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
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
followed by a steep learning curve as they adapted to the harsh environment of rural louisiana. their culinary traditions are a direct reflection of those days. man: mardi gras! megan arceneaux: this is saturday, right? so we are prepping for mardi gras. anthony: so these people have been drunk for how long? megan arceneaux: about a week. yeah. anthony: so what part of, where am i? megan arceneaux: man, you re in the middle of grand coteau, louisiana. anthony: right. this is not the bayou, this is the prairie megan arceneaux: oh, you re in the prairie. that s what grand coteau is big hill. anthony: right. so that s like right now where you re at, you re actually at one of the highest points in louisiana if you can believe that. it s kind of scary, right? anthony: eight feet elevation. megan arceneaux: you take a cajun to the mountains, they might get a little woozy. anthony: no party around here would be complete without a crawfish boil. all right, fire
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 canwv 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. toby: i know. jolie: it s backwards here.