Oh, how I love poutine!!!!! I have one almost every day for lunch... the local tavern makes the best!!!

And now, for the grosser stuff: RAPÛRE!!!!!! English-speaking people call it rappie pie (around here anyway). This is two layers grated potatoes with a layer of meat (usually chicken or clams or beef, although some people make it with corned beef or moose or deer or rabbit) in between. The whole thing is put to cook in the oven for about 3 or 4 hours, and it crusts over and it basically looks like a grayish brown mush and it's just the most delicious thing in the world!!!!!!! It just looks really disgusting... It's traditionnally an Acadian meal, so it might be popular in Louisiana too...