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wanted so much in beef and pork filets.
"Chicken is still very popular here, but they don't always want a stuffed
chicken. They love a chicken breast wrapped in bacon. In this area I could
sell anything wrapped in bacon."
Duhon whips up so many meats and flavors of the Cajun stripe that
he always seems to hold a surprise or two for customers. He may feature
deep-fried Cajun turkey, boudin stuffed pork chops, seafood ranging from
jumbo Gulf shrimp to oysters or catfish. His andouille is as authentic as
they come. But if it's alligator filets, gator or frog legs you seek, you'll find
them inside the shop as well.
Not long ago they began serving a take-out lunch that has grown to
about 50 meals a day, sometimes topping 100. He warns customers on his
billboards, website and the Facebook sites to "get here early before we run
out." He genuinely treats his customers like they're coming to dinner. The
lunch crowd knows he only serves those meals Monday through Friday.
The specialty meat shop operates under state retail store inspection
and is located just off Interstate 30 but ships its products across state lines
to eager customers.
Lagniappe isn't fancy in its equipment, with Bobby attesting to the fact
that most of it was purchased second-hand and does the job. He and his
wife operate the business along with eight employees.
Catering is one area where they find themselves in a normally
unenviable position of not knowing what they'll have available very far out.
"Sometimes we have to let customers know our menu might be
changing in a day or two," Duhon notes.
"We'll let them know of a couple of beef, pork, poultry or seafood
options we will have available on the day of their event. Most will stop by
to pick up their order, but for some larger events we'll bring the food to
them. We slow things down in catering after the fall begins, but there are
always special days or holidays when they want us to prepare food for
their special event and we try to accommodate them."
He admits that he still has a crawfish pond farm in Louisiana but prefers
to buy his own locally because of the shipping costs and constraints.
Social media is abuzz about the shop and its dynamic offerings and
selections, including gift box ideas. Duhon found it to be advantageous to
offer gift certificates promoting foods from Cajun Country rather than to
limit the value to one specific item. He claims it offers them more variety
and often customers will spend more than the value of the gift certificate
they received.
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