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The food that really gets New Orleans through Mardi Gras (yes, bloody Marys count) - New Orleans Advocate
The sound of the drum line marching closer isn’t the only rumbling you hear during Carnival in New Orleans.
Getting to Fat Tuesday is hungry work. You need to eat.
Appropriately enough, Carnival time food is unconventional.
Sure, some designated vendors stake out the parade routes, mostly hawking the standard festival fare of funnel cake and meat on a stick. But that’s a narrow sideline to what keeps Mardi Gras fed.
The sound of the drum line marching closer isn’t the only rumbling you hear during Carnival in New Orleans.
Getting to Fat Tuesday is hungry work. You need to eat.
Appropriately enough, Carnival time food is unconventional.
Sure, some designated vendors stake out the parade routes, mostly hawking the standard festival fare of funnel cake and meat on a stick. But that’s a narrow sideline to what keeps Mardi Gras fed.