588342 Fri Jan 16 07:21:50 -0800 2009 8 11 South 0 4331527 After hearing an NPR interview last year, www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId97170650 I put The Best Stop, Scott, La. on my "must do before I die" list. Bear in mind I LOVE Cajun food and I live in NC. Imagine my delight when I found myself yesterday in I 10 at the Scott exit. It looks just like it should, an old grocery or gas station. When I walked in I knew I was in heaven. Here is a list of what they sell: boudin ( I got 5 lbs), cracklins (I got 1/2 lb hot from the frier) hog head cheese, smoked boudin ( I got 2 lbs), fresh sausage (pork, pork and beef, chicken, jalapeno), smoked sausage (chicken, turkey, pork, pork & beef), pork tasso, turkey tasso, andouille, marinated pork, chicken or rabbit, stuffed beef tongue, stuffed mini pork roast, chaudin (pork stomach stuffed with pork meat), deboned frier stuffed with pork meat, stuffed porkchop, stuffed quail, and beef jerky( I got 1/2 lb). I also bought some of their cajun seasoning. No one else on my flight home ate as well as I did! I met the owner and his daughter Dana, the woman on the interview, and they are wonderful. All above is available as they will ship but you must call as they still do not have online ordering. 337 233 5805 615 Hwy. 93 north Scott, La., 70583 You can thank me later! Fri Jan 16 07:21:50 -0800 2009 12607 Tee 1 4332302 Tee, If you ever drive due west on I-40, a stop in Knoxville at the Shrimp Shak (the one on Kingston Pike is the original) has fresh seafood from the gulf as well as gumbo, etoufee, and anouille and other necessaries for displaced Louisianaians. It is seafood centric and makes a major statement. Have you discovered Cajun Popcorn rice? (Mail order from Gueydan LA) Fri Jan 16 10:56:01 -0800 2009 4331527 79896 shallots 2 4479970 thanks. I get my popcorn rice from Carolina Plantation Rice - www.carolinaplantationrice.com Fri Mar 06 11:14:38 -0800 2009 4332302 12607 Tee 3 4481520 I got to go to the Best Stop for the first time last year- like you I loved it! I do have to say that I like the tasso and the andouille better from those places over in LaPlace. But everything else was great! Fri Mar 06 20:52:21 -0800 2009 4479970 96658 Clarkafella 2 4613650 I belief you're thinking of the Shrimp Dock on K Pike. It is great and they now serve lunch. They serve about 5 or 6 different po boys with jambalaya and great slaw. They also have free samples of many of their salads, dips, soups, etc on the weekends(and most weekdays). No lunch on the weekend unless there is football. Very friendly staff. Look for their customer appreciation day. Usually in May. The owners roll out the red carpet with free food and music. Just bring your own cooler full of refreshments. I think the staff likes Budweiser. Mon Apr 20 21:03:28 -0700 2009 4332302 284766 tnchris 1 4489118 There's a great article on boudin in this months issue of Garden & Gun. You can probably find it on their website. Also, the Southern Foodways Alliance has a boudin trail on the internet. If you are interested in reading it, I could find it for you. Mon Mar 09 18:07:50 -0700 2009 4331527 105991 tennreb 2 4489345 Funny you should mention Garden and Gun- what a strange concept for a magazine, yet it really works! We just subscribed last month and already love it- lots of food things like the boudin stuff... Mon Mar 09 19:11:17 -0700 2009 4489118 96658 Clarkafella 3 4492078 Jerry Lee's in Baton Rouge has the best boudin you will ever eat. They would probably ship it if you ask. Also Poches in Breaux Bridge. But I much prefer Jerry Lee's. Tue Mar 10 14:15:00 -0700 2009 4489345 151448 carol land 4 4616069 I love Jerry Lee's head cheese Tue Apr 21 14:51:52 -0700 2009 4492078 105991 tennreb