The Strawberry Festival!!!

Hey yall,

After work today, I walked down the road to visit the Strawberry Festival. The Strawberry Festival was established in 1972, celebrates the hard work of the farmers who bring in the strawberry crops every year. Several organizations, clubs, and craft venders put booths with food, games, crafts, and oddities. Abby Earles was crowned as this year's Strawberry Queen.

While traveling through the festival, I looked through many of the food options. For those who are wondering, when the sign says alligator or shark meat on a stick, they mean it! People in Louisiana eat food that is very different than other parts of the country. But truth be told, they both taste like chicken... just more expensive.









I then stumbled across a stand selling strawberry beignets. A beignet is a deep fried square pastry made from choux dough. Beignets are usually covered in powdered sugar but these also had a strawberry syrup drizzled on top. It was delicious!

Several craftsmen brought their paintings, woodwork, homemade jams, etc. A few years back, I purchased homemade strawberry preserves. It was the most delicious thing I have ever eaten. If you ever have a chance to try it, I highly recommend it.

One of the craftsmen was a caricature artist. My mom and dad had a picture of them done when they were younger and I had always admired it. So, I decided to have my face drawn. As goofy as the picture looks, I adore it! Especially since I have CLEAVAGE! It took me 23 years and caricature artist, but I finally have boobs! The artist, Andrew Wilkie, shall be praised for my unexpected boob job. XD

He has a website, if you want to order yourself a caricature, click here.

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HAPPY EASTER!!!!

Hey Yall,
I am so relieved spring break has finally come. I am plum tuckered out from all the exams and essays we had in the past two weeks. Since spring break has started, I haven't been up to too much. I went to visit my grandmother and I made some Easter eggs. They came out super cute! I made a full dozen, but some little man rolled one of the freshly decorated eggs on the floor. Not mentioning any names. VVVVV




In Louisiana, the food is the most important part of the holidays. For Good Friday and Easter, we prepared seafood gumbo and seafood stuffing. The dishes had crawfish, shrimp, oysters, and crabmeat.





Boiled crawfish is a tradition to have on Easter day in Louisiana. Although, we won't be having it this year, I did take a photo of a pound of crayfish we purchased a few weeks ago. No, it is not a bug! It is a crustacean, similar to boiled shrimp. They are amazing when they are cooked correctly.

Next week, the strawberry festival is coming up. It is an amazing festival with rides, food, live music, and dancing. I plan on taking a photo of some of the dishes activities for you to enjoy. So stay tuned!

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Sincerely,



Tara