not taste good. Now you know.
Speaker 1:I do wish we had, like you know, those ones from New Orleans that everybody's always raving over. Yes, I do wish that I could have a little taste of those, you know, like uh Randazzo's, my my sister always gets a Randazzo's Randazzo's lovers.
Speaker 2:they are faithful to their Randazzo's.
Speaker 1:Oh, and do not come with nothing else, because it will not touch Randazzo's, you know, and it won't. That's what, that's what they. And then there's another place in, uh, in, in what's it called?
Speaker 2:Dong Fong, dong Fong, I'm probably saying that so wrong. It's some like I can't even spell it, but it's supposed to have, like the.
Speaker 1:There's people laughing at this right now.
Speaker 2:Oh, absolutely, dong Fong I don't know, I don't know, but no, it, I've had it, I have had it. Yeah, me too you have yeah, I have had it. Yeah, me too you have yeah, and I thought it was good, don't get me wrong, but it don't touch calories, not in my book Mm-mm.
Speaker 1:You know.
Speaker 2:It was a little dry. I did like the frosting on top. It was kind of like lighter, changed my mind Fluffier, but I did not care for the dough as much. Mm-hmm. Changed my mind fluffier, but I did not care for the dough as much. You know what I'm saying. Almost forgot to read this. Um, this is sorry. I'm sorry I'm segwaying away from the king cake talk. Do you have anything else to say about the king cake talk? No, okay, because I put a. I put a post up today asking people what is the hold on? Let me read this. I can't wait to hear what is the hold on. Let me read this.
Speaker 2:I can't wait to hear what is the best and or most crazy thing that you have ever caught at a Mardi Gras parade.
Speaker 1:Oh, this is good you have been sitting on this gold line. I almost forgot.
Speaker 2:I almost forgot. Okay, all right, y'all ready. Thong underwear Number one Okay, that Thong underwear number one Okay. That's pretty typical, but okay. Yes, pregnancy test. Ah, covid test, covid test. Yes, restaurant menus who's just throwing away their restaurant menus? A toilet plunger.
Speaker 1:Oh, that reminds me Somebody got something last year and I forgot what it was. You remember somebody had something. It was somebody on the baby float, the kid's float, and maybe it was a toilet plunger.
Speaker 2:Oh, one of our kids had it.
Speaker 1:It was A little one, it was a little plunger and it was for one of the kids and Charlie wanted to give it to his pop because he was a plumber. Yes, it was a plunger. Okay, sorry, no, you're good.
Speaker 2:Real chicken feet dyed pink.
Speaker 1:Now, that is very interesting. I have not heard of this before Real. Chicken feet dyed pink. Now that is very interesting. I have not heard of this before Real chicken feet.
Speaker 2:Miniature loaves of sunbeam bread. Many years ago, little bread loaf, that was so cute, would you? Eat a bread loaf off of a If it was in the packaging yes, would I eat a moon pie.
Speaker 2:Yeah, same thing, same thing. Yeah, same thing, same thing. Okay, same thing. Let's see, nothing compares to a Muse's shoe. Catching a shoe was definitely a Mardi Gras bucket list for me. So I think the Muse I hope I'm saying this right Muse's M-U-S-E-S. That's a big one in New Orleans and they have to deck my. It wasn't that one, maybe it was, I don't know. My brother-in-law rode in one of these parades and he had to bedazzle. You take a shoe like a high heel stiletto or something and you bedazzle it and you decorate it and that's what they throw. And if you catch a shoe at the muses parade, you somebody.
Speaker 1:Really, really, the one you catch a shoe at the muses parade you somebody, really, really.
Speaker 2:The one he wrote in it wasn't a shoe, it was like a uh, like a uh, hole the cup, like they do in mass, the big, what is that called? A goblet type. Yes, they decorate those and he had made one that was a mini mouse, pink, bedazzled, and he didn't even throw it, he gave it to Brynn. He kept it and gave it to Brynn, but, yeah, or maybe I'm thinking of that wrong, maybe he caught it and he gave it to Brynn. I don't know, uncle Dustin, you might have to correct me on this, but anyway, if you have been to a fancy Mardi Gras parade like that and you caught something special, leave it in the comments please, for us. I want to know. Okay, let's see. Um, a lot of them said they remember catching glass beads like, um, where, like, if you and they said you have to, you have to catch it because if it hits the ground it they'll break, and like with a real clasp on it, like fancy oh god, glass Like fancy.
Speaker 1:Oh God, that gives me Glass beads. Yeah, that's what I want to do.
Speaker 2:Yes. A can of Spam, packs of ramen noodles Okay, I've seen ramen a lot. Yeah, a gold coconut from the Zulu parade. That sounds like something special too. Is that sort of similar to like for the St Paddy's Day parades? They throw heads of cabbage. Can you imagine a coconut being hurled at you? Oh, that would.
Speaker 1:Hurt your coconut.
Speaker 2:Honky in the coconut, A full can of Heineken. It hit me in the head. Then I drank it to kill the pain. Yeah.
Speaker 1:Jell-O shots.
Speaker 2:Plenty of Jell-O shots.
Speaker 1:Make sure you know who those jello shots are coming from.
Speaker 2:Now that I wouldn't do.
Speaker 1:Yeah, only off of your float.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah, if I knew the people. But let's see Ladies' croissants with a telephone number. I did not call the number, oh, uh-uh, uh-uh. Let's see Women's croissants the size of a VW.
Speaker 1:Yeah, oh, lots. See women's croissants the size of a vw. Yeah, oh, lots of thongs, man. What's up wrong with people? Yeah, well, because you know they have them.
Speaker 2:The mortar girl thongs. That's not real underwear, yeah slingshot them, you know yeah, slingshotting them a roll of toilet paper, I would keep that. I probably would keep that a hot dog, an entire pack of marshmallows. That was probably somebody on the float brought that to snack on and you just got it. Why would you?
Speaker 1:snack on a pack of marshmallows, and it's not like you was making s'mores either, I mean they might have had a barbecue pit, like we do making some s'mores on the body. I don't know, no, I'm oh, maybe I don't know.
Speaker 2:No, I'm just kidding. I mean, I don't understand that Uh-oh, a cell phone. They were having them a good old time, oh Lord. And then, when you sober up, you're like where's my phone?
Speaker 1:Where's?
Speaker 2:my phone, can you imagine?
Speaker 1:One of my kids got like a water cup, a nice one, like it was not meant to be thrown probably. And I was like where did you get this? And they were like we got that from the mordi girl parade. Somebody threw that. I came unglued. Well, they didn't know no better. I was like what you are drinking out of this water cup? They were drinking out of it.
Speaker 2:I just thought they caught it and was like look mama drinking out of it.
Speaker 1:I just thought they caught it and was like look, mama Drinking out of it like the next day. And I was like, where'd you get that? And they told me from the Mardi Gras parade. I like to fill out. It turns out that it was like in a box. Oh, a brand new one New, brand new yeah.
Speaker 2:But for a while there I had a baby heart attack cause you know if that really did fly from the float, it probably had liquor in it of some sort that was the least of my worries.
Speaker 1:I don't know whose mouth juice had been on that.
Speaker 2:Lord help. A bottle of wine, lacy panties and moon pies. Moon pies, moon pies. Let's see anything else. Pregnancy test. I wonder if these have been used. Are they new?
Speaker 1:oh, new ones because you might need them after morning girl, oh lord baby shoes.
Speaker 2:Oh my, a tide pod. Uh, who's buying Tide Pods to throw out what?
Speaker 1:a rich person Throwing money away. Oh, just throwing money away A bag of rice.
Speaker 2:Oh, that would be nice. That would be nice. Let's see COVID tests. Yeah, yeah, a shoe and a few other things I'm not going to mention. That is quite a time had at the mardi gras parade oh well, we hope we um brought you some entertainment.
Speaker 1:Some entertainment and just a little bit about how different our mardi gras is from your. What you see, um?
Speaker 2:you know what I didn't mention about the, about our traditional runs, they it's. You know, when you go to a parade it might last an hour or two because it's the, just the parade. Ours is an all-day thing. Like we start at like eight in the morning and you go, you run, ride through the countryside and you make stops at people's houses where they do the chicken chasing, and then in the afternoon it makes a big circle and you pass through town for the actual parade. So that's another way, it's different, like it's not just a parade.
Speaker 1:Yeah. You know it's an all day thing, yeah, and then you come through town as the parade, so it's all one you want to float, but you're riding through the back country and people line up in the country too.
Speaker 2:They will line up on the side of the road and catch their beads there. They don't wait for the parade in town. There's people all over.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, it's a party, it's a party, it's a party.
Speaker 2:But yeah, over, oh yeah, it's a party, it's a party, it's a party. So, um, but yeah, we hope we educated you a little bit on it and now you can say you know what a career.
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