Four thousand pounds of fresh Louisiana catfish is fried up so tasty it’ll make ya slap ya mama - another example of Louisiana slang used when something is so delicious. One of the best fish fries is the Franklin Parish Catfish Festival, which takes place in Winnsboro every April. Typically used around Mardi Gras, it is also heard anytime someone is celebrating a good time, such as at a family get-together or a good, old-fashioned fish fry.
Laissez les bon temps rouler ( lay-ZEH leh BAWN taw ROO-leh) means “let the good times roll,” and it’s one of the most widely known phrases associated with Louisiana. For three days at the beginning of May, its crawfish festival has everything from crawfish races to zydeco music, and there are plenty of opportunities to pinch the tail and suck the head. Once the head of the crawfish is separated from the tail you pinch the bottom - loosening up the meat to eat it - and then you suck deliciously seasoned juices from the crawfish head.Ĭrawfish can be enjoyed across the state each spring, but there’s no place better than the Crawfish Capital of the World, Breaux Bridge (that first word is pronounced bro), about 10 miles northeast of Lafayette. “Pinch the tail and suck the head.”Ī tawdry-sounding phrase, but it’s actually how you eat crawfish. Here’s all the Louisiana slang you need to know before traveling to the Bayou State. Next time you’re in Louisiana, you’re going to want to “pass a good time” - and you can’t do that sitting there with a furrowed brow and a dictionary. Do you want your po’boy “dressed?” Have you ever attended a “fais-do-do?” Has anyone ever put any “gris gris” on ya? Hope not!
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