Cracklins are one of the most decadent snacks around and no matter what you call them cracklin, cracklins, crackling, or gratons they are delicious. We go to great lengths to ensure a fair and impartial contest because the competition is fierce. The parks cracklin cook off board is expecting at least 30 cracklin cooking teams to participate this weekend. The cajun delicacy cracklin will be the spotlight of this festival in breaux bridge. The companys filing status is listed as active and its file number is 34925385n. The cook off is the highlight of the event, with everyone hoping to take home first place. The company is a louisiana nonprofit corporation, which was filed on april 14, 2000. Serving as the main annual fundraiser for the port barre lions club, the port barre cracklin festival was first held in 1985. The cracklin at porkys in alexandria is not as good as the boudin, but theyre still worth a try. From a humble street fair to a massive event drawing thousands of visitors every year, read about the history of the festival. Apr 24, 2017 john prine and marty stuart sing souvenirs at the country music hall of fame and museum duration. Fill a castiron pot halfway with oil and heat over medium heat until the oil reaches 350 degrees f. Chewy, crunchy, or with a thick seam of meatno matter how you like your cracklin, there will be a version for you at this cookout and festival.
He grabs a few pieces in one hand and while stirring with the other, will toss a cube or two in. Amateur and professional cracklin cookers square off in separate categories for bragging rights and big trophies. Country music hall of fame and museum 264,069 views. Louisiana cookin is the only national magazine for the connoisseur of louisianas unique culture, cuisine, and travel destinations. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Water playground louisiana state parks water playgrounds operate tuesdays through sundays from 8 a. There will be live music, a raffle and plenty of cracklin to eat.
Every year one of the highlights of our festival is the cracklin cookoff. There is a queens pageant with fifteen different age divisions, a parade down main street, carnival rides for all ages, live musical entertainment from local and regional artists, great food a. Aug 10, 2018 the festival features a parade, carnival rides for all ages, a pageant with 15 different age divisions, live music from local and regional artists, and of course, the cracklin cook off. Cracklin, by most definitions, is not just pork rinds.
To all of our valuable followers, sponsors and community families, im sure by now all of you have asked yourselves and others if pcca is going to have their annual parks cracklin cookoff festival on april 17th and 18th. Over in basile, the louisiana swine festival has been celebrating everything pig, which includes cracklings, since. Hikingbiking map, courtesy of the friends of palmetto island state park, inc. The lions club usually gathers cracklin samples right after lunchtime on sunday. Mar 01, 2019 this cookoff has had pig skins and good times popping in the small village of parks, louisiana, every spring for 43 years, and the 2019 festival is heating up to do more of the same.
Address cecile rousseau poche memorial park 1019 periou st. This annual event has great food and live music from local cajun bands. The best stop is one of the best known meat markets around and they employ a virtual army of folks working in their kitchens as they try to keep up with the demand. Lafayette town planner the town planner calendar is a wonderful familyfriendly resource mailed free every year to homes around town.
The first thing to cook in new or restored cast iron pans. The parks cracklin cookoff association would like to thank its loyal supporters, volunteers, sponsors, the local communities and the town of parks for the park facilities. The registered agent on file for this company is clint c. New iberia the annual books along the teche literary festival april 35. This original gathering was a quaint one day celebration held at the boat launch near the intersection of 3rd street, bayou road and boggs street. Martin parish was established in 1807, five years before louisiana was admitted into. Please contact the park directly, to confirm that the playground is open or for additional information. The cajun boudin trail puts you in the drivers seat when it comes to discovering louisianas best boudin and other regional specialty items, be it a pork chop sandwich, beef jerky, cheesy boudin balls, specialty sausages, cracklin, smoked meats, plate lunches, stuffed chickens or chili dogs. The former winner of numerous crackling cookoffs through the years, sonnier. This 4year old store is making a name for itself in central louisiana as the home to the regions best boudin and cracklin and if may indeed deserve the title.
The gates open friday night in parks at 6 pm, then again at 10 am on saturday. Find out about the port barre lions club, our mission, our projects, and the results of our decades of service. Acadiana profile december 2019january 2020 by renaissance. Naturally, two festivals honor cracklings in louisiana. The threeday port barre cracklin festival, sponsored by the port barre lions club, is held every november, and for two days in april things get poppin in parks for the annual parks cracklin cookoff. The cookoff is dedicated to the memory of mark dore. Parks cracklin cookoff apr 17, 2020 chewy, crunchy, or with a thick seam of meatno matter how you like your cracklin, there will be a version for you at this cookout and festival. Cooking the perfect pork crackling involves rendering the top layer of fat on a boneless pork roast to a crisp, buttery finish, similar. Known as a popular spot to get boudin in abbeville, richards cracklin are first rate as well. Festival history 2019 port barre cracklin festival. Find out about the port barre lions club, our mission, our projects, and the results of our decades of. Enjoy a cracklin cooking competition, other delicacies, entertainment and a poker run at this festival near. Laviolette is listed as a secretary, treasurer with parks cracklin cook off festival association, inc.
Cecile rousseau poche memorial park, melancon street, parks. This is some delicious food served up by a vivacious young lady. To all of our valuable followers, sponsors and community families, im sure by now all of you have asked yourselves and others if pcca is going to have their annual parks cracklin cook off festival on april 17th and 18th. Palmetto island state park louisiana office of state parks. Parks cracklin cookoff breaux bridge, louisiana local. There are some exceptionally long pieces and the skin is a perfect blend of puffed skin with a crisp exterior that has started to. Join facebook to connect with parks cracklin cookoff and others you may know.
This cookoff has had pig skins and good times popping in the small village of parks, louisiana, every spring for 43 years, and the 2019 festival is. Organizers of the event invite the community to come out to cecile rousseau memorial park in parks to try the best cracklins. Add the pork belly to the oil and cook, stirring constantly, until golden brown and the skins. Cut off youth centers cracklin cookoff louisiana kitchen. Free public parking for the cracklin festival is located on vfw street directly behind veterans memorial park.
As we all know, the coronovirus issue has consumed our state, country and the world. The festival contains all of the usual features found in many southern louisiana community festivals. Pork crackling is a popular pork dish in the uk and british commonwealth. This years cookoff was again very unique as it was the associations 40th anniversary. This cookoff has had pig skins and good times popping in the small village of parks, louisiana, every spring for 43 years, and the 2019 festival is heating up to do more of the same. The most prized pieces are those, like the one pictured above, that have all three components fully intact. The small town of henderson is known for the souths finest freshwater fishing and fabulous cajun cuisine.
In its original incarnation, born in 1976, the parks cracklin cookoff was little more than a simple competition between teams frying up pig skins. A small walkup or driveup boudin and cracklin stand in alexandria. Every bag of cracklins will have pieces containing only the crunchy outer skin, only fried fat, and even only meat. These 8 harvest festivals in louisiana are a great way to. John prine and marty stuart sing souvenirs at the country music hall of fame and museum duration.
Cracklins begin as small cubes of pork skin, fat, and meat. Parks also offers cecile poche memorial park with a campground and boat landing leading to the bayouthe setting for the spectacular cracklin cookoff event. Published six times a year, each issue contains more than 50 authentic recipes, with tips from professional chefs and home cooks alike. The parks cracklin cookoff is held at the cecile rousseau poche memorial park in parks, louisiana. We go to great lengths to ensure a fair and impartial contest because the.