In this celebration of Louisiana s Cajun culture, complete with Zydeco music and a crawfish boil, Anthony Bourdain goes off the beaten path and takes part in.
coubion. rice first, tony. tony: perfect rice. anthony: that s a shrimp stew down there? toby: that s shrimp stew. anthony: hardboiled egg? i gotta ask though, but before i forget, now mardi gras is coming up tuesday? group: yes. anthony: now, i mean i sort of noticed it s a guy thing. megan arceneaux: most runs women cannot run. jolie: it is very much a boys club. it always has been. they always say, you know anthony: you support this brutal fascist regime? toby: oh no, the run that i captain is co-ed. anthony: but that s the exception, not the rule? jolie: it is the exception, huge. we had a female the other day going, i m going to run mamou. and i m like, no, you re not. don t do it. they don t accept it. anthony: so what would happen if you were to show up? lucious: you get chased off. anthony: chased off? jolie: yeah. toby: they re segregating it for the sexes, but there are two different runs. anthony: that s like saudi arabia, dude. to
happening was so spectacular and wonderful and, oh my gosh, we ve reached a new eastern edge or western, northern edge. the odds are slim to zero that we re going to extend to yet a further horizon. it was inconceivable. so there s the thing. so what does the desert do? it exceeds our ambition. anthony: in vegas, nothing is permanent. it constantly eats itself, tears down, builds up, expands according to no known or easily understood plan. an organic thing, responding to the dark dreams of the american subconscious. come frolic, live like caesar, or make money off those who do. drop a few moist bills at a gas station slot. see the full spectrum of human folly, and commit some follies of your own.
megan arceneaux: i hope you re ready. anthony: i m ready. i like this thing. megan arceneaux: oh man, this is my baby right here. anthony: now what s the appropriate term for a crawfish? just crawfish? crawdad? mud bug? megan arceneaux: we don t don t say crawdads. down here it s crawfish. anthony: all right. no other term is acceptable? megan arceneaux: i mean, you can call them little mud bugs if you want, but we like to just call them by what they are, crawfish. anthony: okay, so ecrevisse would not be megan arceneaux: yeah, crevisse, yeah. that s french for crawfish. anthony: all right, that ll work too? megan arceneaux: yeah, that s good. yeah. anthony: oh yeah. woo, that s good. go for it man. kids don t need much convincing. megan arceneaux: oh, they love them. that s because first crawfish of the season for us. anthony: oh man, that s pretty. what super dark sauce, man. hat: yeah just parsnips and celery root. anthony: ah, okay. oh, tha