CENTRAL LOUISIANA Chargrilled Oysters Delicious Dishes When you book a trip to Louisiana, be sure to pack your stretchy pants. Here are 10 great tastes you simply must try while you’re here! 1. Gumbo with potato salad 2. Roast beef po’boy 3. A classic muffuletta 4. Chargrilled oysters with French bread 5. Crawfish bread 6. Alligator bites 7. Grillades and grits 8. Jambalaya Natchitoches Christmas Festival, Natchitoches 9. Shrimp Creole 10. Boiled crawfish Fab Festivals Spice things up by celebrating the region’s rich Spanish and Indian heritage (and food!) at the Zwolle Tamale Festival , or revel in holiday charm at the Natchitoches Christmas Festival along the Cane River. There you’ll enjoy a parade, arts and crafts, local delicacies (pro tip: try a Natchitoches meat pie) and live entertainment, plus a laser show and rousing fireworks display. Afterwards, the lights along the Cane River are switched on and continue to twinkle into the new year. 90 LouisianaTravel.com Only Louisiana Who’s almost as entertaining as a Louisiana musician? The state’s colorful politicians, of course! Join Huey P. Long, Edwin Edwards and others back “on the stump” at the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield’s historic L&A Railroad Depot . Our favorite souvenir? A lapel pin from the campaign of former governor Earl K. Long that reads, “I Ain’t Crazy – Vote for Uncle Earl.”
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